On the eve of the launch of Windows 10, Ian Vella remembers the early days of operating systems. You hit the power button and nothing …
The battle between online and high street shops doesn’t have any winner. Rather, one complements the other, says Ian Vella. Borders Group, a company that …
From communicating the candidates’ messages to electronic voting and predicting results, technology is leading the polls, says Ian Vella. Free elections are the pillar of …
To date, efforts to mimic the human brain have failed. How near are we to developing the brain chip, asks Ian Vella. The human brain …
What makes a video game, an app or a piece of software addictive, asks Ian Vella. Have you ever fired up a quick game of …
Gamification can help companies take their marketing to the next level, says Ian Vella. If you’ve ever noticed how someone can get completely immersed when …
Unfair competition – Is the sharing economy’s value based on offering an alternative business model?
Is the sharing economy’s value based on offering an alternative business model or on operating outside a legal structure, asks Ian Vella In 1999, Napster …
Is Facebook doomed to fail, asks Ian Vella. The post 2000 dot-com boom saw a shift from static websites providing information and articles to interactive …
The dark web is a hiding ground for crooks but it’s also a home for heroes. What lurks beneath the surface of the known web, …
The Oxford English Dictionary has named the tears of joy emoji as word of the year. But are these little pictures really worth a thousand …