Author Archives: Teemu Kurppa

Apple bought a mobile wallet patent from two Finnish inventors

Just a week ago, on June 5th, 2012, Apple was granted a mobile wallet technology related patent 8,195,547 that few seemed to notice in Finland. But an interesting backstory is that the patent was originally filed by two Finnish IPR … Continue reading

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The root problem of modern healthcare

There is a great commencement speech that Atul Gawande gave to freshly-minted medicine professionals. Gawande is Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health. The speech paints a troubling but still a … Continue reading

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New styles of microblogging

It’s been quite a while since I blogged last time. To revigorate my writing, I’m going to experiment with a few different styles. Instead of writing longer articles, there will be more Tumblr-style blogging by sharing links, pics, stats and … Continue reading

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Location in internet services – our panel discussion

I participated in a panel discussion at Spot On Locative Media seminar to talk about location in internet and mobile services. Participants in addition to me were Mika Raento – my ex-Jaiku fellow and one of the most experienced persons … Continue reading

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Summary of my talk: “Love Your Users”

Charlotta from AaltoES, did a great summary of my talk on Wednesday. If you are interested what I had to say, go read it. I also mentioned a couple of slideshows or videos to watch, here are direct links to … Continue reading

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