The Digital Loop

The Digital Loop S04E14 
Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez Pokemon Go More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s04/e14-pokemon-go

The Digital Loop S04E13 
Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez Microsoft buys LinkedIn More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s04/e13-microsoft-linkedin

The Digital Loop S04E12 Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez The Future of Ad Agencies More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s04/e12-future-advertising-agencies

The Digital Loop S04E11 
Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez Augmented Fashion More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s04/e11-augmented-fashion

The Digital Loop S04E10 
Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou​ & Ivan Hernandez Snapchat More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s04/e10-snapchat

The Digital Loop S04E09 
Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez The rise of the conversational UI More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s04/e09-conversational-ui

The Digital Loop S04E08 
Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez Mobile World Congress 2016: VR & 5G More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s04/e08-mwc-2016-virtual-reality-5g

The Digital Loop S04E07 
Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez 1. #RIPTwitter, online speech and new algorithms 2. Facebook’s Free Basics, controversy, India ban More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s04/e07-rip-twitter-facebook-free-basics-internet-org

The Digital Loop S04E06 
 Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez The World Economic Forum 2016: The Future of Work and Societies More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s04/e06-davos-wef-2016

The Digital Loop S04E05 
Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez CES 2016 with Dean Johnson Dean tells us all about the connected cars, VR headsets, watches and other gadgets he spotted at the big consumer electronics show in Las Vegas. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s04/e05-ces-2016-dean-johnson

The Digital Loop S04E04 
Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez Our Self-Driving Future: the connected and self-driving cars, the Uber network facilitation, the GM/Lyft and Ford/Google strategic partnerships. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s04/e04-our-self-driving-future

The Digital Loop S04E03 
 Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez 1. Open AI, the risks and opportunities of AI for humanity 2. The Acceleration of Machine and Artificial Intelligence More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s04/e02-open-ai-acceleration-artificial-intelligence

The Digital Loop S04E02 Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez It's a mobile world: 1. More mobile broadband users than fixed in the world 2. A mobile Black Friday 3. WeChat, the mobile channel for China Video and details: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s04/e02-mobile-world-black-friday-wechat

The Digital Loop S04E01 
 Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez 1. Is There Another Tech Bubble? 2. The Contrasting Realities of Twitter and Facebook More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s04/e01-tech-bubble-future-twitter-facebook

The Digital Loop S03E20 
 Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez Solving Startup Conferences There’s a boon of technology and startup event everywhere. We’re asking Alex Barrera, who helps many of those, his thoughts about what will make the good conference of the future. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s03/e20-solving-startup-conferences-alex-barrera

The Digital Loop S03E19 
 Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez The Death of the Sharing Economy The collaborative use of personal resources might be facilitated by the efficiencies of digital marketplaces, the sharing economy isn’t delivering what it promised. Maybe it was a misnomer all along. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s03/e19-death-sharing-economy

The Digital Loop S03E18 
Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez Social Media Revisited Years of excitement of social media have proven somewhat misguided when it comes to brands. It’s a fact, social delivers poor conversions on hard metrics. We look at the realignment of expectations. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s03/e18-social-media-revisited

The Digital Loop S03E17 
 Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez Startup Lebanon with Samer Karam Samer Karam is the chairman of Startup Megaphone, the organization managing the international image of Lebanon’s startup ecosystem. We look at the valuable lessons from the forward-looking initiatives this emerging country undertook. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s03/e17-startup-lebanon-samer-karam

The Digital Loop S03E16 
Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez The Rise and Fall of Google+ After 4 years of investment in what was imagined as a formidable answer to Facebook, Google is basically giving up on Plus. Ivan and Paul take a look at what might have gone wrong and offer lessons that can be learnt. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s03/e16-rise-fall-google-plus

The Digital Loop S03E15 
Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez Imagining the Future with Kei Shimada Imagination, Invention, Innovation, Implementation. Kei Shimada’s four cardinal points have always driven him forwards, pushing the boundaries of how transformative technology-based solutions can be, of what strategy means for global companies and which roles Japan can play. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s03/e15-imagining-future-kei-shimada

The Digital Loop S03E14 
Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez Bitspiration 2015 Ivan and Paul give a quick overview of what they’re seeing at Bitspiration, one of the most renowned tech conference in Eastern Europe. Note: apologies for the sound quality. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s03/e14-bitspiration-2015

The Digital Loop S03E13 
 Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez Immersive Advertising What’s beyond engagement when it keeps failing in the war of attention? Immersion, an appeal for a deeper sense of storytelling. Paul and Ivan debate about the possibilities and the dangers of such a paradigm. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s03/e13-immersive-advertising

The Digital Loop S03E12 
 Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez Connecting the Dots at Spark.Me From the Silicon Valley to the shores of the Adriatic, the world is accelerating. For everyone. Everywhere. Spark.Me both reminded us of it and created clarity by mixing a very diverse group of people that can all learn from each other. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s03/e12-connecting-dots-sparkme

The Digital Loop S03E11 
 Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez Internet Trends 2015 As Mary Meeker’s 2015 Internet Trends report is published, Ivan and Paul look at the key lessons it gives us regarding the state of technology and its evolution in the near future. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s03/e11-internet-trends-2015

The Digital Loop S03E10 
 Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez The New Virtual Reality By acquiring Oculus, Facebook re-ignited a large interest in virtual reality. Will it finally break loose off the confines of science fiction books and get closer to our everyday lives? More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s03/e10-new-virtual-reality

The Digital Loop S03E09 
 Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez Digital Think Tank On the heels of the successful Digital Think Tank innovation conference, Ivan and Paul go over what they see are the foundation concepts behind digital transformation. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s03/e09-digital-think-tank

The Digital Loop S03E08 Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez #MWC15 The Apple Watch was unveiled in Palo Alto, a week after Mobile World Congress—a symbol of the state of the mobile industry: experiencing the fast commoditization, operators are not in the center anymore, the innovation happening on another layer. Paul recaps his week in Barcelona. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s03/08-mwc15

The Digital Loop S03E07 
 Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez Always Be Closing With Mario Berta We sit down with Mario Berta to explore the state of entrepreneurship in Asia, a continent he knows extremely well having built multiple startups all across it. From talent to culture, from investment to ideation, we draw an exciting picture and learn lessons about how it all boils down to knowing how to sell. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s03/e07-always-be-closing-mario-berta

The Digital Loop S03E06 
 Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez Uber for X Uber has become the poster child of the physical and mobile worlds connecting; you touch a button on your phone and something happens in real life. This is leading to a flurry of services unlocking new efficiencies that Ivan and Paul debate about on this episode. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s03/e06-uber-for-x

The Digital Loop S03E05 
 Hosted by Paul Papadimitriou & Ivan Hernandez Of Dumb And Smart Gadgets With Dean Johnson Dean Johnson, our guest this week, has just come back from CES 2015 in Las Vegas. He tells us all about the Dawn of the DumbWatch, the immersive VR headsets and if all this matters or not. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s03/e05-dumb-smart-gadgets-dean-johnson

The Digital Loop S03E04 
Hosted by Ivan Hernandez & Paul Papadimitriou 2015 Predictions What’s in store for 2015 when it comes to technology? Although predictions go only so far, Paul and Ivan round up a few trends that should impact the year forward. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s03/e04-2015-predictions

The Digital Loop S03E03 
Hosted by Ivan Hernandez & Paul Papadimitriou LeWeb 2014 Halfway through the three days of LeWeb 2014 in Paris, Paul and Ivan sit down to report the highlights of the conference so far. From Tim Berners-Lee to the future of healthcare, this edition has plenty to offer. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s03/e03-leweb-2014

The Digital Loop S03E02 
 Hosted by Ivan Hernandez & Paul Papadimitriou The Road To LeWeb After weeks on the road, Paul and Ivan are capping the year off with the world-renowned conference LeWeb, in Paris. They look at the event’s focus this year—a promising wide spectrum—and share their thoughts on some expected trends. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s03/e02-the-road-to-leweb

The Digital Loop S03E01 
 Hosted by Ivan Hernandez & Paul Papadimitriou Accelerating Emerging Ecosystems In the aftermath of the BDL Accelerate conference in Beirut, Ivan and Paul share some thoughts on how startup ecosystems in frontier and emerging markets can be ignited and sustained. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s03/e01-accelerating-emerging-ecosystems

The Digital Loop, Season 2, Episode 24 
Hosted by Ivan Hernandez & Paul Papadimitriou Big Bang Disruption With business costs progressively driven lower, information increasingly becoming ubiquitous, are the rules of competition and innovation changing? This is the thesis behind the Big Bang Disruption, an accelerated version of Christensen’s “Innovator’ Dilemma.” More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s02/e24-big-bang-disruption

The Digital Loop, Season 2, Episode 23 
 Hosted by Ivan Hernandez & Paul Papadimitriou Keeping Track with Mike Sadowski With the amount of information being shared online exponentially augmenting, it is essential to capture what actually matters. For businesses, it can mean survival as the internet is the focal point of their customers. Mike Sadowski understands these dynamics, having successfully scaled his monitoring tool, Brand24, globally. Sign up for Brand24 and get 3 months free with our discount code ‘digitalloop’ at https://brand24.net/user/register-account More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s02/e23-keeping-track-mike-sadowski

The Digital Loop, Season 2, Episode 22 
 Hosted by Ivan Hernandez & Paul Papadimitriou Disruption Revolution with David Passiak While disruption is a concept that many attempt to understand, David Passiak undertook an ambitious project: aggregating the views of over 20 innovators in the tech world to better understand the changing times we’re living in and what the future of business, society and culture will look like. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s02/e22-disruption-evolution-david-passiak

The Digital Loop, Season 2, Episode 21 
 Hosted by Ivan Hernandez & Paul Papadimitriou The New Machine Age As behind-the-scenes technologies get smarter and cheaper, automation, whether of human tasks or existing processes, opens the door to new opportunities. It also brings fears of a jobless future, although we’re most likely entering an age of expanded creativity. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s02/e21-new-machine-age

The Digital Loop, Season 2, Episode 20 
 Hosted by Ivan Hernandez & Paul Papadimitriou #RamonWOW with Ramon De Leon From ICQ to Twitter, Ramon De Leon has seen it all. Starting in 1997, he mastered the success of his Domino’s Pizza franchise in Chicago, showing so many other big brands how it’s done. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s02/e20-ramonwow-ramon-de-leon Note: this video was edited (removal of audio-video issues).

The Digital Loop, Season 2, Episode 19 
 Hosted by Ivan Hernandez & Paul Papadimitriou Internet of Things Beyond the internet we know—the internet for the people, lays the internet for things where devices talk to each other, communicate mostly without human intervention. Paul & Ivan look at how the physical world could be programmed. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s02/e19-internet-of-things

The Digital Loop, Season 2, Episode 18 
Hosted by Ivan Hernandez & Paul Papadimitriou #WorldCup The World Cup is on. There’s no surprise that the biggest sport event in the world spurs so much online interactions. Paul and Ivan take a look at the staggering numbers and the digital initiatives built around it. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s02/e18-worldcup

The Digital Loop, Season 2, Episode 17 
Hosted by Ivan Hernandez & Paul Papadimitriou Digitalk 2014 Innovation has become a buzzword. The Digitalk conference inspires Paul and Ivan to dive in again into some of the elements that make or break a disruptive digital mindset. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s02/e17-digitalk

The Digital Loop, Season 2, Episode 16 Hosted by Ivan Hernandez & Paul Papadimitriou The Digital News Transformation The leaked New York Times innovation report reminds us all on how difficult is to actually transform a news organization—or any organization for that matter—for the digital age. A look into the realities of inertia and legacies. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s02/e16-digital-news-transformation

The Digital Loop, Season 2, Episode 15 
 Hosted by Ivan Hernandez & Paul Papadimitriou The Musicpreneur with Tommy Darker Music is about asking questions. Being an entrepreneur is about solving a problem. And new experiences arise when art meets a disrupted business. Tommy Darker created the Musicpreneur movement to educate musicians on how to combine these elements within an industry that needs more experimenting. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s02/e15-musicpreneur-tommy-darker

The Digital Loop, Season 2, Episode 14 
Hosted by Ivan Hernandez & Paul Papadimitriou The Facebook Frenemy Recent changes in the Facebook algorithm has created controversies in brands as they don’t feel they can reach their fans like before. We look at the delicate balance between the ever-growing amount of content, users’ satisfaction and businesses invested in the social network. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s02/e14-facebook-frenemy

The Digital Loop, Season 2, Episode 13 Hosted by Ivan Hernandez & Paul Papadimitriou Twitter Chat with Christel Quek Twitter remains one of the most fascinating networks to have emerged in the past few years. With its commitment to openness, it offers an unprecedented public forum where ideas and conversations ignite. Christel Quek, Twitter’s Content Lead for Asia, Middle East and Africa, shares some of her insights, both for individuals and businesses. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s02/e13-twitter-christel-quek

The Digital Loop, Season 2, Episode 12 
Hosted by Ivan Hernandez & Paul Papadimitriou Millennials The millennial generation is probably one of the most disruptive force in the changing landscape of business. Alternative ways of marketing, engaging, hiring, or collaborating have to be found for a generation who’s carving its own future independently. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s02/e12-millennials

The Digital Loop, Season 2, Episode 11 
Hosted by Ivan Hernandez & Paul Papadimitriou Startup Branding with Alex Hunter Branding is more than a logo, more than tagline, more than marketing. It’s the essence of a company—the definition of its raison d’être. Alex Hunter discusses how core this process is for a business, in particular for startups. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s02/e11-startup-branding-alex-hunter

The Digital Loop, Season 2, Episode 10 
 Hosted by Ivan Hernandez & Paul Papadimitriou Growth Hacking with Neil Patel By focusing on product and metrics-driven methodologies, growth hacking is overrunning the traditional ways of marketing. Neil Patel breathes through these opportunities and shares his insights. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s02/e10-growth-hacking-neil-patel

The Digital Loop, Season 2, Episode 9 
Hosted by Ivan Hernandez & Paul Papadimitriou The Heart of Entrepreneurship In the new networked economy, entrepreneurs are key to the fostering of innovation and new marketplaces. Beyond the hype, is there a breed of entrepreneurs? A look at Heart, Smarts, Guts and Luck, the New York Times best-seller book. More: http://www.thedigitalloop.co/s02/e09-heart-entrepreneurship