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[ Who Are the World’s Most Innovative Countries? ]

Bloomberg has released its seventh annual Innovation Index. It ranks 200 countries by analyzing a range of criteria using metrics like research and development spending, education scores, manufacturing capability and concentration of high-tech public companies. "South Korea retained the global crown in the 2019 Bloomberg Innovation Index, though improvements by Germany in research and education brought Europe’s largest economy to near-parity in the annual ranking," Bloomberg...

Posted: 01/31/19 [ Read More... ]

[ U.S. Objects as India E-Commerce Rules hit Amazon and Walmart ]

The United States government has expressed concern about India’s revised e-commerce regulations, pointing out to officials in New Delhi that the policy will hinder the Indian investment plans of Amazon and Walmart. These new e-commerce investment rules kick in on Feb. 1, and they ban companies from selling products via firms in which they have an equity interest. The new rules also bar them from making deals with sellers...

Posted: 01/24/19 [ Read More... ]

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[ Ten design practices to deliver business value ]

For those companies that get design right, the prizes are rich. The S&P 500 companies that invested most into design processes, capabilities, and leadership over the past decade, including design stalwarts such as Disney, Nike, and P&G, outperformed the rest of the index by 211 percent.

Design Thinking Approaches 50. Yet it is still Misunderstood.

McKinsey published a recent brief on design thinking as it nears its...

Posted: 12/05/18 [ Read More... ]

[ Nike Opens Nike NYC House of Innovation ]

NIKE, Inc. opened its new Nike House of Innovation on November 15. Nike NYC, as it is called, is a 68,000 sq. ft., six-level, cross-category premium Nike store, with a 650 Fifth Ave. address. Nike NYC is "the pinnacle expression of modern retail, representing the best of Nike global product, experiences and sport innovation," according to their press release. Powered by digital commerce data and inspired by...

Posted: 11/20/18 [ Read More... ]

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[ Portrait by AI Program Sells for $432,000 at Auction ]

An artwork created by an artificially intelligent (AI) program has been sold at auction through Christie's in New York for $432,000, about 43 times the initial estimate of up to $10,000 by the auction house. The portrait is the first piece of AI art to go under the hammer at a major auction house. The sale attracted a significant amount of media attention, according...

Posted: 10/30/18 [ Read More... ]

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[ The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies ]

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An attack that used a tiny microchip installed onto Super Micro servers during the manufacturing process by sub-contractors in China reached almost 30 U.S. companies, including Amazon and Apple, compromising America’s technology supply chain, according to extensive interviews with government and corporate sources.

Nested on the servers’ motherboards, testers found a tiny microchip, not much bigger than...

Posted: 10/11/18 [ Read More... ]

[ The World Wide Web’s Creator Is Taking The Power Back ]

Following a disastrous Facebook security breach affecting 50 million people, maybe it's not a coincidence that the famed creator of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, chose this weekend to unveil an ambitious new plan to overhaul the web as we know it. To reclaim the power from, in his words, "powerful forces who use it for their...

Posted: 10/03/18 [ Read More... ]

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[ Artificial Intelligence: The Robots Are Now Hiring ]

Nearly all Fortune 500 companies now use some form of automation in their hiring process, as noted in this Wall Street Journal article. From robot avatars interviewing job candidates to computers weeding out potential employees by scanning keywords in resumes, these companies are looking at AI tools to help. And more and more companies are using artificial intelligence and machine learning tools to assess possible employees. This...

Posted: 09/26/18 [ Read More... ]

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[ Discord Startup May Connect 2.6 Billion Online Gamers ]

Discord is a voice, video, and text chat platform that connects individuals with a shared passion for video and computer games. More than 90 million people worldwide use it to communicate with friends or strangers, be it while playing an online game like Fortnite or simply to discuss the latest trend in cryptocurrency. "My whole life I've always tried to make websites or apps that connect people together,"

Posted: 08/23/18 [ Read More... ]

[ How UX Is Being Changed by New Technology ]

User experience (UX) has already been established as a battleground for companies to distinguish themselves in the world of digital design. But panelists at the the first day of the Fortune, Time, and Wallpaper* Brainstorm Design conference in Singapore cited new technologies like blockchain, artificial intelligence, and “Internet of Things” devices as trends presenting new opportunities for companies to meet ever-rising customer expectations and adjust...

Posted: 08/10/18 [ Read More... ]