Parker’s dismissive attitude toward an entrepreneur pitching a new device isn’t unique When entrepreneur Julia Hu presented her prototype of a vibrating wristband alarm cl... Read more
Airtime has become another form of currency In less than three decades, the mobile phone has gone from being a status symbol to being a ubiquitous technology that facilitates almost e... Read more
In the United States, only 57 percent of blacks and Latinos graduated from high school One of today’s most challenging yet promising markets is the educational system. If you want to see sta... Read more
Often what “humanizes” technology most are the creative uses people put it to As Silicon Valley startups race to develop the next generation of online marketing tools – new software based on... Read more
NASA’s Space Station On Earth The new Silicon Valley installation is designed to test the terrestrial applications for the space agency’s technologies and create the most efficient building... Read more
There’s been plenty of research over the years (much of which we’ve pointed to here) showing that the sharing of information and knowledge — including information and knowl... Read more
We can say that we know how to make start-ups fail less. Suddenly, innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship are the most powerful ideas in not just the business world, but also on the Ne... Read more
Science Advocates will be ambassadors for open innovation and efficiency in science Last year, my research into the mechanisms of breast cancer development hit a roadblock. As a postdoctoral... Read more
What Hath Bell Labs Wrought? The Future In today’s world of Apple, Google and Facebook, the name may not ring any bells for most readers, but for decades — from the 1920s through the 1980s —... Read more
The Middle East and North Africa is on the cusp of creating its own Silicon Valley experience When Joichi Ito started investing in early-stage Silicon Valley start-ups after the dot-com cras... Read more
Well, last week, smarts won — at least one round. BACK in high school they always told us that brains prevail — that cool gets you only so far. Well, last week, smarts won — at least one rou... Read more
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It’s not a battle between Hollywood and tech, its people who get the Internet and those who don’t. When the Obama administration announced on Saturday its opposition to major elements... Read more
But what makes Mr. Khan’s venture stand out is that the lessons and software tools are entirely free Jesse Roe, a ninth-grade math teacher at a charter school here called Summit, has... Read more
Eventually, our refrigerator will let us know when we’re low on milk Cloud computing is a game-changer for businesses, which now face the choice of adapting to the demand for ub... Read more
“China’s innovation drive is going to be very influential,” NEW YORK – When author Rebecca Fannin talked three years ago about her book Silicon Dragon: How China Is W... Read more
