n In the Sunday New York Times, Dave Itzkoff explains how and why TV networks and cable stations are experimenting with virtual worlds such as Second Life. It’s all part […]
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It’s not only innovative technology companies like Apple and Microsoft that are rolling out cool new touch screen applications. Ralph LifschitzRalph Lauren recently announced plans to roll out a touch […]
n nThe Social Atom could do for physics what Freakonomics did for economics: turn a formerly dismal science into something provocative, timely and relevant. Even if you have absolutely no […]
Not stopping for a second to celebrate the resignation of Terry Semel at Yahoo!, Google is now taking on the embattled automakers of Detroit with a plan to create 100-mile-per-gallon […]
Every now and then, there’s a paradigm shift within an industry or field. Sometimes the change is subtle, other times, it is in-your-face obvious. The roll-out of the Microsoft Surface […]
Investors disappointed with Yahoo’s performance vis-a-vis Google over the past 24 months have been clamoring for the scalp of Yahoo! CEO Terry Semel, and now they finally have it: “Yahoo!, […]
Wired magazine’s Cult of Mac blog points to an interesting fake ad campaign for the Apple iPhone: “Kudos to Alec Sutherland, who has put together the best fake ad for […]
The ongoing story about “virtual demonstrations” in Second Life by Venezuelan dissidents illustrates the various ways that our collective notions of “real life” and “virtual life” are blurring together. Are […]
Piggybacking on the whole “outside innovation” trend, Delta has created a new micro-site called Experience Change, which encourages airline customers to submit ideas, tips and insights into how to make […]
n It’s time to prepare yourself for a deluge of Apple innovation articles over the next two weeks, timed to coincide with the launch of the Apple iPhone. According to […]
You can throw away your books from Tom Peters and Malcolm Gladwell right about now and start loading up on movie DVDs. As BBC News recently pointed out, a quartet […]
Apparently, Dell spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on consultants and came away with only a single lesson: it needs to be more like Target. So, the company hired Mother […]
Last year, Nokia presented a slideshow to investors, outlining their brand & design priorities. Nokia’s goal is a modest one: to become the most loved and admired brand in the […]
This video clip from 1973 is an oldie but goodie. New York Magazine recently profiled sculptor Richard Serra, who is currently the subject of a new 40-year retrospective exhibit at […]
n nOver the weekend, Rob Walker of the New York Times took a closer look at the evolving business model for Threadless.com, which has often been cited as an example […]
Who said satellite dishes in urban neighborhoods had to be an eyesore? Boing Boing points to a photo from Fox News that will change the way you think about satellite […]
In an interview with Geoff Colvin of FORTUNE magazine, Xerox’s “inventor-in-chief” Sophie Vandebroek discusses how she is leading an “innovation revival” at one of the most storied innovators in the […]
Is it possible to export innovation from one company to another? Guy Chazan and Chip Cummins of the Wall Street Journal explain how Jorma Ollila, the former chairman of Nokia […]
n nOver the (very brief) July 4th holiday, I had a chance to catch up some innovation-related reading. This cover story in the current New York Times Magazine, for example, […]
n nOne result of the popularity of Wikinomics has been the number of collaborative wikis that have been launched by organizations and corporations in order to share ideas around the […]
You can’t help but smile at this. Computerworld is running a special image gallery of vintage computer ads from the 1980s. This one, from Honeywell, is called “What the heck […]
n nIf you’ve ever experimented with virtual worlds such as Second Life, you may have heard the rumors that the Chinese were working on a souped-up version of Second Life […]
Ok, so I admit it — I picked up the latest issue of Business Week at the newsstand because I was seduced by the Children of the Web (“How Business […]
n nSometimes the best innovations are the ones that are the most obvious: check out this GE fridge that also functions as a family whiteboard that was featured in this […]
The University of Chicago has already produced some of the world’s greatest free market economists and Nobel Prize-winning finance theorists. Now, it looks like the University of Chicago is intent […]
This week’s Springwise newsletter points to an interesting (and potentially quite lucrative!) “green innovation” competition taking place in Europe this month: “PICNIC Green Challenge is calling on creative, innovative minds […]
Is anyone else getting the feeling that Google is turning its attention away from Microsoft to focus on a potential rivalry with Apple? Nearly a month after Apple announced its […]
n One of the most exciting developments in the world of investing has been the continued introduction of new Web 2.0 technologies — blogs, social networking, RSS newsreaders — to […]
The town of Ocean City in New Jersey (located just 20 minutes from Atlantic City and 2 hours from New York City) is trying to become the most innovative beach […]
New Yorkers taking the shuttle between Grand Central and Times Square discovered today that the subterranean subway had been completely transformed into a variety of exotic landscapes, including a lush […]