Guest Thinkers — February 22, 2011

Coverage of Day 1 of the World Innovation Forum

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For full, blow-by-blow coverage of Day 1 of the World Innovation Forum in NYC, click here. From the Pitney Bowes bloggers hub, I was using the nifty Cover It Live blogging interface to provide highlights from the first day of speakers. There’s new functionality in the Cover It Live interface enabling live Twitter updates, so check out the real-time interspersing of tweets and blog posts.

Photo courtesy of Dov Friedmann – PhotographybyDov.com

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