Dominic Basulto

Without paying a dime yet, it looks like Rupert Murdoch has already shaken up the Wall Street Journal with his outrageous $5 billion takeover bid, forcing the paper to rethink […]

On Monday, Wal-Mart announced plans to sell Skype products (handsets, Webcams, headsets and other equipment) in more than 1,800 of its stores — proving once again that there are two […]

These days, some of the most important and significant innovation is taking place within the context of building a more eco-friendly, eco-conscious world. In fact, I’ve added a brand new […]

A great way to wrap your arms around the zeitgeist: advertising agency JWT has put together a list of the 70 “in” products, services and trends that will help to […]

n nSanjay Dalal of the Creativity and Innovation Driving Business blog has posted an interesting Q&A with Erich Joachimsthaler, founder and CEO of Vivaldi Partners and the author of the […]

There’s something about this that looks a wee bit dangerous: extreme ironing competitions. Apparently, this is legit: you can buy a book about Extreme Ironing on Amazon.com (U.K.) or watch […]

n nYet another example of the way that Google is changing forever the fabric of our lives – parents are choosing baby names based on the probability of them rising […]

On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal featured a “Boss Talk” interview with George David, the CEO of United Technologies. Apparently, the guy is such an intellectual powerhouse that his aides […]

Archaeologists have long struggled to explain how the Egyptians got blocks weighing tons to the top of the 481-foot-high Great Pyramid… Now we know the answer – and it doesn’t […]

Gerald “Solutionman” Haman, the head of Thinkubator Chicago and a truly original thinker, is looking to recognize the world’s most innovative and creative talent as part of the Innovation Idol […]

Couldn’t pass this up. The small business community Ekaweeka has been featuring this YouTube video of a photo shoot for Innovator Jeans on its front page: young lovelies dance around […]

In a feature called Innovators at the Gate, FORTUNE magazine recently profiled 24 disruptive innovators, including Craig Venter (the guy who helped map the human genome), Jeremy Stoppelman and Russel […]

Within the financial services space, the P2P social lending phenomenon continues to gather momentum. Now, as alarm:clock points out, it looks like billionaire British tycoon Richard Branson has stepped up […]

Over at Marketing Profs: Daily Fix, Elaine Fogel recently riffed on the fact that many university sites have become almost impossible to navigate, due primarily to a proliferation of poorly-organized […]

One advantage of working in the Times Square area is the ability to check out interesting new billboards on a daily basis. The other day, this billboard over the Westin […]

At a time when product lifecycle times are rapidly shrinking and the global economy is forcing organizations to adopt high-velocity business processes, is it really possible that even the most […]

n nImagine being able to tap into a worldwide resource of ideas and innovation concepts, contributed by a mix of amateurs and experts from a range of different industries and […]

Who knew? Apparently, the opposite of “shoplifting” is “shopdropping.” According to The Consumerist, shopdropping is when people print out “improved” labels at home and attach them to items in retail […]

n nWhen (or if) you think about innovation within the chemicals industry, names like DuPont, Dow Chemical or maybe a big conglomerate like GE come to mind. But did you […]

The three keys to creativity [Edward de Bono] Thoughts to make work better and your life easier [Thoughtopsy] Hugh Macleod introduces the Blue Monster cartoon for Microsoft [Gaping Void] Weyerhaeuser […]

n Looks like the old Don’t Trust Anyone Over 30 maxim that was popular during the rebellious 1960’s has been re-mixed by Baby Boomer Silicon Valley venture capitalists to become […]

Just what every environmentally-friendly, eco-sustainable army needs: a fully-armored, diesel-electric two-seat hybrid all-terrain vehicle. And did I mention that it’s capable of running in super-silent stealth mode as well? According […]

Sonia Zjawinski of the Underwire blog points to a cool new architectural creation being mulled over by our good friends in the Middle East. Despite the coolness factor of having […]

n nGoogle’s attempt to make all of the world’s information searchable now extends to the human genome. As Walter Derzko of the Smart Economy blog points out, Google has just […]

Apparently, young Americans have little or no idea of where the best innovation in the world is taking place. When in doubt, they simply assume innovative high-tech products come from […]

In this two-minute video filmed entirely in Second Life, the avatar of Xerox Chief Technology Officer Sophie Vandebroek talks about research in 3-D virtual worlds from Xerox’s innovation group.  In […]

After a flurry of recent deals over the past month involving Google, Microsoft and WPP Group, it is no longer clear which companies are at the top of the digital […]

A sign of the times that Google is starting to carry around some of that “technology monolith” baggage usually reserved for the likes of Microsoft or AT&T: Scott Heiferman, the […]

When GE first announced its Ecomagination marketing campaign to promote all the ways that the company is leveraging innovation throughout each of its core businesses, it looked like a slam […]

n nNASA is experimenting with Second Life as a platform for broader collaboration on the future of space exploration. The space agency has already created a virtual island in Second […]