Technology & Innovation

Serial entrepreneur Chris Andrews, with his new start-up SoundLink, is ready to revolutionize the Internet, again—this time with voice cues embedded in links, offering a more dynamic Web experience. 

Building more gas power plants (rather than nuclear ones, for instance) could see UK consumers paying more for energy or miss its 2020 carbon targets, a think tank warns. 

The Web has sprung the lid on a Pandora’s Box of new human connections – mirroring and magnifying the best, the worst, and the ugliest aspects of our nature.  

Neo liberalism is in crisis. Discuss. If only I were back at some red brick university and being asked this question by one of my lecturers! Neo liberalism is in […]

LulzSec announces “we have blissfully obtained records of every single citizen who gave their records to the security-illiterate UK government for the 2011 census.” What’s next?

The notion of “collaborative consumption” isn’t new but social networking, coupled with “geo-located” smart phones, has super-charged the concept.

Facebook is set to grow its net U.S. display revenues by 80.9% this year to $2.19b, toppling Yahoo to become the largest U.S. display advertiser, an internet research firm claims.

The value of virtual currency Bitcoin has plummeted after a catastrophic hacking on Sunday, raising questions asked about whether it’s the beginning of the end for it.

How gamification can help us achieve mastery and accomplish our goals. Excerpts from an interview with Buster Benson, founder of Health Month.

The online retail revolution has produced spectacular success stories like Groupon and Gilt Groupe. Adam Bryant of The New York Times talks to Susan Lyne, CEO of Gilt Groupe, about where the industry is heading in the future.

Over the past 50 years, severe weather patterns have cost 800,000 lives and a trillion dollars in economic losses. A new report puts much of the blame on climate change. 

After high food prices, slow growth, and heavy debt, there’s another force emerging that could block the global recovery: China’s property market is showing signs of rusting.

European finance ministers say they will release another round of emergency funds to Greece only if its lawmakers make haste in approving tax hikes and deeper spending cuts. 

Capitalist societies believe in the possibility of endless growth. But Plato and other classical philosophers would have begged to differ.

While descriptions of online addiction are controversial at best among researchers, a new study cuts through much of the debate and hints that excessive time online can physically rewire a brain.

“The trauma surgeon of Wall Street” tells Big Think about the ethical considerations he had to contend with in the years leading up to the financial crisis.

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Justine Rivero shares how her dad’s ‘foolproof’ car-buying secrets are relevant to achieving any goal. Sticking to a clear purpose and knowing when to walk away are two tips.

Jeff Haden urges would-be entrepreneurs to get some experience in a big company (not some small start-up) first. Why? They’ll get the skills and knowledge essential for success.

Author Lois Frankel talks about how to go from a nice girl to a winning woman in the workforce. Tips include to talk less and not be shy about using connections.

What’s behind Tumblr’s meteoric rise? Why are its users more engaged than those on Twitter? It meets the desire for simple, elegant, short-form-content blogs heavy on imagery.

Companies can  be focused, diligent, and dedicated to constant improvement—even excellence—but when markets shift it’s easy to become obsolete. Has that happened to Dell?

Wise leaders like Gurbaksh Chahal create strong, adaptable organizations by hiring––and relying upon––driven entrepreneurs who share the core vision but have vivid dreams of their own. 

The Paris Air Show, one of the oldest and biggest events of its kind, gets under way at Le Bourget on June 20th with many of the exhibitors keen to promote greener aviation. 

Google’s web-based laptop, Chromebook, is a valiant experiment, says Pogue, but unless you’re an early-adopter masochist with money to burn, you probably shouldn’t buy one.

When Spain claimed to have dismantled the leadership of the leaderless hacktivist organisation Anonymous”, was this real ignorance or an intentional attempt to disinform?

Twitter excels in aligning relevance with those who understand how to filter streams to their advantage. The paradox is that this human seismograph shouldn’t work, but it does.

The only way to build an organization that’s truly fit for the future is to build one that’s truly fit for human beings. Why we need to reinvent management.

“I never want to build something that nobody wants to buy.” How Edison learned from his unsuccessful attempt to get Congress to buy his automatic vote-tally system.

Qatar wants to build a knowledge-based economy. It’s ploughing billions into education and research, especially technology, and its fiber optic info superhighway goes live in September.