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Customers Are People, Too

Patti Hart, CEO of International Game Technology, says it's important to see the customer is an individual first.

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Quantum physics mimics spooky action into the past

Physicists of the group of Prof. Anton Zeilinger at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI), the University of Vienna, and the Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ) have, for the first time, demonstrated in an experiment that the decision whether two particles were in an entangled or in a separable quantum state can be made even after these particles have been measured and may no longer exist. Their results will be published this week in the journal Nature Physics.

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This Week In Bots: The Making Robots Touchy-Feely Edition

Robots in movies may be evil more often than good, but they're becoming part of our lives. And their tech is evolving so that they "feel" more like we do. This happened recently, and we had to show it to you

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Hackers Steal More Than 10 Million MasterCard and Visa Numbers

Just days after retiring FBI executive assistant Shawn Henry warned that U.S. businesses and law enforcement are vastly overmatched by cyber criminals , more than 10 million MasterCard and Visa card numbers have been reportedly stolen in a “massive” data theft.

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50 Cent Remixes Beats By Dre With SMS Headphones

Emerging headphones purveyor 50 Cent studied a predecessor closely before pressing play on his own venture. When Beats by Dre headphones debuted in 2008, the size of the $100-plus headphone market was a faint $92 million. Four years later, the good doctor's b-emblazoned earpieces have achieved near ubiquity, and the $100-plus segment has been cranked up to $512 million.

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Struggling Young Readers Like Kindles

Kindles, Nooks and other E-readers catch flack for threatening the future of printed books. But reading itself may get a boost from the devices

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4 Ways to Make Your Start-up Stand Out

Here's how to be seen as a one-of-a-kind true original. Even if you're not. Here's a dirty little secret about entrepreneurship: Almost everything has been done before—and if it hasn't, and you come up with an awesome, unique new venture idea, chances are you'll quickly find me-too competitors nipping at your heels.

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Genetically Modified Wheat Designed to Terrify Aphids

LONDON (Reuters) - Field trials are under way in England of a genetically modified (GM) wheat that strikes fear into aphids and attracts a deadly predator to devour them, providing an alternative to the insecticides now used to control the crop pest. The wheat emits a pheromone which aphids release when they are under attack to create panic and prompt the insects to flee, John Pickett, scientific leader of chemical ecology at Rothamsted Research in eastern England, said on Wednesday

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Is This Island Start-up Paradise?

What happens when a flood of highly educated, entrepreneurial young people return from studies abroad to tiny Cyprus?

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Is This Island Start-up Paradise?

What happens when a flood of highly educated, entrepreneurial young people return from studies abroad to tiny Cyprus? The answer offers a trickle of optimism.

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Why B2B Companies Need To Up Their Communications Game

B2Bs may never enjoy millions of Facebook fans and Twitter followers, but the more they do to build brands rooted in consumer value and social responsibility, the better positioned they will be. Businesses that sell only to other businesses (B2Bs) have ventured past the cozy confines of LinkedIn and other professional networks to foster deeper connections with the companies that comprise their customer base.

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