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Feed SubscriptionUsing Cell Phone Tracking Data To Pinpoint Relief After Disasters
After a major earthquake or flood, people need help but can be hard to find. A new technique--using tracking data from phones to figure out where people have fled to--could make it easier to get them help.
Read More »The Matternet: A Flying Autonomous Delivery System For The Developing World
Where Matternet is going, it doesn't need roads.
Read More »Ignite Creativity & Innovation with the Technology of Gamestorming: Sunni Brown Interview
Sunni Brown , M.P.A., is owner of BrightSpot I.D., a company specializing in visual thinking to support problem-solving in business.
Read More »The Secret To Winning With Web Analytics? Starting Right
Google's digital marketing evangelist breaks down five steps to starting your company on the right web-analytics track. There are world-class analytics tools available for free from both Yahoo and Google that will get you more data than God ever intended you to have. Yet, perhaps shockingly, a vast majority of decisions website owners make are based on faith rather than data
Read More »How to Tap Employee Ideas
Encouraging your employees' creativity can not only create an engaging work environment, but create new business. Seven experts share their tips on getting employees to share their ideas. The origin of the humble Post-It Note is perhaps the best-known story about a million-dollar innovation that sprang from an unexpected place within a company
Read More »Can Pay-Per-Mile Driving Programs Work?
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood got a spanking when he suggested one, but test programs have received positive responses from drivers. Like it or not, with gas tax revenue declining it may be the only option. As vehicle fuel efficiency increases and hybrids become more popular, governments are running into a problem: they're making less money from gas taxes.
Read More »Steve Jobs Vs. Tim Cook: Words Of Wisdom
Steve Jobs, visionary genius. Tim Cook, stalwart stationkeeper
Read More »The Paradox Of Expanded Choices: What Too Much Of A Good Thing Means For Consumers
Why isn't a product line catching on? Your company may be offering too much.
Read More »Steve Jobs: Parting Quotes For Today’s Entrepreneurs
By now you've likely heard that Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple and plans to continue as chairmen of the board. COO, Tim Cook, who has filled in for Jobs in recent years during his various medical leaves while he first battled pancreatic cancer and then recovered from a liver transplant, will step in as CEO. There is much to be analyzed and reported on regarding this announcement
Read More »Leadership Lessons From Burning Man
Think the annual arts fest in the Nevada desert is nothing more than a week-long bacchanal? Think again. It's a a master class in how to create awesomeness
Read More »Infecting Mosquitoes With Bacteria To Keep Them From Infecting Us With Dengue Fever
Dengue fever affects 50 million people, with no cure in sight. But maybe prevention could work instead: Scientists have found a way to get mosquitoes sick with a bacteria that prevents them from carrying the disease.
Read More »Bottling The Past: Using Nostalgia To Connect With Customers
From gin to geriatric care, companies are invoking the Good Ol' Days to foster a connection with their customers--even if the product is only a decade old. The first time I encountered Hendrick's Gin was in the exclusive George V Hotel in Paris.
Read More »Inc. 500|5000: Paul Hurley, ideeli
The founder and CEO of ideeli discusses the strategies behind his success and how the people he has hired have helped the online fashion retail company reach No.
Read More »Viewpoints: The Perks of Running a Successful Business
Johnny Earle, founder of Johnny Cupcakes, takes a victory lap. One of the perks about having a successful idea is proving the people in the peanut gallery wrong. Johnny Earle , founder of Johnny Cupcakes, a clothing company based in Weymouth, Massachusetts, took a victory lap via Twitter after The Boston Globe named him one of the most innovative business leaders in Massachusetts
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