Vancouver’s high-tech hurdle: Attracting top-level talent – The Globe and Mail
From left: Version One Ventures CEO and founder Boris Wertz, BuildDirect president and CEO Jeff Booth, Vision Critical founder and president of corporate innovation Andrew Reid, Hootsuite CEO and founder Ryan Holmes, Shoes.com chairman and co-founder Roger Hardy, Plentyoffish CEO and founder Markus Frind, and…
The Cultivator, 3D Meat Printer: Conceptual Prototype Unveiled By Two German … – 3DPrint.com
It was 1931 when Winston Churchill was quoted in an essay he wrote for Strand Magazine saying, “We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing, by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium.” Here…
Flipkart, Focus and Free Advice – Daily News & Analysis
I wanted to take a look at Flipkart’s mobile apps – both on the iOS and Android platforms – to see how well they were executing their very bold ambitions. Getty Images What is one to make of a statement like this – “India is…
‘Robot Revolution’ exhibit opens with a flourish — and a whir — at Museum of … – Bloomington Pantagraph
CHICAGO — On the one hand, Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry says it wants its big new showcase for cutting-edge robotics to dispel fear about the soulless mechanized creatures rising up and taking the place of humans. “The point we try to make is…
The mobile revolution unveiled at Google I/O – YourStory.com
Mobile technology has changed the way we find information and entertainment, communicate with friends and family and get things done. Today more searches on Google come from mobile than from desktop computers, and by some estimates there are more mobile devices than there are people on the…
Are Marketers Keeping Up With Evolving Buyer Behavior? – Business 2 Community
This screenshot from Shar VanBoskirk’s presentation deck offers stark truths about how we make decisions. Are marketers staking too much on their perceptions of their buyers’ journeys? Recent research from Forrester and Google suggests that buying behaviors are changing dramatically, throwing many marketing assumptions into…
HP Spectre x360 Review – Thurrott.com (blog)
HP’s stunning new Spectre x360 is a near-perfect transforming Ultrabook, blending premium materials and solid build quality with a far more thoughtful approach to the software preload than we typically see with Windows PCs. Yes, it’s a bit thicker and heavier than less versatile PCs,…
The vast majority of successful hacking attacks can be attributed to the … – Business Insider
Thomson ReutersPeople pose in front of a display showing the word ‘cyber’ in binary code, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica When a cyber security breach hits the news, those most closely involved often have incentive to play up the sophistication of the attack….
Fitness trackers should fear the Apple Watch – Mashable
I’ve tested a countless number of fitness trackers, and typically after a few weeks of use, each one ends up in a box on my desk. My collection has become tracker graveyard, and I’m not alone; studies show they often get shoved into drawers not…