The 10 Most Powerful Women In The World 2013
What do Melinda Gates, Hillary Clinton, Sheryl Sandberg and Beyonce all have in common? They’re featured on Forbes’ 2013 ranking of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women —our 10th annual look at the heads of state, CEOs, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, celebrities and billionaires who truly matter most.
Purchasing behaviour analysis system wants to know what you like
This marketing analysis tool, under development by Fujitsu, uses technology to sense people’s movement. By analyzing how customers behave in response to merchandise, entirely new kinds of marketing information will be obtainable.
With regular POS systems, the only information obtained is how much merchandise has been sold. But by using this system, it’s possible to find out how customers acted while contemplating the purchase of a product. This system could help with marketing by showing how customers behaved when they were thinking about buying a product, but didn’t complete the purchase.
The Global Impact Challenge - A better world, faster.
The Global Impact Challenge supports British non-profits using tech to tackle the world’s toughest problems. The 10 finalists are in—help decide who wins at g.co/impactchallenge.
Cast your vote by May 31 for the £500,000 fan favorite Global Impact Award. On June 3, a panel of judges will unveil the public vote, and select three additional non-profits as winners of the Global Impact Challenge.
Google Glass Causing Congressional Privacy Concerns
Eight Congress members are questioning how Google Glass would impact the privacy of the “average American.”
Stop Wondering, Try Instead
Born in 1988 in Boston, USA. Last year of Engineering in Telecommunications. Co-director of El Androide Libre and member of the Organizing Committee of the Forum IMPULSA. What began three years ago as a hobby, today is the largest Spanish Android website with over 500,000 daily page views (15 million per month). He uses his precious spare time to design and work on the rest of his projects.
Technologists say apps can aid in Asia
Tech innovators and app designers attending the recent “Apps For Asia - Redesigning Development” programme in Uttar Pradesh, say technology holds the answer to many of Asia’s poverty-related problems. The programme was created by the Asian Development Bank and Microsoft to bring new solutions for improving the lives of millions across the continent.
Medicare’s Blue Button: Data is ‘Oxygen for Innovation’
Dr. Farzad Mostashari, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, discusses how venture capital is a driver in healthcare information technology and data tools like The Blue Button.
John Doerr On The Business Of Venture Capital
Silicon Valley’s best-known VC talks about the service-oriented approach he says distinguishes Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers from its rivals.
How Rapid Ratings Is Shaking Up A Cozy Triumverate
A small business that’s giving S&P, Moody’s and Fitch a run for their money.
The Stamp Mobile: A Crazy Money Marking Contraption
Ben Cohen wanted to take on the man. He enlisted the San Francisco maker community, and built a noisy, carnivalesque, vaudeville-style device, full of bright-colored wood and plastic and metal, to drive around the country and stamp slogans on money.
