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Arm Race: Your Wristwatch Is Your Next Web Portal

The wristwatch was nearly killed off by the cell phone revolution. But now it appears that, not unlike Obi-Wan, if you strike the wristwatch down it will only become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.READ»

Lighting Africa Illuminates A New Market

An innovative program aims to light up off-the-grid Africa by boosting supply and demand for portable solar lamps.READ»

State Department Is Trying To Make A Thousand Ushahidis Bloom

Inspired by the rapid-fire response of the tech world to the earthquake in Haiti, the U.S. government is planning to jump-start a venture-capital approach to the field of humanitarian tech.READ»

From Italy (Naturally), Spinal Implants Shaped Like Pasta

"The bucatini project" restored the ability to walk in paraplegic rats. Could humans be next?READ»

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iFive: Facebook's Ad Income and U.S. Share Problems, Cheezburger's Venture Cash, Plastic Logic Reborn, Italian Google Antitrust

Back to work after the long weekend? This should help--the early news neatly diced up and served just right: READ»

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Campo Marzio's Artisan Stationery Comes to the U.S.

Our intrepid correspondent falls in love in Rome, and seals the deal in New York.READ»

Object of Desire: Brunello Cucinelli Leather Trolly Suitcase

It may be hard to understand how a $3,868 piece of luggage helps the world, until you realize that Cucinelli's business has been the saving grace of Solomeo, a village of fewer than 500 residents in central Italy.READ»

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Italy to Google: If You Must Be Creepy, Just Be Obvious About It

An Italian privacy regulator demands that Google's Street View cars be clearly labeled, and that their itineraries be published well in advance.READ»

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Ethical Fashion Gets Its Own Week

The new eco-glitterati are convening in Milan this week.READ»

The Global Bazaar for Human Reproductive Material

IVF has given hope to millions of aspiring parents, but the wild inconsistency of rules on egg donation has created big disparities -- and for entrepreneurs, huge opportunities.READ»

A Simple Lesson Learned in Tuscany

Why make things complicated when simple is better?READ»

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iFive: BP's Photoshop Disaster, Apple Is Evil, Robot Car Trip to China, Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Freebie, Cow Wash!

While you were sleeping, innovation was reviewing its quality-control policy down at the factory, before jumping in a robot-controlled van and heading out to the car wash.1. What is it about BP and its ongoing relationship with the ...READ»

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iFive: BP and the Arts, Animals Love Innovation too, Italy Crashes Out, Microsoft Goes Very Mobile, Facebook's New Employee

As Little Italy drowned its sorrows with buckets of grappa and espresso chasers, innovation was poking fun at oil giants, skittering around on its bionic paws and playing Hunt the New Facebook Employee in the corridors of the White ...READ»

The Italians Are Coming!

An effort at boosting Italian culture abroad will get a splashy new outpost in New York.READ»

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Famous Conductor on Management Styles, Part One

At the Kinnernet conference in Israel I had a real treat. I was able to participate in a "maestro" workshop that Itay Talgam, famous conductor, gave. He demonstrated several different conductor's management styles and showed why some ...READ»

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Famous Conductor on Management Styles, Part Two

At the Kinnernet conference in Israel I had a real treat. I was able to participate in a "maestro" workshop that Itay Talgam, famous conductor, gave. He demonstrated several different conductor's management styles and showed why some ...READ»

Italy Convicts Google Execs on Privacy Invasion Charges, Revisits Dark Ages

Three Google execs have been convicted on charges of privacy violation in an Italian court, based on a horrid schoolkid bullying clip on YouTube. Though the video is shocking, it's the Italian legal system that's truly ...READ»

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India, Italy, Brazil Can Fill America’s Blanks

No matter how much we know, there’s always someone who can teach us new tricks... READ»

Milan, Italy Commissioning World's Biggest Rooftop Solar Plant

It's been a week of shakeups for the renewable energy industry. First T. Boone Pickens dropped his wind power plan, and now the Milan Trade Fair Group has announced plans to build the world's biggest rooftop photovoltaic plant, ...READ»