While the global market for ever more sophisticated tech gadgets grows, the metals and minerals that make them go are controlled by a handful of countries.READ»
The fast-food giant unveils its i-crop soil-monitoring system to help farmers around the world manage water and CO2 emissions. What about the rest of us?READ»
In the hours before Microsoft's Apple challenger launched, a slew of Windows phones surfaced. Then MS revealed a total of 10 phones for 30 countries. Most look like competitors to the current iPhone, not next year's. READ»
Gluten, a protein in wheat, rye, and barley, is found in everything
from beer to bread to vitamins to licorice. But all manner of
rice-flour doughnuts and quinoa pasta, once relegated to specialty
shops, are now invading mainstream ...READ»
Before locking in an obvious choice and perhaps accepting a mediocre result, challenge yourself and your team to explore the unlisted options. In today’s ultra-competitive world, the time you spend exploring the possibilities can represent the difference between winning and losing. READ»
Earlier this week, China halted all shipments of rare earth metals to Japan. That's bad news for batteries, lasers, wind turbines and solar panels. READ»
While visiting New York this week for the American publication of his latest book "Cities for People"--a kind of manual for making walkable cities--Jan Gehl invited me to sit with him in Bryant Park to observe the sidewalk ballet and discuss what he calls “the needs of the urban habitat of homo sapiens.”READ»
Every business card brings with the hope of anchoring who you are at some later point in time and, hopefully, ensuring you stand out in the world. Now B1G1 makes it possible to make each business card you hand out a charitable voucher.READ»
Green cremations and burials are often gruesome. Take, for example, Swedish company Promessa's scheme to dunk corpses into liquid nitrogen and break them down into tiny pieces. Or Resomation's process, which breaks down corpses with ...READ»
The true mark of a leader is the willingness to stick with a bold course of action--an unconventional business strategy, a unique product-development roadmap, a controversial marketing campaign--even as the rest of the world wonders why you're not marching in step with the status quo.READ»
Australians got their mitts on the new iPhone 4 just the other day ... and guess what? They're not seeing the antenna issue that set the U.S. media alight. Is everything just better in Oz?READ»
