The number of mobile-phone users in Italy that access video
content through their handsets is expected to rise up to 5.1 million by
2015, at least this is what a recently published report from technology
and media specialist Coda ...READ»
Italy has some big issues with trash collection--there is even a documentary film, Biùtiful cauntri, about the notorious illegal toxic waste dumping in the south around Naples. The garbage situation isn't nearly as bad in Rome, but ...READ»
For the past 20 years, emaciated models have fueled the fashion industry as the standard for sex appeal and style. It all started with Twiggy in the 1960's, a skinny little pixie of an icon whose cute nonexistant thighs inspired my ...READ»
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»
Many
of the projects I produce at Learning Worlds are not only created with
multimedia technology tools, but they are about technology, and some
include very technical or industry specific terms. In addition there
is often quite ...READ»
You've probably moseyed down the pasta aisle and wondered: Why on earth are there so many pasta shapes? And the ones you seen don't even match the dozens of other variants that you might find in Italy. But the purpose isn't ...READ»
Any parent seeking to make a kid feel inadequate need only point to
17-year-old Daniel Brusilovsky. The Californian is founder and CEO of
Teens in Tech Networks (for young media producers), a TechCrunch
writer, and a ...READ»
Radiolaria is designed by Shiro Studio architects, and it's a pretty cool free-form structure that will act as a pavilion. But perhaps the coolest thing about it is that its designer is using the worlds largest rapid-prototyping ...READ»
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»
In Ian Fleming’s 1953 novel, British secret agent James Bond was a chain-smoking 70-a-day man. But in the new version of Casino Royale I hope to watch this weekend, the only smoke we'll see will come from 007's Walther PPK ...READ»
Think consumers are so hungry for all things green that they will buy a hybrid car just because it's a hybrid? Think again. A study from Accenture shows that 6 out of 10 people are more likely to buy a hybrid or electric car only if ...READ»
According to a recent article by the BBC(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7337145.stm), Italy has one of the lowest rates of female employment in the European Union, with only 46 percent of women holding jobs.
That amounts ...READ»
Boy, are we a finicky bunch. According to a new study by Accenture, the industry Americans are most satisfied with is -- get this -- postal services. And that top spot in the results only means that a meager 44% of Americans are ...READ»
I'm in Milan, Italy, for the latter part of this week, in order to participate in the first alumni reunion held by the business school SDA Bocconi in its 50-year history.
As we speak, so to speak, I'm camped out in the basement ...READ»
Last night over dinner, Leonardo Previ and I discussed the state of Italian -- and broader European -- business, as well as the tendency to look to America for new ideas, practices, and processes. Many of the challenges we considered ...READ»
It's nice to know that Jeff Immelt, GE's CEO, and I think alike. Just as I was writing this piece, I happened to read his comments on the business culture in this country: "I believe that a popular, 30-year notion that ...READ»
New research by Comscore has underlined something we always knew, but perhaps we weren't expecting to be so significant: Cellphone satellite navigation use in Europe is rocketing skywards at an amazing pace, at the expense of ...READ»
