Topic: London (England)

Ecotality and BP Work Together to Roll Out Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles

With the Nissan Leaf and GM's Volt hitting the streets in December, GE, BP, and a host of design stars are racing to install the gas pump's high-style replacement.READ»

November Events

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• Read: Decision Points
• Share: National Philanthropy Day
• Soar: Future of Air Transport Conference

Portrait of the Rapper as a Young Marketer: How K'naan Delivered on Coca-Cola's $300 Million Bet

Coca-Cola bet that an unknown Somali rapper could support its biggest marketing campaign ever. The company was right, and it may have launched a new star. Or not.READ»

• Two Versions of "Wavin' Flag"

The Progression of Air Travel

One century ago this month, commercial air flight took off. And before we know it, we could be flying in cars, or taking family vacations to space. As airline bigwigs convene in London to talk the future, we glance at the bumpy path that got us here.READ»

• Now: November 2010
• Read: Decision Points
• Share: National Philanthropy Day

Renegade History of the United States: Chapter Nine

Shopping: The Real American Revolution  If you were a typical American living in the early part of the nineteenth century, you had to plant, tend, harvest, slaughter, and process your own food. You had to make your own ...READ»

Can Apps Make London Less Intimidating for Tourists?

While being a tourist in London may be fun and exciting it can also be a daunting experience for non-Londoners trying to get around the hustle and bustle of the big smoke. You may have a long list of attractions that your travel ...READ»

London Film Festival

Most filmmakers toil in obscurity for years before getting the chance to premiere at a world-class event like the London Film Festival. Not so for the winner of Unilever's Consumer Creative Challenge, a contest in which amateur ...READ»

The Meaning of Friendship in a Social Networked World

In an era of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social network platforms, what is the meaning of true friendship?READ»

Restoring Trust Through Sustainable Excellence

The combination of innovation, globalization, and natural resource limits present two distinctly different futures: one that delivers dignified lives to more of the world's people than ever before, the other hits a brick wall brought on by a consumption-based model that the planet cannot sustain.READ»

The British Invade America Again (This Time, Through Fashion)

The fashions at British clothier AllSaints may be distressed, but its aggressive U.S. expansion suggests plenty of optimism.READ»

Heirlooms of Tomorrow

Designed to wow and created to last, these heirlooms-in-waiting are an antidote to throwaway consumerism in this era of disposable goods.READ»

• 2010 Masters of Design
• Slideshow: Designer Hand-Me-Downs

Now: October 2010

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• Read: How Did I Get Here?
• Protect: Convention on Biological Diversity
• Veg Out: 100th Anniversary of the Cathode-Ray Tube

A Generation of Emerging Designers Who Design With Purpose

This emerging generation of designers wants to do more than create handsome and functional products. It’s out to protect the environment, improve health, reform education, and empower communities.READ»

• 2010 Masters of Design

Californians Get to Rent Their Cars to Strangers

Ride sharing takes on a whole new meaning today, thanks to a law signed by Governor Schwarzenegger -- and a startup called Spride Share is poised to cash in.READ»

Globalization: Bridging Across Cultures or Developing a Global Culture?

Why there is, as yet, no global business culture--and whether there will ever be.READ»

Beating Up Wall Street Types Now Legal

After years of having their Fannies spanked and their Goldmans smacked, are bankers, brokers, lawyers, and hedge fund managers prepared for the timely return of White Collar Boxing?READ»

IT Security Firm: Fear Students

College kids today are into rampant immoral hacking, according to a new survey of U.K. students. What can be done?READ»

Gartner Portal, Content, and Collaboration Conference - My Twitter Summary

Twitter "speak" summary of the recent Gartner PCC Conference in London.READ»

Geographic Bias: One of the Greatest Threats to Marketing and Research

Too often, we find ourselves applying the "focus group of one" mentality to our work, assuming that the place we're from is indicative of what the country--or the world--thinks. But we have to strive to challenge our own geographic assumptions and bring a diversity of cultural perspectives to the discussion.READ»

Stephanie Winston Wolkoff Brings Fashion to New York's Lincoln Center

Her big idea? Create a fashion hub at New York's Lincoln Center, which Stephanie Winston Wolkoff calls a "blank white canvas that hadn't been filled."READ»

Unpacking the Global Human Egg Trade

Modern fertility technology has made parenthood a possibility for thousands more people, but it has also created a lucrative -- and ethically questionable -- global trade in human genetic material.READ»

• The Global Bazaar

How TED Connects the Idea-Hungry Elite

Inside the World's most exclusive and most accessible club.READ»

• Greatest Hits of TED Videos

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»

• Eggs for Sale

Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Start-Up WhipCar Is Zooming Down ZipCar's Lane

The firm, which operates out of London's West End, is expecting to take six months to get to the number of vehicles that the U.K.'s "leading car club" took six years to attain.READ»

YouTube Gets More Serious About Movies Overseas, Partners With U.K. Streaming Company

YouTube is serious about its experiment in streaming full-length movies, despite some previous failings in this area: It's just launched a page jammed with 400 movie titles. And they're free (in the U.K.)READ»