Even though we love smartphones, we do have a big problem with them: entering text causes more pain than pleasure. Touchscreens are awesome, but navigating their virtual keyboards is an ordeal. In 2008, four graduates of Shanghai's best universities,...
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Innovation according to Marlon Parker, Cape Town
I met Marlon Parker, founder of Rlabs, in June during my visit to Cape Town. I asked how he defines innovation. ...
Read moreInnovation according to Samer Karam, Lebanon
I met seeqnce founder Samer Karam this February in Beirut, and asked how he defines innovation....
Read moreDesign thinking: How to innovate if you're not an engineer
Tech innovation will always need engineers – and savvy geeks – entrepreneurs, and investors excited by risks and the opportunities that come with them.Everyone has their own recipe for success, so there really is no one true way to do things.It's...
Read moreStart-ups that are global from day one
Before heading off to Asia and the US, I wanted to make some initial summaries of what I've learned during my travels. The first was an article on the idea of ecosystems, published in July. This one, the second, is about start-ups that are global...
Read moreReprisal: The Journey East, Returning to My Roots
I'm writing this in Ho Chi Minh City. I just got here, the next step on my trip around the world of innovation. From here, I'll go to Singapore, Manilla, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, San Francisco and New York. The big trip.This is...
Read moreChanging the way to change the world: a festival for social activists
Who hasn't dreamed of TED conferences for the poor, for activists, for people who want to change the world but don't have the means to travel to Long Beach in California, US, or the connections needed to participate in global TEDx conferences?....
Read moreInnovation world tour: it's about the ecosystem
Before you head off on vacation, let me take a moment to set out my preliminary – and only partial – takeaways from my travels through the world of innovation, a journey that will conclude in October. After visiting 33 cities, interviewing more...
Read moreThe Experimental Tweet Presentation
I was recently asked to talk about how innovation has changed journalism, which turned into an experiment in tweeting my own presentation with no visual support besides my Twitter page. This took place at the end of June as part of the 4M Conference...
Read moreStartups in Israel: A Revealing Paradox.
Israel has two key elements needed to succeed in the information-technology sector: Nobel Prizes (symbolic of the quality of high-level education) and the capital to invest in startups. Both are things that make Silicon Valley so strong.You just...
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