Curated articles from various sources.
General Electric has traded its division of refrigerators and microwave ovens for electric power generators, among other devices. In addition, it has made a significant bet on developing software to connect these devices to the Internet. GE strongly believes that growth opportunities are embedded in what it calls the “Internet of Really Big Things”. With their sights…
Let the solar wars commence, says Bloomberg Businessweek. With Warren Buffett controlling Nevada’s legacy utility, and Elon Musk behind the solar company (Tesla) that’s upending the market – there’s no telling who will win the bet to eventually own the sun. In addition to the solar powered-battle of the billionaires, erupts the onset of hundreds…
A few noteworthy events have led European banking to reach a proverbial point of no return. It’s no wonder that investors are running out of patience with European bank chieftains. Since the unfortunate fall of Lehman Brothers in 2008, eight of Europe’s biggest banks (including Deutsche Bank) have had to layoff around 100,000 employees, pay billions…
Sure, it’s true that every airline has its own horror stories, with air travel in itself being riddled with opportunities for customer dissatisfaction. But United Airlines has outdone itself over the past 4 years in proving to be the leader of airline bloopers. These bloopers encompass almost all performance metrics, including delays, cancellations and mishandled…
ByTED
Human-computer interaction researcher and designer Sean Follmer, designs shape-changing and deformable interfaces that are build to make the most of our natural dexterity and spatial abilities. In this paradigm-shifting TED talk, he poses the question: What will the world look like when we move beyond the keyboard and mouse? He answers the same question by employing himself…
ByHBR.org
The latest word from Harvard Business Review in regard to up-keeping organizational performance, has much to do with how to stay relevant in today’s ever-changing technological atmosphere. As opposed to having your employees learn a set of skills and then being “prepared” for their careers ahead, it’s more about getting them to keep learning over…
