Tag: business
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“The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they’re indistinguishable from it.” That quote from computer scientist Mark Weiser is… more ›
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Even as WeWork’s IPO collapsed last fall and its then-CEO Adam Neumann was left walking the streets of New York barefoot, fighting for his job, the company still had a… more ›
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Only 0.5% of the world’s population knows how to code, and the U.S. graduates only ~150,000 computer science graduates each year. Historically, problems that can be solved with technology have been bounded… more ›
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Major companies competing in many industries struggle to stay abreast of rapidly changing technologies. They are typically organized into business units, each with its own set of functions. https://hbr.org/2020/11/how-apple-is-organized-for-innovation more ›
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The pandemic will get worse before it gets better, and will continue to be a threat at least through 2021. The toughest climate challenge won’t be the cars we drive,… more ›
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Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges related to its marketing of the addictive painkiller, and faces penalties of roughly $8.3 billion, the… more ›
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Mobile guest rooms, enhanced contactless room controls, robotic servers and pop-up dining areas are just a few of the ideas hotel designers are considering for the post-Covid travel world. Whether… more ›
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COVID has been the great accelerant of every budding trend: Virtual kitchens instead of restaurants, physical stores turning into e-commerce fulfillment centers, universal work from home (at least for the… more ›
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As most of the major media categories — music, video and video games — have existed for decades, we tend to forget that media is technology. Instead, we think of… more ›
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In episode two of The Future of Fashion podcast, Americas editor Hilary Milnes speaks to the luxury e-commerce platform’s founder and CEO José Neves about how customer behaviour has changed… more ›