Tag: Apple
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Silicon Valley “innovation” truth
Silicon Valley is a place that prides itself on innovation. Yet, somehow in the Valley’s pursuit of shiny new tech, it has decided that being “innovative” is the same thing as being “totally original.” Copying another startup’s idea is seen as an inferior, unoriginal get-rich quick play. Acknowledging that you used a competitor’s idea is unheard of. Take…
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Tap Into The 7 Secrets Of Silicon Valley’s Innovation Culture
Today, companies can create a culture of value creation, no matter where they’re based, Soren Kaplan writes. Here’s how. BY SOREN KAPLAN Silicon Valley isn’t just a spot on a map. It’s a brand–a global symbol of enduring innovation. Mark Zuckerberg moved Facebook from his Harvard dorm room to Silicon Valley. Steve Jobs grew up…
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The smartphone is going to die – and these tech companies are leading the race to kill it
The next phase of computing will soon replace the world of smartphones. Image: REUTERS/Stringer These are the quiet times. From April to June, tech’s biggest companies all held their annual mega-events, laying out their grand visions for the next 12 months or so. Facebook kicked it off in late April with its F8 conference, followed…
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Canada Has An Innovation Problem?
Canada is a vast country with ample resources, however political and economic machinery in this country are not open enough to create true and genuine marketplace for disruptive ideas. Cultural, artistic and intellectual innovation form the foundation of innovative economies. No nation can stay competitive and economically advanced while stagnating culturally and intellectually. Innovation requires…
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Nova rodada de investimentos avalia Duolingo em US$ 700 milhões
Duolingo: empresa levantou mais 25 milhões de dólares (Duolingo/Reprodução) São Paulo – A startup de educação digital Duolingo anuncia que passou por uma nova rodada de investimentos e que agora é avaliada em 700 milhões de dólares. ro A nova rodada trouxe 25 milhões de dólares ao Duolingo. O investimento foi feito pela Drive Capital,…
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Apps realmente vão morrer, estamos na era das plataformas!
Foi-se o tempo em que construir apps era o bastante para o sucesso, hoje em dia, você precisa construir plataformas completas. Pode parecer redundante ou repetitivo falar que ninguém liga para a sua ideia de aplicativo que vai mudar o mundo, mas quanto mais acompanho empreendedores fazendo ou falando algo, mais eu vejo o quanto…
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America has become so anti-innovation – it’s economic suicide
If you’ve used the internet at any point in the past few weeks, you’ve probably heard of Juicero. Juicero is a San Francisco-based company that sells a $400 juicer. Here’s how it works: you plug in a pre-sold packet of diced fruits and vegetables, and the machine transforms it into juice. But it turns out…
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Novo campus tecnológico da Apple será sediado em Londres
A fabricante do iPhone concordou em alugar o espaço de escritório na Battersea Power Station, uma usina desmantelada perto do rio Tamisa no sudoeste de Londres. Ocupando cerca de 40% do local, a Apple será o maior inquilino no complexo com quase 153 mil metros quadrados em seis andares no centro de Boiler House. A Apple planeja mover cerca de 1.400…
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How to innovate for the next 100 years
Entrepreneurs doing VC pitching are providing solutions to a problem they solve in a market. When you are really good at entrepreneurship, you begin to see how things that are not even close to sounding like the same problem can be resolved by the same solution. This is how innovation starts. Large institutions are racing to open…
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