It’s 2014! This blog is about analyzing all the big trends that affect the world. So here are, in no particular order, and concerning most subject areas. I think #9 will surprise you. 1. Government...
Next week, as part of the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, I’ll be speaking on a panel discussing the future of Internet-based telephony, or what is referred to in Washington as the “IP...
It began with a puppy. We had set out to adopt a dog, and for anyone who’s had puppies (or children for that matter) you know they grow quickly. So rather than head to the local Petco and shell out...
Despite more gadgets, electricity usage in US homes is falling to levels last seen in 2001 NEW YORK (AP) — The average amount of electricity consumed in U.S. homes has fallen to levels...
If you want to do something big, you have to start small; and German innovation is well known around the world. Yet when it comes to energy policy, the country looks to have placed the cart before...
As Nelson Mandela’s funeral became the kind of geopolitical media circus cynics expected it would, Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President...
A startup is a particularly fragile thing. After all, if fights among its founders and scarce cash don’t kill it, perhaps a failure to get customers will. So it should come as no surprise that a...
Last December, when I was relatively new to Forbes, I closed the year with a look into what I admitted would be a hazy-at-best crystal ball for 2013. Before looking ahead to next year, it seems only...
According to Apple Balla, the recently released latest model of Mac Pro can be upgraded with the future firmware, as a new experiment reveals that it includes a changeable Intel processor. ...
Apple Balla reports that in a response to the increasing need to catalogue and search through digital photos accumulated in iPhones and other devices, Apple applied for a patent for a system that...