I recently gave a presentation at the Digital Innovators Summit in Berlin on how FORBES is disrupting the traditional news media. There?s nothing like preparing a PowerPoint deck to focus the mind, especially when one of the presenters (a former newsweekly colleague of mine) runs Sports Illustrated. Somehow you know he?s going to show off ...

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 13:26

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pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 13:25

In the 1980s U.S. movie ?Coal Miner's Daughter,? Sissy Spacek portrays Loretta Lynn, the country??girl??who??sang her way from poverty to fame.?? In China these days, if you're??a daughter??in one of the country?s growing??numbers of well-off coal mining families,??a big part of??life involves managing the??risks you bear in getting your clan in a heap of trouble ...

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 12:19

Fragmentation in Android universe is worsening (unsubstantiated scientifically, of course). Recently, a new study linked the F-word to the ?slow erosion of interest levels? among developers towards Android platform. Google?s Chairman Eric Schmidt went to 2012 Consumer Electronics Show to convince the world that Android is all about differentiation, NOT fragmentation. He said, ?Differentiation means ...

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 12:14

If you buy from an online retailer like Amazon or Overstock today will you be stung with sales tax???It's often hard to tell until you check out, and tomorrow may be even more confusing. The battle over internet sales taxes is far from over. See??Amazon Faces Taxing Times. If your state has a sales tax ...

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 10:17

Nonfiction author, as her latest book, The Millionaire's Wife, is released, discusses marrying two genres -- true crime and animal welfare.

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 09:45

With 15 million albums sold worldwide, the group is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with an international excursion that includes the headlining gig at MSG, the first ever for a Japanese act. Is this the decade they try to make it in the U.S.?

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 07:55

Investors in China's main financial district are talking about the following before the start of trade today:?? The overnight rise in U.S. stocks fueled by comments by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke that suggested a continuation of loose U.S. monetary policy may help China shares today. Many of China's biggest private-sector companies are reporting 2011 financial ...

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 07:55

During my endocrinology training, I was captivated by a phenomenon I'd seen on the wards, and had just started to read about in the literature: diabetic patients receiving bariatric surgery exhibited rapid, seemingly instantaneous improvements in their glycemic control, apparently related to profoundly reduced insulin resistance as a consequence of the surgery.?? The first teaching ...

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 06:26

Profits are up at Foxconn. No, not that Foxconn ( + Daisey = Meltdown). When it?s not building iPads and PlayStations, Foxconn, aka Hon Hai Precision Industry, is the world?s largest contract manufacturer of mobile phones via its Hong Kong-listed subsidiary. The subsidiary, Foxconn Holdings (FIH), said Mar. 22 that it had swung to a ...

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 06:26