Innovation: The History of a Buzzword
In the 17th century, “innovators” didn’t get accolades. They got their ears cut off. by @emmagreen
An inside look at what it?s like to build companies at lightning speed
Rocket Internet is known for launching and growing tech companies at an astonishing rate and speed, but you rarely hear inside accounts about how it?s done. We talked to a number of founders to find out. @CharmaineLi
Too much content can also be a disease.
Don?t die of consumption, Learn by Writing by @snsmth
Inside Google’s Secret Drone-Delivery Program
For two years, the company has been working to build flying robots that can deliver products across a city in a minute or two. An Atlantic exclusive. by @alexismadrigal
How do you choose your next project?
How do you decide what you should work on? @StefLewandowski
What?s After Big Data? Niche Analytics, Data Wrangling, Smart Storage
The premise of big data, at least, is easy to grasp: more and more information is being collected, stored, and analyzed, from click streams to sales records to mobile-device locations. by @gthuang
These are the 25 most popular mobile apps in America
ComScore tracks the 25 most popular apps in the US. This is an interesting slice of the App Store, as it highlights active usage, not just one-time downloads or recent popularity. by @fromedome
Finnish Startup Gets Seed Backing For Its Online Education Platform Play, Eliademy
Finnish startup CBTec, an online education platform offering free cloud-based tools for teachers and learners which launched just over a year ago, has taken in its first significant tranche of external funding from early stage Finnish VC firm Inventure. by @riptari
One thing I’ve learned since leaving Google
Perhaps the most important thing I’ve learned since I left Google is this: I am a skilled engineer, with strong technical chops and good ‘soft’ skills to help a development team perform well by @AnaUlin
An Economist Shows How Imitation Can Sometimes Beat Innovation
In economic debates, it is about as close to a mantra as you can get: Innovation is good, and faster innovation is even better. You can never have too much of it.