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With Facebook forking out $19 billion for WhatsApp, could 2014 be the year when most of us give up on texting and use instant messaging instead? And not just by using WhatsApp; what about SnapChat or Viber?   Facebook’s purchase…

The worlds of technology and social media are racing forward at a blistering pace, and innovations from both worlds are increasingly crossing over and permeating our lives. It’s this convergence that the producers of Social Media Week are aiming to examine at its…

The U.S. electric sector faces radical change in 2014. From the rise of disruptive technologies to paradigm shifts in policy and regulation, every industry player today is confronting a wholly uncertain future. With that in mind, two of our writers…

While industry, institutions and society as a whole navigate an intense new era of social technology disruption, the good news is that there is scientific and astrological context.  As reported by NASA last week, the sun has “flipped” its north…

About 1 in 4 people in Switzerland suffer from high blood pressure; worldwide more than one billion people are affected increasing the risk of heart attack, cerebral haemorrhage or a stroke.    learn more in medical design technology New Method…

Between smart phones, smart pads, apps, cloud computing, and the myriad of other technological advances and transformations occurring today, many company leaders are wondering how to navigate it all. Historically, CEOs and other C-suite executives are used to having control…

WHILE WE can’t really predict what the future holds, we can look at how far we’ve come with technology in merely the last decade and realize the present we know now will, very soon, find itself memorialized in nostalgia. Here…

It’s easy to say that some piece of tech will take off next year, but that keeps us grounded into a linear idea of progress instead of reaching for true innovation. Do a search for “trends” on Amazon, and you…

The world of digital marketing is fast changing and 2013 was clearly an eventful year. I expect 2014 to be no less action-packed. Here are my top 5 predictions to help brands take full advantage of the year ahead.  …