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The Coming of the Clairvoyant Computer

Leading Blog

The solution is machine learning —computers automatically discovering patterns and developing new knowledge by furiously feeding on modern society's greatest and most potent unnatural resource : data. Obama was re-elected in 2012 with the help of voter prediction. Student essay grade prediction has been developed for automatic grading.

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Six Marketing Mistakes at CES 2012

Harvard Business Review

You don't make wireless Airplay speakers. If you're not asking customers all about this before you invest significant resources in the development of your product and marketing, then you are just guessing from a conference room. For example, you don't make a video-distribution technology. Be bold, be shameless. Billions.

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The Innovation Mindset in Action: 3M Corporation

Harvard Business Review

In three recent blog posts we looked at the innovation mindset in individuals, profiling game changers Jerry Buss , Peter Jackson , and Shantha Ragunathan. Innovators maintain a laser focus on outcomes , avoid getting caught in the activity trap , and proactively "expand the pie" to make an impact. Take, for example, 3M Corporation.

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India's Exploding Digital Economy

Harvard Business Review

Further, we'll see a roll-out of 4G wireless services across the country in 2012. Consumer demand for innovative digital services, when executed ably, seems unquenchable; and that demand is stimulating capital flows. Morgan Stanley projects that 3G penetration will reach 22 percent by 2015. Yes, there are challenges.

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Mobile Money Is Driving Africa’s Cashless Future

Harvard Business Review

More people have mobile money accounts than bank accounts in at least nine African countries, up from four in 2012. Other mobile service operators are also vying to release innovations to help customers pay for things without cash, receive money from abroad, and obtain micro loans and insurance products.

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A Rational Approach to Regulating Private Drones

Harvard Business Review

In a 2012 case, for example, the U.S. Today, for example, no one should be surprised to learn that it''s easy for police to record calls over either wired or wireless telephone networks. For better and for worse, it''s hard to imagine the world without those developments. Government Innovation Technology'

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A Short History of Radio Explains the iPhone’s Success

Harvard Business Review

The iPhone roared into the marketplace 10 years ago today, and overwhelmed the wireless world. What has escaped attention is that the device burst into a sector long insulated from the slightest threat of disruptive innovation. Wireless is the same, but without the cat. Armstrong’s Killer App. Then he paused.