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Microsoft Reinvented the PC – Enter Surface Studio

Idea to Value

Since Microsoft commenced a more dynamic stage of innovative development, since Satya Nadella became their CEO in 2014 ( source ), it was clear that we should expect something big from their design team. Microsoft opted for LCD technology rather than OLED or ULED. This is all a result of their innovative hinge-producing technology.

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The Internet of Things brings fresh Innovation Opportunities

Destination Innovation

In 2014 Google bought home-automation company Nest for a massive $3.2 billion to give it a strong stake in IOT technology. ’ They become part of a living experience shaped by interactions among people, places, and objects, among product, nature, and life,’ said Olivier Ribet, VP of High Tech for Dassault Systemes.

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The Future of Jobs —Anticipate Job Needs in an Increasingly Tech-focused Economy

Daniel Burrus

As the Three Accelerators (bandwidth, processing power, and storage) grow at an exponential pace, new positions are emerging in the tech sector, and traditional jobs are getting tech-related overhauls. The issue is confusing because the skills required to work with new technologies are hard to measure.”

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The Future of Jobs —Anticipate Job Needs in an Increasingly Tech-focused Economy

Daniel Burrus

As the Three Accelerators (bandwidth, processing power, and storage) grow at an exponential pace, new positions are emerging in the tech sector, and traditional jobs are getting tech-related overhauls. The issue is confusing because the skills required to work with new technologies are hard to measure.”

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How the current patent system actually hurts innovation (and how patent trolls are being fought)

Idea to Value

Originally, patents had a simple purpose: By filing a patent, an inventor or company showed how their new technology worked, in exchange for legal protection for the duration of the patent. billion , predominantly for the approximately $4 billion worth of patents it possessed around smartphone technology. Does this system still work?

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The Book that Took 9 Years to Publish

Stephen Shapiro

It covered a wide range of topics related to innovation: strategy, organization structures, measures, technology, and more. January 2014: I decided to take the work done to date and create a “product” to use with my clients. January 2019: I hired a developmental editor who reviewed what I had written. Off to the printers!

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Smart Service Canvas

ITONICS

Services that aggregate and analyze data through intelligent technical systems or platforms to create customer value are called smart services. The service provider has to find out which Interaction Level is requested and appreciated by the customer and feasible from a technological point of view. Ecosystem Perspective.