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CryptDB can perform the digital equivalent of pulling the desired file out of a locked filing cabinet without ever unlocking it. http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/12/19/an-mit-magic-trick-computing-on-encrypted-databases-without-ever-decrypting-them/

An MIT Magic Trick: Computing On Encrypted Databases Without Ever Decrypting Them - Forbes

Apple is slated to announce the fruits of its labor on improving the use of technology in education at its special media event on Thursday, January 19. While speculation has so far centered on digital textbooks, sources close to the matter have confirmed to Ars that Apple will announce tools to help create interactive e-books—the "GarageBand for e-books," so to speak—and expand its current platform to distribute them to iPhone and iPad users. http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2012/01/apple-to-announce-tools-platform-to-digitally-destroy-textbook-publishing.ars

Apple to announce tools, platform to "digitally destroy" textbook publishing

http://www.commerce.gov/americacompetes This website delivers the report on the Competitiveness and Innovative Capacity of the United States, sent to Congress in January 2012 as mandated by the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010.

America COMPETES | Department of Commerce

http://www.ge.com/innovationbarometer/ The GE Global Innovation Barometer was commissioned by GE and conducted by independent research and consulting firm StrategyOne to identify drivers and deterrents of innovation and to analyze perceptions around innovation opportunities and challenges.

Global Innovation Barometer

Google Launches Internet Research Site - The Next Web

Google has today announced the launch of a new site called Value of the Web, which will collect research from around the world that “sheds new light on the economic impact of the Internet.” http://thenextweb.com/google/2012/01/20/google-launches-value-of-the-web-to-collect-internet-research-from-around-the-world/

Google Fiber in Kansas City - The Building the Gigabit City Report | The Brainzooming Group | Strategy Consulting and Strategic Planning

http://brainzooming.com/google-fiber-in-kansas-city-the-building-the-gigabit-city-report-release/10103/ In the spirit of broad Kansas City community efforts to brainstorm ideas for how the introduction of Google Fiber can change lives in Kansas City, The Brainzooming Group was excited to partner with Social Media Club of Kansas City to create “Building the Gigabit City: Brainzooming a Google Fiber Roadmap.”
25 in Share 15 In this presentation, David Armano of Edelman Digital and Mike Kuczkowski discuss Edelman’s approach and methodology for doing business in a connected age.

Innovation Excellence | Social Business Planning

http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2012/01/01/social-business-planning/
Vocal Technologies

http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/18/microsoft-and-techstars-launch-kinect-accelerator-for-new-kinect-based-startups/ The Kinect has proved fertile ground for hackers and innovators all over the world, from individuals to student teams to established researchers.

Microsoft And TechStars Launch Kinect Accelerator For New Kinect-Based Startups | TechCrunch

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2395728,00.asp#fbid=RJX2E7OI9Ez

Verizon API To Give Apps 'Turbo' Bandwidth Boost | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

Verizon will publish an API that could allow consumers to "turbocharge" the network bandwidth their smartphone apps use for a small fee, executives said Tuesday. Verizon anticipates that a customer running an app on a smartphone will have the option to dynamically snatch more bandwidth for that app, if network congestion slows it down, said Hugh Fletcher, associate director for technology in Verizon's Product Development and Technology team. The app, however, must be running what Verizon referred to as the network optimization API it is currently developing, and hopes to publish by the third quarter of 2012.

How to Change the World: What I Learned From Steve Jobs

Many people have explained what one can learn from Steve Jobs.
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The Global Innovation 1000: Why Culture Is Key

The elements that make up a truly innovative company are many: a focused innovation strategy, a winning overall business strategy, deep customer insight, great talent, and the right set of capabilities to achieve successful execution. More important than any of the individual elements, however, is the role played by corporate culture — the organization’s self-sustaining patterns of behaving, feeling, thinking, and believing — in tying them all together.
A reverse innovation , very simply, is any innovation likely to be adopted first in the developing world.

Vijay Govindarajan's Blog: What is Reverse Innovation?

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