It feels like we’re on the cusp of great things in the development of cancer treatments. A wave of immunotherapy and gene therapy approvals could point the way forward in treating and curing certain forms of cancer. Pharma and technology companies have embarked on collaborations to harness machine learning to …

Predicting the success potential for new brands is not necessarily a fool’s errand, but even with advancements in research techniques it’s still hard to determine which new products or services will be a win with consumers. Nielsen estimates that 85% of new products launched in the consumer packaged goods industry …

The Food Industry is in crisis. It has been slow to adopt technology, rested on its laurels and is now trying to catch up. Our society is dealing with unprecedented diet-related health problems, climate crisis, unsustainable agriculture methods and a growing population. History shows us that in times of crisis …

The award ceremony for the 10th annual Innovation World Cup® Series took place at MWC Barcelona this February, celebrating the IoT game changers of today. The jury selected 20 start-ups for the finals, out of more than 500 submissions from over 45 nations. A winner is selected for each of …

Remember the iPod? If not, Apple is here to jog your memory. The tech giant surprise-released a new iPod Touch on Tuesday — its first since 2015. The “new” product, which runs on an A10 Fusion Chip that Apple’s president of product marketing Greg Joswiak says makes the device “twice …

Gary Pisano’s recent Harvard Business Review piece, The Hard Truth About Innovative Cultures, beautifully frames up how innovative corporate environments are frequently misunderstood. Innovative startups aren’t just about being cool and nimble, having beer taps in the kitchen, or an endless bounty of swag. Pisano sums up the harder, harsher …

Bangladesh Jute sector had profound glory in Bangladesh economy. This ‘golden fiber’ can regain its image as jute-diversification has been broadening new prospect of jute. ‘Jute-Tin’ is one of the reviving efforts from Dr. Mubarak Ahmad Khan. Instead of using Lead (Pb) and Zinc (Zn), this long-lasting jute made tin …

I’ve been using mobile phones since the mid-nineties and have seen several companies impact the industry. Motorola and Nokia helped shape much of the earlier years of mobile phones with the latter introducing me to my first “smart” phone with the Communicator.  Then came BlackBerry that pushed productivity on mobile …

The Fortune 500 – the annual ranking of American companies that divides opinion amongst many in the nation and around the world. Seen by some as a gratuitous display of the American obsession with money, the Fortune 500’s stated mission is both simple and free from bombast: A ranked list …

According to National Geographic, 91 percent of the world’s plastic isn’t recycled. Given that plastic takes hundreds of years to break down, virtually all the plastic that’s ever been produced is still on Earth. Think of every milk jug, every plastic bottle, every plastic bag, all of the plastic utensils …