A High-Stakes Bet: Turning Google Assistant Into a ‘Star Trek’ Computer

Google is one of the most valuable companies in the world, but its future, like that of all tech giants, is clouded by a looming threat. The search company makes virtually all of its money from ads placed on the World Wide Web. But what happens to the cash machine if web search eventually becomes outmoded?

Yesterday we had our last meeting of the North America section of our nine month journey from Alaska to Argentina.

It was with Bibop G Gresta and his team from Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, who are developing an entirely new sustainable transport system that will allow people to travel between cities at the speed of sound. The meeting was on Labour Day, a public holiday for most Americans, but not the Hyperloop team.

Las 4 ambiciones de Elon Musk para cambiar el mundo

Es el propio Musk quien ha desvelado en un blog en la web de Tesla su ‘Plan Maestro II’: cuatro objetivos ambiciosos con los que el visionario deja claro, una vez más, que está empeñado en cambiar el mundo. Con estos cuatro horizontes Musk busca alcanzar una “economía sostenible de la energía” para que, cuando falten los combustibles fósiles, “la civilización no se venga abajo”.

4 Crucial Stages Of Startup Growth

To be successful it is important to understand the different stages of business growth and what it takes to be an entrepreneur.
 There are a lot of unknowns and uncertainty when it comes to startups. For example:



What defines a growing startup as compared to an early-stage one?

What are the
 different phases startups go through before becoming multi-million dollar enterprises?

How do you know if a company has “unicorn” potential to become the next Uber or
 Facebook?


In this article, we will discuss four crucial stages to startup growth which will answer these questions.

5 New Businesses You Can Start That Prove 2016 Is the Best Time Ever for Entrepreneurs

According to a foreword for the Kauffman Foundation Growth Index by Third Wave author Steve Case, entrepreneurs are on the cusp of transforming rapidly-changing healthcare, education, food, and transportation sectors. And Case knows what he’s talking about: as the co-founder of AOL, he saw the mainstream importance of the internet decades before anyone else could fathom how it would impact our lives.

Infosys CEO On Mission To Transform His Company Into Design Thinkers

It’s been just over a year since Vishal Sikka surprised many when he walked away from SAP. Several months later, he shocked a few more when he took the job as CEO at Infosys, the Indian consulting firm. I talked to him this week, and nine months into his new job, he’s making a concerted effort to change the culture and introduce design thinking.

What he means by that is thinking beyond the boundaries of the defined process to look for something new — to think more like a startup. Sikka says his first nine months have been amazing, but very different from his experience working at SAP for 11 years.

MARK ZUCKERBERG: Consejos para ser un buen emprendedor

La humildad, el ingenio y la constancia son algunos de los valores que Zuckerberg aconseja para ser un buen emprendedor

El CEO y fundador de Facebook, la primera red social del mundo en número de usuarios y en relevancia, es uno de los mejores ejemplos de lo que implica ser un emprendedor.

OPINIÓN: CÓMO INNOVAR EN TU EMPRESA UTILIZANDO 'DESIGN THINKING'

Al ser un gran generador de innovación se puede aplicar a cualquier campo, desde el desarrollo de productos o servicios hasta la mejora de procesos o la definición de modelos de negocio.

Por: ARSENY LEPIAVKA