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| What to watch next week at CES, the tech industry’s biggest trade show |
| International CES -- the consumer tech industry's largest trade show -- has, by some accounts, lost some of its shine in the past few years. Companies have shifted to hosting their own, exclusive events to launch big products. Consumers haven't fully embraced a new tech category since the tablet. And a lot of innovation is focused on improving the way we manage our data rather than the gadgets we use -- concepts that don't translate as well to a booth demo. Read full article » |
| The man who invented Priceline.com wants to shake up America’s approach to patents |
| In 1997, Jay Walker founded Priceline.com — the Web site many people use to get cheaper airfare by "naming your own price." Patenting the solution, and allowing others to use the patents for a fee, helped drive Walker's success. But, Walker argues in an interview, many patents remain underused. Now, the man who smoothed transactions for buyers and sellers of airplane tickets wants to do something similar for a key part of the nation's information economy. Walker is developing something called the United States Patent Utility. Here’s what that means. Read full article » |
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| Innovations: Can China’s Xiaomi challenge Apple as the smartphone innovation leader? |
| China’s biggest smartphone maker, Xiaomi, just landed over $1 billion in new venture capital financing, valuing the company at a reported $45 billion. At that valuation — higher than that of Uber’s $41 billion — the Chinese tech giant just became the most valuable venture-backed company on the planet. According to recent IDC statistics, the company is already the third-largest smartphone vendor in the world, trailing only Samsung and Apple in terms of quarterly smartphone shipments. But can Xiaomi ever catch up to Apple and Samsung in terms of innovation and not just size? Read full article » |
| Innovations: 7 admirable start-ups that are driving social change |
| A standing joke in Silicon Valley is that the smartest people go into online advertising, virtual currency, or dumb online games. And you surely have to wonder what has gone wrong when the industry’s heavy hitters and venture capitalists provide $1.5 million to seed a useless app such as Yo. Read full article » |
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