Breakthrough innovation is often first and foremost at the hands of skilled technicians and engineers that carry out the necessary processing, computing and programming to make great technologies feasible. Technology entrepreneurs that build businesses are anchored by the technologies such researchers help develop. A particularly noteworthy example is the work developed by electrical engineers at […]
The adage that “no king rules forever” does not apply to Google. The tech giant announced a corporate restructuring this summer, forming an umbrella company coined “Alphabet” that will operate as the parent entity for Google and its subsidiaries, including: Android, YouTube, Search and Ads. Alphabet will also be parent to the Google X lab […]
The idea of a Robin Hood Tax – a tax on the purchase and sale of securities and derivatives – is hardly new. Since Hunter Logan proposed the idea in 1998, everyone from Bill Gates to Pope Benedict XVI has endorsed it. The European Union is set to impose their version on banks by the […]
A preliminary bout of seven contenders prior to the main event featured seven presidential hopefuls: Sen. Lindsey Graham [S.C.], former Gov. Rick Perry [Texas], former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorena, former Gov. George Pataki [N.Y.], former Sen. Rick Santorum [Pa.], former Gov. Jim Gilmore [Va.] and Gov. Bobby Jindal [La.]. The winner here was ex-Hewlett-Packard CEO […]
