The future of Uber and Lyft: A crowded back seat
Transportation startups Uber and Lyft have long billed themselves as ride-sharing companies that, among other things, can reduce the number of cars on the...
Virtual Studio takes the next Level
Autodesk as ever has taken the opportunity of SIGGRAPH to highlight the next generation of its storytelling and collaboration tools. “The continued growth of AR...
Victoria’s Secret Reveals the 2016 What is Sexy List
Style, attitude and confidence describe the women who grace Victoria’s Secret’s 2016 What Is Sexy ? List.
As the authority on what is sexy now,...
HOUSE DESIGN
Hewlett-Packard job cuts aid stock amid turnaround push
Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman, still struggling to turn around Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ), is opting for more job cuts, a move that boosted shares...
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Boccaccio, Decameron, solved the enigma of the last tale: Patrizia de...
The culturally subversive content of Boccaccio’s Decameron continues to unnerve and divide scholars. What would inspire, in the middle of the 13th century, a...
PERFORMANCE TRAINING
Swiss voters reject $25 minimum wage
Swiss voters have defeated a proposal to introduce the highest minimum wage in the world.
The country's election authority said a preliminary tally showed 76%...
Bitcoin threatens payments sector
Digital currency bitcoin has crept out of the shadows of Silicon Valley basements and into the national spotlight. Venture capitalists — and billionaires —...
Startup puts sleeping school buses to use for midnight commuter service
A new service called Night School will start carrying people across between Oakland and San Francisco in school buses on Friday and Saturday nights...
Extreme U.S. and U.K. winters linked to greenhouse gases
The severe snowstorms that battered much of the U.S. and the U.K.’s wettest winter in almost 250 years were at least partially caused by...
Tech venture capitalists finally pay attention to Europe
Many technology entrepreneurs in Europe have grown accustomed to flying coach on the 11-hour haul to San Francisco. The marathon of meetings with venture-capital...
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The Business Value of Curiosity
You can't possibly be successful in business if you're not deeply curious about other people.
Being successful at business requires many things: courage, creativity, people...
