Forget Fingerprints, Your Face Is A Security Key


No system is unhackable. But to hear Hector Hoyos describe his company’s latest security offering, it’s hard to imagine cyber-intruders easily breaking through the barriers he’s created. He’s...
    






Sourcing Goods And Suppliers In China: A How-To Guide For Small Businesses


By Richard N. Frasch and Charlotte Zhanghaixia Westfall Horace Greeley, the famous early American newspaper editor and founder of the New York Tribune in the mid-1800s, famously responded to the...
    






Ed Tech And Activism Are Reinventing Education On 30 Under 30


This is the era of the edu-preneur, when being a K-12 or higher ed  professional can mean anything from cofounding a start-up with excess of $50 million in funding or launching a venture that uses...
    






Delight Your Customers By Giving Them What They Didn’t Ask For


When customers ask us for something, our first inclination is most likely to give it to them. Naturally, our goal is to deliver value to those who pay the bills. And the customer is always right,...
    






Turn Your iPhone Into A Robot: Romotive


When we humans have gazed into the future, more often than not our fantasies and predictions have included robots. Whether we’re watching Bladerunner or The Jetsons, or taking a gander at what...
    






ExoPlanet Covered With Clouds Detected in Outer Space


Planets midway between the size of our home, Earth and Neptune, are ideal for supporting life (if it exists in outer space). This has been proved by transmission spectroscopy. The planet GJ1214b is a...
    






4.6 Million Snapchat Usernames And Phone Numbers Captured By API Exploit


Anonymous hackers have claimed to use the reported Snapchat API exploit to compile a database of 4.6 million Snapchat usernames and their associated phone numbers and geographical regions. The site...
    






Rocket Internet’s Asian Adventures


Entering with fashion site Zalora in the Philippines in late 2011, Germany’s Rocket Internet has since been hatching dozens of copycat e-commerce sites in Southeast Asia and the general vicinity–and...