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India passes new IPR policy, but compulsory licensing and incremental patents still an issue

Posted on August 5, 2016 by Richard Wallace |

The Indian government has passed a new intellectual property rights policy, which may sound like good news, and a step in the right direction to enhance Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘made in India’ products through enhanced innovation. But…

The human, political, and economic impact of IoT, and how we can effectively harness it

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Richard Wallace |

Not a day goes by without some discussion of the IoT (internet of things) and how it is going to change our lives. The technology itself provides the potential for interfacing and interacting with the physical world and yielding revolutionary…

Human Capital Report 2016: the global economy is failing 35% of the world’s talent

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Richard Wallace |

Skills and talent are an important part of the innovation ecosystem, so recent data suggesting that only 65% on average of the world’s talent is being optimized through education, skills development and deployment during people’s lifetimes indicates more can be…

China’s new innovation drive

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Richard Wallace |

Two of the world’s largest economies appear to be in competition to create their own indigenous innovation-driven economies. We’ve been hearing about the innovation drive in India over the last couple of years, but China also now seems to be…

Four tips for city governments on using digital engagement to empower citizens

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Richard Wallace |

In the last five years, there’s been a lot of talk about how digital technology and apps can be used by local and city governments to improve citizen engagement and transparency – from London to New York, the Middle East…

Singapore ranks number one in exploiting global digital economy

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Richard Wallace |

Seven countries – Finland, Switzerland, Sweden, Israel, Singapore, the Netherlands and the United States – are leading the world when it comes to generating economic impact from investments in information and communications technologies (ICT), according to the World Economic Forum’s…

Accelerating digitization could add trillions of Euros to European economy

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Richard Wallace |

European consumers are heavily invested in digital technologies—83 percent of people have access to the internet in their homes, and 76 percent say they use the internet regularly. But the reality is that Europe has a long way to go…

The latest top 10 emerging technologies of 2016

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Richard Wallace |

At the beginning of the year, we published a number of top 10 tech trends of 2016, like the ‘Tech trends 2016: embedded features transforming lifestyles and enterprise’, ‘Top 10 mobile trends for 2016’, and at the end of last…

US behind in smart cities, but government puts Columbus OH on fast track to pioneer smart transportation

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Richard Wallace |

Smart cities continue to be a conversation piece among government policy makers, talking about the benefits of connected devices, big data and potential cost savings. While cities like Barcelona, Dubai and Singapore appear to be trailblazers in developing their super-connected…

Will the UK lose global reputation following EU referendum result?

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Nitin Dahad |

A momentous event took place last week in the UK. While on paper it was only supposed to be a vote that concerned the UK, it could have (and is already having) a far reaching impact on the wider European…