Month: December 2019

Tech’s biggest companies are worth ~$5T as 2019’s epic stock market run wraps

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A year in review: TechWire’s ‘Top 10 startup‘ stories Innovation

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RALEIGH — 2019 was a big year for startups in the Triangle ecosystem. A bunch of homegrown companies declared themselves “unicorns” — a term coined for firms with a valuation topping more than $1 billion. And good many others are on their way there. Then there’s the rising reputation of the region as a whole. Durham’s … Read more

“Un 2020 da ecosostenibili senza diventare ecoinsopportabili”: da Greta a San Siro, l’anno che finisce e quello che ci aspetta

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E anche questo 2019 lo mandiamo in archivio, entrando nel 2020 che, già dal numero, ci pone un monito-quesito ben definito: 20+20 si lascia o si raddoppia? La tentazione di lasciare verrebbe spontanea, dopo un anno passato ricevendo avvisi e rimproveri di ogni genere; dall’Europa perché si risparmia poco, dal Governo perché si evade troppo … Read more

PC games 2019: the best games that came out this year

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It’s been a relatively quiet year for PC gaming, but that in no way means it’s been a bad year.  In the absence of the usual big-budget RPG sprawls and major franchise regurgitations, more experimental games have stepped into the spotlight. So here’s to the weird and the alternative ones that have brightened up 2019. … Read more

The 10 Best Artists of a Decade That Atomized Music

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One clammy August night in 2011, newly relocated to New York City, I watched Music Twitter collectively lose its shit. Jay-Z and Kanye West had just released Watch the Throne, their buzzy, long-prayed-for joint album about wealth, class, and #BlackExcellence. The timing was, in retrospect, paradoxical: August 8 was also Black Monday. Global stock markets … Read more

Un fattore che può determinare quando l’innovazione deve essere un avventura in solitaria Innovazione

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Andrea Parco – martedì, 31 dicembre, 2019 Stampa | Email Nella stragrande maggioranza dei casi, l’innovazione è la miglior subito come “sport di squadra”, ma in rare occasioni, un solitario inventore può raggiungere risultati superiori a lavorare da solo, secondo l’ Harvard Business Review. Questi casi in genere hanno un fattore in comune: la loro … Read more