For business executives, separating true technological breakthroughs from wishful thinking is inherently challenging. As Danish physicist Niels Bohr stated, “Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.” Most of us can recall examples of misguided technology predictions great and small, such as the Internet bubble and the Segway. Perhaps the best example today of an innovation …
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Supermodel Huyen claims second prize at Supermodel International 2013
YxineFF screens ‘In Focus’ films this week The films directed by Malaysian, Filipino, Cambodian and Vietnamese directors are divided into two groups ‘Choose A Life’ and ‘Choose An Angle.’ Choose A Life features a 30-year-old woman who is married to a man who is paralyzed and she is torn between her own instincts in As …
High-speed railway slated for Mekong Delta
Vietnam has laid out plans to develop a high-speed railway between Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho, the hub of the Mekong Delta, with an investment of $3.6 billion. Vietnam’s Phuong Nam Institute of Science and Technology and American group EDES signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Ho Chi Minh City on November …
A pioneer in trade expos, shows
Most people normally choose the career or type of business they enter into. But sometimes, it is the business that they stumble upon that dictates the path they eventually take. This is true in the case of businessman Patrick Lawrence C. Tan, the founder and chief executive officer of Global-Link MP Events International Inc., currently …
Gamers snap up first deliveries of PS4 game console
Gamers in the United States have begun getting their hands on Sony’s new PlayStation 4 game console. ROCKVILLE, United States: The wait nearly over, Casey Karch was ready to get his hands on one of the first PlayStation 4 game consoles set to be released Friday. Karch, a resident of the US capital Washington, was …
How Amnesty International Rocked the World: The Inside Story
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band had been all over the planet with Sting, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman and Youssou N’Dour by the time the 1988 Amnesty International Human Rights Now tour touched down on Africa’s Ivory Coast. However, they’d never seen a crowd like the 50,000 fans at le Félicia soccer stadium. “It …
A Complete Ranking of ESPN’s ‘30 for 30’ Films
ESPN’s acclaimed “30 for 30” series returns tonight with its 52nd entry, Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau, an examination of the life of a pioneering big-wave surfer. Even though its name is essentially gibberish now (“30 for 30” refers to the batch of films rolled out to celebrate the network’s 30-year anniversary in 2009), the …
Naughty Dog Celebrates Uncharted 3’s Two-Year Anniversary with an Update that Will Knock the Shoes Straight Off Your Feet
Can you believe that it has already been two years since the release of Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 3? What is it that they say? Time flies when you’re having fun. Speaking of which, Naughty Dog announced today over at the PlayStation Blog that they will be releasing Patch 1.3 (a video describing the patch can be …
Russia Fast Facts
(CNN)Here’s some background information about Russia. The Russian Federation is the largest country in the world, covering more than one ninth of the earth’s land area. About Russia:(from the CIA World Factbook)Area: 17 million sq km (1.8 times the size of the United States.) Population: 142,257,519 (July 2017 est.) Median age: 39.6 years old Capital: …
Steve Mills Relishes New Role With New York Knicks
A long profile in the New York Times casted the executive Steve Mills as an expert networker with a long and distinguished career in the sports industry, whose success as team president and GM in the narrative of the New York Knicks’ upcoming season will be measured by his ability to to placate Jim Dolan, …