Heartland Tech Weekly: What makes an ‘innovative’ economy?

Last week, a Milwaukee-based research nonprofit called the Public Policy Forum published a report determining how “innovative” the metropolitan area’s economy is as it gets ready for Foxconn to call one of its suburbs home. So is Milwaukee’s economy innovative? It depends on who you ask. An established life sciences company might say yes, considering that […]

This innovative Kickstarter product will keep your open bottles of wine fresh for up to a week

The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you’ll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. Amazon Have you ever paused before opening a nice bottle of wine because you know that if you can’t finish it, the rest of the bottle is going […]

The Orphan Chronicles: ReVere, an Innovative Carmaker that Turned Out to Be a Scam

-The ReVere Motor Car Corporation of Logansport, Indiana, may have been one of America’s first supercar makers. The marque was founded 100 years ago by Adolph Monsen, who toured the streets of Logansport in the first bare chassis on August 25, 1917. Monsen was a vehicular obsessive who got his start in the Chicago bicycle […]

One of the most innovative sports games in years is coming to the Nintendo Switch

“Rocket League” is unlike any video game you’ve ever played. It’s essentially a game of soccer, but with rocket-powered cars instead of human players.  It’s one of my favorite games on the PlayStation 4 (it’s also available on Xbox One and PC via Steam), but later this year, it will arrive on Nintendo’s newest console, […]

Innovation hubs are becoming more protective than innovative

GUEST: LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman spoke this past May at the Tech Alliance luncheon in Seattle, and something he said got me thinking about Silicon Valley – and all innovation hubs — in a different way. While interviewed on stage by angel investor Sarah Imbach, he called Silicon Valley “myopic” and urged people to pay […]

5 Innovative Ways to Use 75k Points Through Citi Transfer Partners

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Kony Helps Localiza Deliver Improved Customer Experience with New Innovative Apps

PRESS RELEASE: Largest Car Rental and Fleet Management Company in South America Delivers Differentiated Customer Service and Employee Apps Powered by Kony AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 21, 2017– Kony, Inc., the leading enterprise mobility company, today announced it has helped Localiza quickly develop and deliver applications for both its customers and employees, and enhanced the overall […]

Google’s ‘innovative’ new London HQ features giant moving blinds

They’ve been a long time coming, but Google has finally laid out its plans for its new “innovative” £1 billion London headquarters located in Kings Cross. This week, the company submitted a detailed planning application to Camden Council, outlining its desire to build an slightly sloped 11-storey building that will sit on a “plinth” of […]

'Gas tank on wheels': Indy's history of innovative cars, courageous drivers

SPEEDWAY, IN – My knowledge of the Indianapolis 500 ranges somewhere on the scale between famed Indy racing historian Donald Davidson and a brick. I’ve been enamored with the 500 since I was a kid, covered the race in the 1970s and ’80s when I worked as a sportswriter in the Midwest, and I’ve gone […]

AT&T Launches Fake 5G Network in Desperate Attempt to Seem Innovative

Image: Gizmodo Have you heard? AT&T is going to “pave the way for the next generation of faster speeds” with something called 5G Evolution. No, it’s not actually a new 5G network, the much hyped successor to 4G that’s supposed to change the way we connect to the internet. It’s just a re-branded 4G offering, […]