If Google and Motorola are right, the future of manufacturing is local. They’re betting buyers will want to personalize their products, starting with color schemes. That requires a nearby plant with fast turnaround times, and that’s the rationale for building the first smartphone factory in the United States. The cavernous Source Article from http://www.dallasnews.com/business/columnists/mitchell-schnurman/20130914-will-more-choices-and-fast-delivery-spur-u.s.-production.ece

There’s a fairly good chance a computer could one day be doing your job instead of you, according to a recent paper out of Oxford College. The working paper, put out in August and complete with the fun title, “The Future of Employment: How Susceptible are Jobs to Computerisation?“, comes from the Oxford Martin Programme […]

On Monday, Twitter quietly announced that it had filed S-1 documents for an initial public offering with the SEC.  As Twitter filed the documents confidentially, it is not clear if Twitter owns or recently acquired any US patent assets besides those listed at the USPTO. In April 2012, Twitter announced a “patent pledge” where the company […]

Caricom governments are struggling to maintain the levels of social and other spending that electorates have come to expect. From health care to roads and education, few nations in the region now have the capital or the ability to raise new revenue to grow the social sector, finance infrastructure or create employment. Instead, […]