The Report

Archive: 11-2012

• For advertising, a user experience revolution

  What does user experience mean for an iconic ad agency? We sit down with McCann-Erickson’s new Chief Experience Officer, Lynn Teo.

  November 26, 2012, 4:04 AM PST | By Audrey Quinn

• Can Yerdle redefine consumerism?

  Happy Black Friday, now get out there and…don’t shop. Yerdle, which may become the new darling of the collaborative consumption movement, asks: why buy when your friend owns?

  November 23, 2012, 5:28 AM PST | By Mary Catherine O'Connor

• Q&A: Peter Kareiva, Chief Scientist, The Nature Conservancy

  Taking an optimistic approach to ecological preservation and resilience theory, versus a gloomy one, could push conservation in exciting directions, says Peter Kareiva of the Nature Conservancy.

  November 21, 2012, 8:34 AM PST | By Reena Jana

• Tales from TEDx, how data expose us all

  Dispatch from TEDxMidAtlantic: how data are stripping away long-held privacies, including your social security number.

  November 21, 2012, 3:14 AM PST | By Mari Silbey

• A fitness device that transforms data into high design

  Can you bring simplicity and pleasing aesthetics to wearable fitness devices? New California-based startup Misfit Wearables aims to do just that.

  November 19, 2012, 6:45 AM PST | By Beth Carter

• Our three-dimensional future: how 3D printing will shape the global economy

  At what point will 3D printing move beyond novelty to industry? Will these machines change the way we manufacture goods, and subsequently change the global economy, too?

  November 14, 2012, 8:00 AM PST | By Rose Eveleth

• When it comes to innovation, can the U.S. stay competitive?

  Innovation is no longer left only to the U.S. How can the country remain competitive as younger, more nimble nations out-maneuver it? Panelists debate at the Techonomy conference in Tucson.

  November 13, 2012, 5:43 AM PST | By Andrew Nusca

• Ray Kurzweil on smartphones, artificial intelligence and the human brain

  MARANA, Ariz. — Inventor, author and futurist Ray Kurzweil offers his thoughts on a future where humanity is enhanced by technology at the Techonomy conference in Tucson.

  November 12, 2012, 11:58 AM PST | By Andrew Nusca

• Confronting the end of ‘offline’

  MARANA, Ariz. — Will a world of digitally connected people help or hurt society? Experts debate at the Techonomy conference in Tucson.

  November 12, 2012, 6:41 AM PST | By Andrew Nusca

• A second act for WebMD’s content queen

  WebMD pioneer Nan Forte was thinking web content before you even thought about e-mail. Her next act? Travel.

  November 12, 2012, 4:52 AM PST | By Audrey Quinn