Business

Apps are much more than lightweight applications running on smartphones -- they now form the basis of multi-billion-dollar job-creating economy.

February 8, 2012 2:42pm | By Joe McKendrick

A team of researchers have created flexible batteries that can be woven into smart textiles.

February 8, 2012 1:47pm | By Charlie Osborne

Bostech CEO Brad Bostic wants to bring cloud computing and CRM software to the healthcare business. It could be a matter of life or death.

February 8, 2012 10:52am | By Andrew Nusca

Tonnes of gadgets are discarded every year - but are we missing out on some extra cash by being too lazy to recycle?

1 | February 8, 2012 8:54am | By Charlie Osborne

Picking the perfect bunch of roses is no easy task. Pink or red? Organic or conventional? Sumi Das explains why many of the bouquets sent this February 14th may be coated with chemicals.

February 8, 2012 8:50am

JAIPUR/DELHI -- An Indian entreprenur's journey to make eco friendly paper from elephant poo.

1 | February 8, 2012 6:48am | By Betwa Sharma

European farmland may soon be under the surveillance of drones - is the U.S. next?

4 | February 8, 2012 6:35am | By Charlie Osborne

MELBOURNE -- Bicycles for Humanity (B4H) is a worldwide organization focused on changing communities through the re-distribution of disused bikes.

February 8, 2012 4:43am | By Lieu Thi Pham

Indigo Books & Musics is enabling close to 250 different store locations to share best practices, find operational savings and document customer testimonials.

February 8, 2012 3:59am | By Heather Clancy

London Heathrow's e-gate technology installation now faces yet another setback ahead of the Olympics.

February 8, 2012 3:57am | By Charlie Osborne

Robots developed at UC Berkeley shed light on how models can learn to complete complex tasks with 'perception mechanisms'.

February 8, 2012 3:23am | By Charlie Osborne

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about updates in international markets.

February 8, 2012 1:19am | By Charlie Osborne

PARIS -- Annual competition seeks to find the most innovative and inventive young minds in Luxembourg.

1 | February 8, 2012 12:06am | By Bryan Pirolli

HONG KONG -- A new housing plan lets retirees pay a one-time rent on a sliding scale based on age. The average rent: $400,000.

February 7, 2012 10:58pm | By Vanessa Ko

On Tuesday, IBM revealed a partnership with Indian Internet service provider Tulip Telecom to design and build the largest datacenter in India.

February 7, 2012 9:46am | By Andrew Nusca

Shadow energy secretary Caroline Flint has accused the chancellor of the exchequer of 'reviling in contempt' for environmental policy.

3 | February 7, 2012 5:45am | By Charlie Osborne

BARCELONA -- Start-up 'Gogentle' vies to cut pollution and costs on center-city deliveries, using electric-powered 'cargo-cycles.'

3 | February 7, 2012 3:22am | By Jennifer Riggins

Custom-designed technology cleans, crushes and prepares packaging for the recycling process.

1 | February 7, 2012 3:04am | By Heather Clancy

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about the global economy.

2 | February 7, 2012 1:22am | By Charlie Osborne

A team of doctors reports the first successful transplant of a prosthetic jaw created by a three-dimensional printer.

February 6, 2012 9:58am | By Charlie Osborne