What were the top 10 innovations coming from Apple though? The Apple Gazette has a comprehensive list covering those break-through products, check it out:
Month: November 2006
Global Innovation Survey
There is a very interesting report from the consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton analysing the figures and trends of innovation spending around the world.
Best Office Inventions 2006
If you work inside an office then you probably will find some of the stuff below useful (let alone funny). Those inventions appeared on the InventorSpot site in a list called “Best Office Products of 2006.
Customer is queen?
– Women get to decide 83% of all consumer purchases
– Women write 80% of all checks and pay 61% of all bills
Can you innovate with the trash?
Apparently yes. Forbes has an interesting article describing VIPP, a danish company that sells trash cans. The side note is that those cans sell for $400 a pop, and sales are growing by 30% yearly. When I saw the price I thought “hhmm, for 400 bucks those trash cans must walk around the house collecting garbage here and there…”
Best inventions of 2006
Time magazine just released a list of the best inventions in 2006. The first place went to YouTube, and here is Time’s description “Famous people have been embarrassed. Huge sums of money have changed hands. Lots and lots of Mentos have been dropped into Diet Coke. The rules are different now, and one website changed them: YouTube.”
Design Myths
Design is starting to gain attention from corporations all over the world. The discipline itself is expanding beyond “form and look” to include processes and business strategy in general. Corporations are also using design as a tool to stimulate creativity and foster innovation on the market.
Daily Blog Tips
I am launching a new blog called Daily Blog Tips, where I will share what has worked for me in the past, what has not worked, blogging tips and the like.
Best Young Entrepreneurs
Business Week released a list of the “Best Young Entrepreneurs” in America, and you can some interesting innovations there. As we move forward I think that more and more people will exchange the realms of the corporation for smaller, more flexible entrepreneurial projects.
Mainstream media entering online video
After the Google-YouTube deal it looks like old-school players are waking up to the wonders of online video. Dow Jones Online and CNN Money recently launched their online video channels.