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May 01, 2008
 

Innovation & Design

A weekly guide to innovative people, ideas, and companies

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MARKETING
Converse's All-Star Image
The century-old sneaker maker has been undergoing an overhaul since it was bought by Nike. The new global VP for footwear talks about the classic retro shoe

TECHNOLOGY
A Fresh Look at Water
Israel's IDE Technologies is taking its desalination expertise worldwide. With droughts and global warming, someone's always going to want a drink

TECHNOLOGY
More Delays for PlayStation Home
The 3-D online social networking service is now a year late as Sony tries to provide gamers with a Second Life-type experience

NEWS
Nokia Starts Listening
Tired of losing ground in the U.S., the handset maker is ready to customize phones for carriers

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ARCHITECTURE
Good Design, Good Business in China
Preservation, environmental awareness, and community were paramount for winners of this year's BusinessWeek/Architectural Record China Awards

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  Inside: This Week in Innovation
This week's newsletter serves up innovation lessons from a diverse set of companies, from sports giants to research heavyweights. Senior writer Jessie Scanlon writes of how hip but troubled bag maker Timbuk2 turned its company meetings around. She also spoke with Nike's new global vice-president of footwear about the company's overhaul of the classic Converse brand. And writer Matt Vella looks at a new report on service innovation jointly authored by IBM and the University of Cambridge, which calls for drastically increased research by governments, universities, and business. He also spoke to IBM's chief service researcher in this week's podcast.
-- Helen Walters
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  INNOVATION PODCAST Service Innovation Rising
IBM's chief service researcher discusses the findings of a new survey, conducted with the University of Cambridge, charting the evolution of service innovation and laying out recommendations for businesses and universities seeking to innovate
 

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  IN YOUR FACE: IS APPLE A THREAT TO MICROSOFT?

Reader R Porter Writes:

"Apple's problem hasn't been their products. Their attitude has been, 'you need us we don't need you'. I will not approve a non-Microsoft OS for anything other than an experiment."

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  NUSSBAUM ON DESIGN >>

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Apple had a blowout first quarter in the face of a declining economy, proving, once again, that innovation drives revenue and profit growth. closequote

-- Bruce Nussbaum
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