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Bitcoin and Blockchain: A Small Glimpse Into Big Digital Disruptions

Daniel Burrus

Several of us likely remember the Bitcoin boom around the end of 2017, when thousands of individuals bought Bitcoin, seeing the value of their dollar skyrocket for a brief period. Bitcoin was the first widely accepted, mainstream iteration of decentralized and completely secure financial ledger systems, without the need for a middleman.

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Top innovation funds for startups in Asia: Part 2

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billion to Chinese tech startup s in 2017, whereas SE Asian startups got US$7.86 Let’s look at a few funds (VC, angel investors, government) giving life to the region’s exciting and lucrative startups, which are bringing about innovation at an accelerated pace. In 2017, the Chinese government set up a US$14.5

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ITU Telecom World 2017: Exploring Smart Digital Transformation

InnovationManagement

Questions about the role of AI, IOT, fintech, and more are at the heart of ITU Telecom World 2017, the leading tech event for governments, large businesses and SMEs, organized each year by ITU, the UN’s key agency for ICT matters.

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Fighting Tech Innovation's Dark Side

IdeaSpies

Since we live in a machine age, the growing concern is that new technologies like artificial intelligence, cryptocurrencies, autonomous cars, and precision medicine are so powerful, pervasive and evolving that they can become uncontrollable. So how do we overcome it? New technologies can be potentially scary and bad.

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Daniel Burrus’ Top 20 Tech-Driven Hard Trends Shaping 2017

Daniel Burrus

These trends for 2017 highlight enormous game-changing opportunities. Artificial Intelligence (AI), Advanced Machine Learning and Cognitive Computing Applications. Business, government and education have moved cybersecurity from an underfunded back office activity to a major initiative going forward.

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How Amazon and other big techs are revolutionizing the healthcare market

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Artificial Intelligence is pointing to the future. Artificial Intelligence —and its subdivisions, such as machine learning, for example—is on the rise in the industry. Between 2013 and 2017, Alphabet (Google’s parent company) registered 186 health-related patents. trillion by 2020.

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Why “Path-to-Value” is Crucial for Corporate Innovators

Imaginatik

Recent conversations with a new Imaginatik client, from late 2017, have stuck with me these past few months. They realize that new digital technologies – everything from drones to machine learning – threaten to make their current business practices obsolete. If this notion is not already in your vernacular, it needs to be.