April 25, 2011
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April 15, 2011
Listen to more languages in Google Translate
The latest update of Google Translate for Android allows you to listen to translations in several more languages. With this launch, which I read about in this posting, Google Translate for Android supports translation between 58 languages and can speak translations in 24 languages.
April 13, 2011
The Global Information Technology Report
The Global Information Technology Report is out. Here are the top 10 countries:
# 1: Sweden.
# 2: Singapore.
# 3: Finland.
# 4: Switzerland.
# 5: USA.
# 6: Taiwan, China.
# 7: Denmark.
# 8: Canada.
# 9: Norway.
# 10: Korea, Rep.
Noteworthy is, compared with the ranking of last year, that Taiwan moved up from # 11 to # 5, and Korea moved up from # 15 to # 10. On page 282 of the report, where you can find key data about Taiwan, I read that Taiwan ranks number 1 regarding business usage. For example, ICT has a very high impact on new services and products of companies in Taiwan. On page 17 of the report, I read the following about Taiwan:
"As with most of the top-ranked countries in the Index, the government has placed ICT at the heart of its competitiveness agenda. Through incentive programs and massive investment in ICT infrastructure, the government has been a catalyst of these positive developments. Taiwan ranks 5th in the government readiness pillar and 2nd in the government usage pillar, and represents an inspiring success story of a resource-poor economy turned into a major high-tech global player in the space of a few decade."In the 10 minute video embedded below, INSEAD Professor Soumitra Dutta speaks with Ms. Shellie Karabell about the The Global Information Technology Report:
April 08, 2011
A solution to one of the biggest global problems – clean sanitation
Via this posting, I learned that 2.6 billion people worldwide lack access to toilets.
Peepoople has a solution to this problem: The Peepoo, a single use toilet in the form of a bag. Here are some advantages of the Peepoo bag:
- Peepoo is cheap.
- Peepoo requires no infrastructure.
- Peepoo is easy to carry.
- Peepoo is easy to use.
- Peepoo does not require water.
- After use, Peepoo provides value as fertilizer.
Below is a 2 minute video about Peepoo:
April 03, 2011
Try things out
Via this tweet, I came across this video with Gary Hamel. Listening to Mr. Hamel, I learned that it is a good idea for companies to experiment more. How often do you try new things out at the companies, you work for?
