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Tech is the mantra at CES in Vegas. If you love gadgets, gizmos, digitization, AI, VR, and the pursuit of electrifying experiences, this gargantuan conference is nirvana. But with 4,500 vendors and 180,000 attendees, how do you separate the good…
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We all know that hemmed-in feeling. Tech events that put us in a box, stick us in the predefined role of “the audience,” and exclude us from any real creative, participatory role. Tired of being force-fed canned lectures from vendors…
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THIS IS NOT A CAR, flashed the message on the revolving abstract sculpture at Volvo’s white minimalist booth, a brazen rebuke to the industry’s endangered status quo and an enigmatic mission statement for the future. Walking the aisles and talking…
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Entering the massive beehive of Lisbon’s 70,000-strong Web Summit, we quickly grasped the attractions of Europe’s biggest tech conference. You could feel the local pulse of innovation. Absorb the buzz of the hottest new trends. Converse directly with Portuguese movers…
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