It's About Time
How Google is maximizing productivity by minimizing meeting times
Jake Knapp, a design partner at Google Ventures (GOOG), the tech company's investing arm, is now evangelizing a new strategy. For his meetings, he relies on a $25 device called the Time Timer (a 2013 Edison Award Winner), which has been used since 2000 in elementary schools to help kids with autism and ADHD stay on track. More
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Google had its "Waze" of Tracking the World Cup The role this popular traffic app played in Rio de Janeiro 
As the world tuned into the final games of the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, city officials were monitoring traffic patterns with the help of data collected by the 2014 Edison Award Winning travel app, Waze. More
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Google Makes itself Right at Home with Nest
New technology lets you connect with home on the go
Google's new acquisition, Nest Labs, has released a tool kit for other companies to create Nest-compatible products. Included on the list of companies who are signing on are several Edison Award Winning alumni such as Whirlpool, Logitech, and LIFX. More
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Singing a New Songza
How Google's latest acquisition is playing to your needs
In the music space, only Songza embraces the human curation experience. Spotify, Pandora and the other music sites are all dependent on algorithms. But Songza uses data and humans, relying on time of day, location, weather, activity and more to help their DJs program their music. More
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Lost in Translation No More
Google's Quest Visual is breaking down language barriers
Quest Visual's primary app, Word Lens, allows a person to flip on the camera of their Android or iOS device and use it to frame a series of words they don't otherwise understand - like a road sign printed in a foreign language, for example. In a perfect world, Word Lens recognizes the text and automatically replaces it with whatever you've elected to translate it to: French to English, English to Spanish, et cetera. More
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IPSOS: Innovating Innovation
Free Webinar To Inspire Much-Needed Change
Join the experts at Ipsos for a complimentary webinar during which they'll provide an overview of their product testing philosophy and unique capabilities that deliver against 3 distinct benefits: Speed, Simple, and Smart.
DATE: July 17, 2014
TIME: 10:30am PT/ 12:30pm CT/ 1:30pm ET
LENGTH: 30 Minutes
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2015 Edison Awards Nominations Open September 1st!
Look for important nomination information in upcoming newsletters
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2014 Edison Awards
Event Photos
View and download photos from the 2014 Edison Awards event at San Francisco's historic Julia Morgan ballroom.
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For New Ideas...
Where do YOU go?
Where do you regularly go to stay in touch with what's happening in the world, to hear the latest innovations, to get creative idea infusions? Share your top innovation sources with mindy@edisonawards.com and check future issues for the "Top Ten List."
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