In this short, provocative talk, financier Sangu Delle questions whether microfinance — small loans to small entrepreneurs -- is the best way to drive growth in developing countries. "We seem to be fixated on this romanticized idea that every poor person in Africa is an entrepreneur,” he says. "Yet, my work has taught me that most people want jobs.” Delle, a TED Fellow, makes the case for supporting large companies and factories — and clearing away the obstacles to pan-African trade.

In the early 1960’s, Walter Mischel, professor at Stanford University conducted the infamous marshmallow test.  Mischel and his team of researchers tested four year old children on their self-control, a skill often referred to as delayed gratification.    Each child was presented with a marshmallow and given a choice:  eat this one now or wait, and enjoy two marshmallows later.  

Last week saw cloud computing continue its breakneck evolution as a number of key players stepped up to move the dial on some of the biggest challenges still standing in the way of adoption. Docker Inc. provided the initial push … Continue reading →

The Hadoop initiative unveiled by Pivotal and Hortonworks last month has a new recruit in WANdisco but the arguments about the Open Data Platform have only just kicked off.

Last week the world was panicking when the FREAK SSL flaw was discovered. Here's how to stop another one from occurring.
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