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World Cup vuvuzela filter: the future of Internet TV?
In honor of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, YouTube recently added a "vuvuzela" button that would enable the plastic horn's trademark buzzing on j...
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On the road in South Africa
I constantly remind myself how lucky I am, as an editor at large at Fortune, to meet amazing people pretty much every day.Yesterday I arrived in South...
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Global Forum: For growth opportunities, don't overlook Africa
Scanning the global economy for hot spots and opportunities, most business executives, no matter where they are, usually think first about China and I...
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巴西办世界杯能赚钱吗?
在5月中旬与体育记者的会面当中,巴西总统迪尔玛•罗塞夫(Dilma Rousseff)引用了一个当地的比喻,她说:“一旦美洲豹开始喝水,这个国家就会为之疯狂。”意思是说世界杯一开始,巴西人就会将烦恼抛之脑后。迪尔玛(人们经常以她的名来称呼她)寄希望于用这场盛大的赛事来俘获巴西人民的心,这一点是可以理...
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Global Forum: Mobile solutions in emerging markets
Land Rovers and cell phones can bring banking to the rural poor in Kenya. Through text messaging, a willing workforce in East Africa is helping Google...
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Global Forum: China's new power
This is supposed to be the Fortune/TIME/CNN "Global Forum," but some of the delegates could be forgiven if they come to believe it's really the "China...
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US vs. UK: A history of love and hate
America's relationship with the U.K. has always been complicated. Start with the fact that our country was founded by religious fanatics who left Engl...
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巴西世界杯最舍得花钱打广告的4家美国500强公司
大家观看世界杯的同时,不妨留意一下各大公司的广告。在呼唤世人一起走进世界杯的音乐背后,是收款机点钞的声音。据麦肯锡(McKinsey)调查发现,国际足联(FIFA)将获得14亿美元赞助收入。而相比2010年南非世界杯,本届世界杯的广告开支增加了40%。虽然各大公司不会披露具体的开支情况,但ESPN世...
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餐饮界最具创新力的8名女性
《财富》(Fortune)杂志与同属于时代公司(Time Inc.)的姊妹刊物《美食与美酒》(Food & Wine)历时数月,全力搜寻食品与饮料行业最具创新力的女性。我们终于找到了她们,本文将着重介绍这些候选人在过去一年里取得的成就。不同于百事可乐公司(PepsiCo)CEO卢英德或亿滋国际(Mo...
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一只足球的空气动力学:任意球破门要看梅西,也要看球皮
如果今年的世界杯出现了许多直接破门的任意球,球迷们千万别忘了足球自身的功劳。根据法国杂志《理工学报》(Les Editions de l’Ecole Polytechnique)本周发布的一篇论文,任意球得分在很大程度上应该归结于足球表面的粗糙程度。今年巴西世界杯官方用球“桑巴荣耀”似乎刚好符合这个...
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