Apple, which is recognised the world over by its simple "Apple with a bite missing" emblem, led a surge of technology companies in this year's report which has pushed more traditionally valuable brands – such as Coca-Cola, McDonald's and Gillette – down the table.
Facing a surge of copycat technologies, digital ag players may also need to answer tough questions like, "What makes you different from the other five companies that might be trying to sell a similar service or product?" We think automation could be an important edge.
Undeniably, there is a surge of exciting technologies and innovation that can help the "oldest old" remain independent and at-home for longer than ever before.
The decision by InterDigital came after months of talks with several prospective buyers, after a surge of interest by technology companies in buying up patents.
This has caused a surge of innovation, as new technologies have developed to link places on the internet with places in the real world stitching together the supposedly separate virtual and physical worlds.The first step in this process was to map the internet's physical infrastructure, and in particular the locations of the end-points on its edges, where users are connected.
A business reporter looks at a surge of advances in robotic technology and sees a looming wave of unemployment that the United States is not preparing for.
But a surge of investment in manufacturing, technology and other sectors has helped lift the middle class and consumer spending and contributed to growth levels in the national economy that have been double those of the United States in the past two years.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts a surge of over 1.3 million technology sector jobs by 2020.
The introduction of VoDSL by Network Plus, Quincy, Mass., reflects not only a surge of acceptance of DSL technology but the fierce battle to sign up small- and medium-sized businesses.
Companies and developers have shown a surge of interest in bot technology and their potential to change the way people talk to businesses and transact, receive customer service or consume entertainment.
It's no wonder that scientists immersed for decades in this problem are running out of metaphors in pressing the public to act — whether the choice is a surge of research on nonpolluting energy technologies, a rising "tipping fee" for continued greenhouse-gas emissions, or a combination of these and other steps.
