“…The Web has connected nearly a billion people, amplifying all that individual brainpower with the power of technology. …”

“…In the book, you'll explore nine tools that have driven world-shaking social movements and billion-dollar businesses--tools that can work just as well for a farmers market or fire department or small business. …”

“…Their applications are in a wide array of engineering and biomedical sectors, promising a multi-billion-dollar market in the very near future. The applicability of magnesium-based materials also suits the current emphasis on sustainability and a greener earth. …”

“…The market for energy efficiency investments is very large – estimated between USD 310 billion and USD 360 billion in 2011 – and this market is producing results: total final consumption in IEA countries is estimated to be 60% lower today because of energy efficiency improvements over the last four decades. …”

“…Viagra generated more than $2 billion worldwide in 2012 and has recently been studied for the treatment of heart failure. …”

“…Kevin Sharer spent more than two decades as president and then CEO of Amgen, where he led its expansion from $1 billion in annual revenues to nearly $16 billion. …”

“…"How do 1.1 billion people around the world live on less than one dollar a day? …”

“…In addition to their substantive contributions, the authors also show important new directions in the study of the third-largest religion in the world, with over one billion followers…”

“…Since 1965, American taxpayers have spent more than $321 billion in federal funds on kindergarten through 12th grade public education, yet the average reading scores for 17-year-olds have not improved since the 1970s, according to the U.S. …”

“…As a founder of NetApp, a data storage firm that began as an idea scribbled on a placemat and now takes in 4 billion a year, Hitz has seen his company go through every major cycle in business-from the Jack-of-All-Trades mentality of a start-up, through the tumultuou…”

“…The main drawback is found in the one billion C.I. engines which are currently in use, which would have to undergo a modification in the injection system in order to adapt them to the higher viscosity of vegetable oils in comparison to that of fossil fuels. …”

“…The SBIR program allocates 2.5 percent of 11 federal agencies' extramural R&D budgets to fund R&D projects by small businesses, providing approximately $2 billion annually in competitive awards. At the request of Congress the National Academies conducted a comprehensive study of how the SBIR program has stimulated technological innovation and used small businesses to meet federal research and development needs. …”

“…How did global gaming company Electronic Arts go from being named “Worst Company in America” to clearing a billion dollars in profit? They discovered a simple truth—and acted on it: Not all customers are the same, regardless of how they appear on the surface. …”

“…As per WHO, it is estimated that oral diseases affect nearly 3.5 billion people globally. In developing countries, the estimate could be still higher owing to the lack of awareness among the general public, the lack of adequate infrastructure, and less accessibility to oral health care providers, especially amongst people of lower socio-economic status. …”

“…The book contextualizes the role of international agricultural research in addressing the complex challenges posed by UN 2030 Agenda and beyond, and identifies the decisions that scientific leaders, donors and policy makers need to take today, and in the years ahead, to ensure that a global population rising to nine billion or more combined with rising incomes and changing diets can be fed sustainably and equitably, in the face of the growing climate threats…”

“…Furthermore, the human population will increase by about 3 billion people during the interim. New land will be needed to grow enough food to feed them. …”

“…The number of IoT devices is anticipated to amount to several billion in the next few years. This unpredictable growth in the number of devices connected to IoT and the exponential rise in data consumption manifest how the expansion of big data seamlessly coincides with that of IoT. …”

“…Since 1991, Kazakhstan, which is one of the two largest Central Asian republics, had attracted foreign direct investment worth US$4 billion by 1998. Whilst most of this investment has been in the energy and mineral sectors, there are also significant opportunities in other sectors of the economy. …”

“…Today, additive manufacturing technologies represent a market of around 5 billion euros per year, with an annual growth between 20 and 30%. …”

“…Drawing on contributions from a range of disciplines including sociology, anthropology, psychology and linguistics, it offers a more profound understanding of one of the most significant phenomena of contemporary international societies -- the migration of nearly a billion people worldwide - and the relationship between technology and society…”