RT @HarrimanInst: TMRRW: #CentralAsia in #Asia: Emerging Links, Rivalries and Opportunities http://t.co/rCfLSyPWZn http://t.co/FOd84HJcom Source: harriman.columbia.edu

It’s no secret that Kazakhstan’s capital is also one of its coldest cities. Temperatures in Astana can fall as far as minus 50 C, making it the second coldest capital in the world after Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia. Source: http://www.edgekz.com

Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged members of a regional security alliance to be prepared to take “preventive measures” against the Islamic State (IS) group in Central Asia. Source: http://www.rferl.org

Looking at marketing surveys and studies from the past year, a few trends are clear, among them that buyers are firmly (and increasingly) in control of the purchase cycle. Source: http://www.business2community.com

The dietary habits of Finland’s populace went via a drastic change in 2011. Thanks to the low-carb craze and a rising preference for all-all-natural solutions, Finns started eating butter with impunity. Source: http://www.macroinsider.com

Arguably, Germany is the jurisdiction which has the most to lose with the introduction of the UPC. The German patent infringement courts have built a… Source: http://www.lexology.com

An Ex-insider’s Perspective of the USPTO Special Applications Warning System …IPWatchdog.comA memo was prepared for consideration by the Security Group and for reviews by the various national security agencies. Source: http://www.ipwatchdog.com

The University of Southern California (USC) Gould School of Law has created an infographic that provides some highlights in the history of patent law, starting at around 500 B.C. Source: http://www.patentdocs.org

Apple’s had a tough year. So have we. Here’s how the iPhone maker made it up to us. Source: http://www.zdnet.com

Dennis Armbruster is vice president of LoyaltyOne By Dennis Armbruster Mobile payments adoption is going to jump significantly, based on momentum from the recent Apple Pay launch, increasing penetration of other NFC-enabled smartphones and retailer… Source: http://www.mobilecommercedaily.com