After his talk at the Lift conference on democratising innovation, we spoke to Fabian Hemmert of the Design Research Lab in Berlin about his mobile design research work with underprivileged kids, women and seniors.

Disney's Pixar Animation Studios is giving away the software used to animate films such as Toy Story, Harry Potter and Cars to anyone who wants it – for free. So why is the entertainment giant encouraging amateurs to freely play with its professional-grade software?

Adobe is the latest business to make the bold step onto the cloud. But with only 22% knowing what the cloud is, will its flexible, tailored pricing models be enough to convince people they're getting value for money?

In an era of innovation, traditional education systems have failed to equip a generation of entrepreneurs. Filling this gap is General Assembly, a network of collaborative working spaces around the world built by the people they serve.