Other than content, the tweak to the iTunes formula is a feature called Genius, which lets users click on a song and then automatically build a playlist around it that compliments the music.

FORBES: Apple Life

Okano's craftsmen figure out how to do that for each design and then build a machine capable of pressing the casings automatically.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | GizmoLand! | Man Beats Machine

Another recommendation is that planning applications should be granted on a three year basis and no longer automatically renewed - again to get developers to build rather than sitting on a land asset.

BBC: The target is to bring 9,500 empty houses back into the stock

Looking at your empty bank account should not dishearten you or keep you from saving but, instead, motivate you to build the financial discipline to set a goal, make a plan, and start saving automatically.

FORBES: On Your Mark, Get Set, Save!

Unlike other systems that require costly manual surveys to build and maintain a database of indoor Wi-Fi radio locations, the SiRFusion platform constantly updates its database automatically using crowdsourcing techniques.

ENGADGET: CSR sharpens indoor and in-car navigation with SiRFstarV, SiRFusion and SiRFprimaII

Fully integrated into BlackBerry Contacts, when the customer launches the app for the first time, WhatsApp can automatically scan existing phone numbers in the contact directory and extract the ones using WhatsApp, to help customers build out their contacts list and get started right away.

ENGADGET: WhatsApp lands on BlackBerry 10, offers Z10 owners a BBM alternative