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Are you ready for Google’s new privacy policy?
Google’s new privacy policy has already caused a stir among users. Now, Congress and EU regulators are sniffing around the changes and aren’t happy about them — but Google doesn’t seem to care in the slightest.
According to The Hill, house lawmakers questioned Google representatives for two hours yesterday [...]
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A picture of me speaking at yesterday’s TEDxReset in Istanbul.
Futurist Thomas Frey: Yesterday I was honored to be one of the featured speakers at the TEDxReset Conference in Istanbul, Turkey where I predicted that over 2 billion jobs will disappear by 2030. Since my 18-minute talk was about the rapidly shifting nature [...]
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Software from Prism Skylabs processes surveillance footage to show how busy a place is without compromising customers’ privacy.
Giants like Amazon and Google have led the huge success of online shopping and advertising thanks to software that logs when you visit Web pages and what you click on. Prism Skylabs is a startup that offers brick-and-mortar [...]
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Corporate offices are going to become coworking offices in the future.
If you are a fan of coworking and are going to the SXSW this year in Austin, you might want to arrive a few days early to hit the Global Coworking Unconference Conference (formerly known as the Coworking Unconference) being held in Austin [...]
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Google’s Ad Preferences page shows you the profile Google has built up of your interests.
It has been said that Google knows more about what you like than your own partner. Now the search giant has given a glimpse on just how much information it has collected – and who it thinks you are.
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The G-20 internet economy is projected to reach US$4.2 trillion in 2016, nearly double the size it was in 2010 according to The Boston Consulting Group. G-20 includes Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the EU, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the U.K., and the U.S.
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Futurist Thomas Frey: Michael Migliozzi and Brian Flatow started a website called BuyaBeerCompany.com in November 2009 who’s lofty goal was to buy the ailing century old Pabst Blue Ribbon beer company. Working to match the $300 million sale price, in less than two years the pair had attracted over 5 million investors pledging upwards of [...]
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Some Twitter users are planning to go all of Saturday without tweeting to show their displeasure.
There are fears of Twitter censorship among bloggers and activists from China, the Middle East and Latin America as new Twitter policies could allow governments to censor messages, stifling free expression.
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Advertisers are falling over themselves to get their ads out on YouTube or as part of online contests, like Volkswagen has done this year.
A big social event every year is the Super Bowl. During this year’s battle pitting the New York Giants against the New England Patriots, getting social will happen on screens and the [...]
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Social media is shredding the traditional organized list of accomplishments.
It used to be that composing a quality résumé and wearing pants to a job interview were critical to a successful job hunt. But that’s changing. Well, one of them is. Hiring managers are increasingly looking toward web presence to gauge what they have to offer…
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Tablet and e-reader adoption continues to grow quickly.
It used to be a startling experience to see an iPad on a bus, an airplane or the subway. Now you might be startled not to see one.
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Roughly 60 hours of video is now uploaded to YouTube every minute.
Google’s video website, YouTube, is streaming 4 billion online videos every day, a 25 percent increase in the past eight months, according to the company.
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Apple’s iBooks 2
Apple’s new iBooks 2 initiative has the potential to vastly improve the K-12 learning experience. They will offer attractive digital textbooks with interactive features like videos, animations, definitions, flashcards, and quizzes. But, with the proprietary nature of the software it means that publishers, parents, and schools will be [...]
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Most were not born into success; they simply did.
There is always a fascination of people who are consistently successful at what they do; especially those who experience repeated success in many areas of their life throughout their lifetime. In entertainment, you may think of Clint Eastwood and Oprah Winfrey. In business, it may [...]
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U.S. online advertising spending is expected to grow 23.3% to $39.5 billion this year, pushing it ahead of total advertising spending in print newspapers and magazines, according to an eMarketer report.
