Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke at Goldman’s technology conference this week with analyst Bill Shope. Among other factoids, Cook mentioned that 120 million people visited Apple’s retail stores last year.
Continue reading… “Apple stores get almost as many visitors as Disney theme parks”
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Are driverless cars coming sooner than expected? Google and Audi already working on ways to make our vehicles more autonomous and safe, so we’re left wondering what the future will look like once every car has that ability.
Continue reading… “Driverless cars could make intersections more efficient”
Mobile Mini House
John Lautner’s villa Chemosphere has inspired this modern version of a spaceship house. The only difference is that John’s version was stationary and this one’s a trailer. The beauty of this house-on-wheels lies in the fact that its compact and yet boats of ample living quarters. You will find a bathroom, living room, bedroom, kitchen and an office in the 252° Living Area: Mobile Mini House. (Pics)
Continue reading… “Amazing Mobile Mini House”
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The giant of online search is, of course, Google. You could prove it by comparing search market share, advertising revenue, user data collection or brand recognition, Bing, Yahoo and Ask wouldn’t even come close. Google’s unchallenged reach has its downside. One major hazard is obvious–super simplified search turns us into false, but confident experts.
Continue reading… “Google’s hidden costs”
The proposed 29-acre expansion will include an executive terminal, hangars and ramp space large enough to accommodate large business jets and aircraft servicing facilities.
Google and British partner Signature Aviation plan to build a private airport terminal for the executive jet-set and they have received strong backing from local officials and it looks likely to get approval.
Continue reading… “Google plans to build $82 million aircraft facility for their private jets”
Last year, out of the 92,000 new jobs added in the Bay Area, Silicon Valley accounted for 46 percent, or 42,000 jobs.
The prodigious job growth that has made Silicon Valley stand apart from the rest of America continues, George Avalos of the Oakland Tribune reports.
Continue reading… “Silicon Valley dot-com boom is back”
The wireless industry is against super WIFI networks while Google and Microsoft say it would spark innovation.
On February 3, 2013, the Washington Post boldly led a front-page story last weekend with the claim: “The federal government wants to create super WiFi networks across the nation, so powerful and broad in reach that consumers could use them to make calls or surf the Internet without paying a cellphone bill every month.”
Continue reading… “Creating Spectrum for the Internet of Things”
60% of U.S. adults say they track their weight, diet, or exercise routine.
A new survey conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project shows that Seven in ten (69%) U.S. adults track a health indicator for themselves or a loved one and many say this activity has changed their overall approach to health.
Continue reading… “Personal Health-Tracking on the Rise”
Asia-Pacific surpasses North America to become world’s No. 1 market for B2C ecommerce sales.
B2C ecommerce sales grew 21.1% to top $1 trillion for the first time in 2012, according to new global estimates by eMarketer.
Continue reading… “Ecommerce sales topped $1 trillion in 2012: Study”
Once a country’s fertility rate falls consistently below replacement, its age profile begins to shift.
Chinese women have been subjected to China’s brutal one-child policy for more than 30 years. Women who try to have more children have been subjected to fines and forced abortions. Their houses have been razed and their husbands fired from their jobs. As a result, Chinese women have a fertility rate of 1.54. Here in America, white, college-educated women—a good proxy for the middle class—have a fertility rate of 1.6. America has its very own one-child policy. And we have chosen it for ourselves.
Continue reading… “America in the midst of a baby bust”
Educators have known that the online revolution would eventually envelop the physical classroom, but a torrent of near-revolutionary developments in the past month are proving that change is coming quicker than anyone imagined. In just 30 days, the largest school system in the U.S. began offering credit for online courses, a major university began awarding degrees without any class time required, and scores of public universities are moving their courses online. The point at which online higher education becomes mainstream is no longer in some fuzzy hypothetical future; the next president’s Secretary of Education will need an entire department dedicated to the massive transition.
Continue reading… “Online education replacing physical colleges at a record pace”
Time spent consuming information and entertainment goods is an important element of the overall satisfaction.
Netflix released all 13 episodes of House of Cards last week, allowing subscribers to watch the series in marathon sessions. ”The efficiency that makes binge viewing so compelling also accelerates the time a consumer spends with Netflix,” Variety noted. This novel release schedule highlights the question of how consumers value paid content relative to consumption time.
Continue reading… “Cost per hour a pivotal metric for paid content”
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