Software engineers now outnumber farmers and have almost caught up with lawyers.
Over the last two years Shawn and Stephanie Grimes have spent much of their time in pursuing their dream of doing research and development for Apple, the world’s most successful corporation.
Continue reading… “Boom in app development lures coders but it’s tough to make a living”
What impact will advancing technologies have on employment?
Singularity University’s Vice President of Innovation and Research, Vivek Wadhwa, has written about why he believes this will be the most innovative decade in human history and how we are headed for an era of abundant and affordable health care, and how robotics, artificial intelligence and 3D printing will lead to an era of local manufacturing in which the creative class flourishes.
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Google Fiber installation has officially kicked off in Kansas City.
Google Fiber, the gigabit home internet service, finally went live in Kansas City after months of anticipation. The search giant is offering 1Gbps speeds for just $70 per month—significantly faster and cheaper than what any traditional American ISPs are offering.
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Thing-o-Matic
MakerBot’s Thing-o-Matic is a flat-pack box costing as little as $1,000 with very clever machinery inside. It is a rapid prototype machine: designs are fed in, things come out. Anderson, in his book Makers: The New Industrial Revolution , suggests that these personal manufacturing robots will radically democratize design. With one in their garage, everyone will be able to envisage an object and realize it.
Continue reading… “3D printing and what it will mean for the future”
Chris Anderson
Chris Anderson, editor in chief for Wired, announced that he was leaving the magazine to become CEO of his DIY-drone company, 3D Robotics. This move comes a month after the release of his latest book, Makers: The New Industrial Revolution. In an interview last week Anderson talks about today’s biggest revolution in how and where we actually make things. If the last few decades have been about big digital forces — the Internet, social media — he notes that the future will be about applying all of that in the real world.
Continue reading… “Why Chris Anderson is leaving digital for DIY”
You won’t just hire a person, you will hire their network in the future.
When you look at HR trends people tend to look at what we do today and discuss ways it can be done better in the future. Applications and tools for recruiting, training, on-boarding, etc. are being developed at dizzying rates. The problem is that these new HR innovations are going to have a short half life.
Continue reading… “Top 5 trends that will change HR in the future”
Models with no makeup and natural, professional and glamorous makeup.
In a recent study from the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Procter & Gamble, and Boston University, they had a sampling of over 200 individuals, both men and women, participants rated women wearing makeup as more competent than women without makeup.
Continue reading… “Makeup may be the key to a woman’s success”
41% of US consumers planned to shop on Black Friday this year.
Holiday promotions by retailers are earlier and earlier every year. The buzz has moved progressively from “Cyber Monday” to Black Friday and finally to Thanksgiving Day itself, with reports of mass merchants beginning their sales in the middle of what is for many still an important family holiday.
Continue reading… “Cyber Monday will remain biggest ecommerce day of the year”
A condom manufacturer was looking to hire “lively and good-looking women” aged 18 to 25 to work as condom testers.
In China a website has removed a job advertisement seeking women as condom testers in Shanghai after some people said it was a guise for prostitution.
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The new credit card features an embedded LCD display and touch-sensitive buttons for generating one-time passwords.
MasterCard’s new “Display Card,” is a credit card that basically combines the usual credit/debit or ATM card with an authentication token. The authentication portion features a touch-sensitive keypad and LCD display — hence the name “Display Card” — for reflecting a one-time password (OTP).
Continue reading… “MasterCard launches new credit card with display and keypad”
Faster internet connections have made viewers more impatient.
Revenues are declining for the traditional forms of online advertising. Emerging as a bright spot for many media companies is the video. It offers an opportunity for long engagement and hefty ad rates — but also a challenge to make it work.
Continue reading… “Online viewers abandon video if it doesn’t play in 2 seconds: Study”
Denver, CO the Mile High City
It has always been undisputed that Silicon Valley has been the start-up capital of the world because it is overflowing with investors, mentors, and start-ups in every stage of development. But an affordable and laid-back alternative to Silicon Valley, the Mile-High City is building a vibrant start-up community.
Continue reading… “Top 5 reasons Denver is a great place for startups”
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