Nephew Mikaia showing Grandpa Norman what he knows
Futurist Thomas Frey: Over the past couple months I’ve become enamored with watching my two-year-old nephew Mikaia learn the letters of the alphabet, colors, and numbers. Even though he doesn’t have them all perfect, he’s scoring in the high 90% when we quiz him verbally.
Next up, the periodic table of elements?
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“In 2050, Amsterdam’s red light district will all be about android prostitutes.”
Researchers in New Zealand predict that in the future brothels will serve-up robot prostitutes offering clean, guilt-free sex.
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Young women are now more likely than young men to say a successful, high-paying career is one of the most important things in life in a major reversal from the 1990’s, according to a new Pew Research Center study.
Continue reading… “Young women want it all, more than men: Study”
Ikea to sell TVs integrated in its furniture.
IKEA is already the one-stop shop for smart and compact home furnishing. Now they are venturing into the world of technology-with the IKEA TV.
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Restaurant workers are among those that have sued for overtime pay.
From pharmaceutical reps to home health care aides to waiters and waitresses in fancy restaurants, everyone is sick of working off the clock, and they’re looking to finally punch in.
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Consumers perform online product research, make purchases.
Price-conscious consumers have been driven online by the battered US economy to do research before making a purchase, and eMarketer estimates that there will be 92.5 million online coupon users by the end of 2012. Those savings-savvy consumers will no doubt be helped by electronic circulars, which now rival their print counterparts in penetration, according to a November 2011 study of US internet users by Yahoo! and Ipsos.
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Wearable computers
A report released by Forrester Research says that the wearable computing wars are about to begin. They predict that consumers will begin experimenting more with wearable computers over the coming year, specifically around health and fitness, navigation, social networking and gaming. This new theme among consumers will hasten big tech companies to begin creating wearable computing products.
Continue reading… “Wearable computing devices are next big thing”
2013 Ford Shelby GT500 includes a new carbon fiber driveshaft.
If dieters think they have it hard, consider what Ford Motor is going through. Ford has created a goal of cutting 750 pounds of ugly, dangerous fat out of every car by the end of the decade.
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More workers eat at their desks or don’t take a break at all.
Many employees work more and have less time to do it in today’s fast-paced work environment and poor economy. That is making the once-cherished midday lunch break a disappearing option.
Continue reading… “65% of workers eat at their desks or skip lunch break altogether”
This is the third straight quarter where the number of ad pages declined.
During the first quarter of 2012 U.S. consumer magazines saw their number of ad pages fall 8.2% from the year earlier period. This is the third straight quarter where the number of ad pages declined from the year-earlier period, according to the Publishers Information Bureau, according to the Publishers Information Bureau.
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Sergey Aleynikov, wearing a baseball cap, leaves Manhattan federal court Friday
after his conviction for stealing Goldman Sachs’ high-speed trading code was reversed
Before leaving Goldman Sachs to earn a millionaire’s salary with Chicago High Frequency Trading (HFT) startup Teza Technologies, Sergey Aleynikov made one last transaction. At 5:20pm on his last day, just before his going-away party, Aleynikov uploaded 500,000 lines of encrypted source code from the Wall Street firm’s proprietary HFT system to a server located in Germany. Following the clandestine upload, Aleynikov deleted the encryption program, wiped his command history, and headed to the party.
Although Aleynikov later managed to download the source code to his home computer in New Jersy before flying to Chicago, he was apprehended by the FBI while returning through Newark Liberty International Airport.
But after his conviction at trial and imprisonment during the appeals process (his dual US-Russian citizenship presented a flight risk), Aleynikov is now a free man.
The reasons why will touch the entire software industry…
Continue reading… “Goldman Sachs code-theft conviction Reversed”
Amazon is set to shake up it’s rivals.
Internet retailer, Amazon is in a powerful position after the government’s decision to pursue major publishers on antitrust charges. may now get to decide how much an e-book will cost, and the book world is quaking over the potential consequences.
Continue reading… “Amazon to cut e-book prices”
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