Julian Assange’s website WikiLeaks set a ‘new normal’ for investigative journalism in the mainstream press.
You may be sweating a little bit this week if you are a rooked corporate mogul, property tycoon or prominent politician. Your millions of secret tax-evading dollars are safe in offshore accounts for the moment. But now, a lot more people know exactly where your money is and just how much you’ve been hiding.
Continue reading… “Wikiworld – Is this the future of investigative journalism?”
Not all mobile devices are equal when it comes to access.
Smartphones and tablets have revolutionized how consumers access media content. But move away from the big picture and there are essential details to consider, such as when consumers access your content.
Continue reading… “How mobile devices have changed daily news consumption”
It’s impossible to set the “right ticket prices” months in advance of an individual ballgame.
On Opening Days across the country organists are again playing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” at the baseball stadiums. But there is another game being played in box office backrooms. Seventeen out of the 30 Major League teams were using some form of dynamic pricing last year. dynamic pricing is the concept of raising and lowering prices in accordance with demand — to price ballpark tickets. This year, the practice seems likely to grow.
Continue reading… “Pricing baseball seats like airline tickets”
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3D printers allow people to print guns, but just because we have the ability to do so doesn’t mean that we have to. But, of course, there will be someone who is going to do it. And that somebody isn’t just going to print their own guns, but they’re going to make it their cause, and devote their time and energy to making sure other people can too. That person, in America today, is 25-year-old Cody R. Wilson.
Greener neighborhoods have significantly fewer crimes than non-vegetated areas.
Do you feel more safe or less safe if you down the street from a small urban park? It has been thought to work both ways. Burglars could be concealed by shrubs or a sidewalk lined with trees could obstruct a clear view of the street. But then, crime might be deterred because a green space could encourage people to spend more time in public areas.
Continue reading… “More trees equals less crime in urban neighborhoods: Study”
During the post-recession years, each generation of Americans have suffered in its own way. The only age group that has managed to go the past year without reducing its unemployment rate is the 20-to-24-year olds.
Continue reading… “20-somethings are the only age group with higher unemployment than a year ago”
The smartphone-enabled checkup will actually improve doctor-patient relationships.
Can you imagine a comprehensive, clinically relevant well-patient checkup using only smartphone-based devices? The data obtained during the checkup is immediately readable and fully uploadable to an electronic health record. The patient understands – and even participates – in the interaction far beyond faking a cough and gulping a deep breath.
Continue reading… “The smartphone physical: Medical checkups of the future”
“If at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it” – Albert Einstein
Futurist Thomas Frey: As a futurist, I’ve always been interested in our relationship with the future. But lately I’ve become obsessed with understanding more about the dividing line between the present and the future.
Continue reading… “Piercing the Field of Knowability”
Flurry Analytics began measuring mobile usage and helping developers sell ads when the iPhone was barely a year old and Apple had not yet launched the App Store.
Almost half of young women live with a guy without being married.
According to a government survey released this week, nearly half of young women say the first time they lived with a guy, they weren’t married.
Continue reading… “More couples in the U.S. living together instead of marrying”
When it comes to mobile display ads, Facebook has already outstripped Google.
Facebook is expected to rake in three out of ten dollars spent on mobile ads in the U.S. this year, says marketing research firm eMarketer.
Continue reading… “30% of all mobile ad dollars will go to Facebook in 2013”
Facing the aging of the baby boom generation, the U.S. is unprepared for the coming surge in the cost and cases of dementia.
How much does it cost to care for American’s with dementia? A new study has found that the financial burden is at least as high as that of heart disease or cancer, and it may be even higher. And both the costs and the number of people with dementia will more than double within 30 years, skyrocketing at a rate that rarely occurs with a chronic disease.
Continue reading… “Cost of dementia care in the U.S. will double by 2040”
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