YouTube is now at 1 billion monthly users, according to Google. That means roughly 14.7% of the world watches something on YouTube every month, assuming Wolfram Alpha’s estimate of 6.79 billion people on Earth.
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Entrepreneurs can hop online and hone their expertise for free.
Education for entrepreneurs is slowly but surely becoming more mainstream. Traditional universities are offering entrepreneurs more tools than ever before. But Coursera and Udacity, education startups, have taken this a step further. They are offering in-depth classes on entrepreneurship taught by industry heavy-weights such as Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur Steve Blank for free.
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Do you think driverless cars will operate in the real world? Several manufacturers are now in a race to build the world’s first driverless car. It appears that Google currently has the highest chance of developing the technology and software to make this a reality.
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A majority of young parents under 30 now have their first child before they marry.
More Americans are waiting to marry. The average age at which Americans are getting married has increased from their early 20s in 1970 to their late 20s today, a significant social and demographic transition.
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Consumers agree the value of online communities comes from sharing information and ideas.
According to Technorati’s 2013 Digital Influence Report, blogs are more influential than social networks in shaping consumers’ opinions and purchase decisions.
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America’s Independent Electric Light and Power Companies magazine ad from 1957.
A 1957 ad shows a family playing a game in their car as it cruises down a highway, its steering wheel unattended. “One day your car may speed along an electric super- highway, its speed and steering automatically controlled by electronic devices embedded in the road,” reads the copy. “Highways will be made safe — by electricity! No traffic jams … no collisions … no driver fatigue.”
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Facebook even tracks non-Facebook users.
We are going to start with three data points.
One: Some of the Chinese military hackers who were implicated in a broad set of attacks against the U.S. government and corporations were identified because they accessed Facebook from the same network infrastructure they used to carry out their attacks.
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The brighter global picture is the result of international and national aid and development projects.
According to a new groundbreaking academic study, some of the poorest people in the world are becoming significantly less poor. The study has taken a new approach to measuring deprivation. Oxford University’s poverty and human development initiative report predicts that countries among the most impoverished in the world could see acute poverty eradicated within 20 years if they continue at present rates.
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Users with strong social networking ties found new jobs at a rate of 33.2 percent.
It appears that being active on Facebook can get you that new job. According to a new study by Facebook data scientists, job-seekers with a strong, deep, and rich social network online are five times as likely to land that new job.
16 to 34 year olds are more likely to wield a smartphone or other mobile device as a shopping companion.
We all know that young people like to shop. All before the responsibilities of having a family set in, in the relatively care-free years of high school and college, young people tend to throw their pennies into blouses, jeans and other must-have accessories. (Infographic)
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Do you love your cat or dog so much you would immortalize him or her into a soft cuddly sweater? A professional cat groomer, Danelle German, based in Simpsonville, S.C. had large amounts of fur she would dispose of from her grooming clients’ Persians and Angoras. She started to spin that fur into yarn. From that yarn you can knit that yarn into warm, cute little sweaters, mittens, hats, or whatever you would like. (Pics)
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MOOCs: Internet-based teaching programs are designed to handle thousands of students simultaneously.
Engineering, science, and technology have at the forefront of the massive open online course movement. These classes also are providing fodder for scientific research on learning.
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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