Unemployment rate for petroleum engineers is .06%.
Petroleum engineers, detective supervisors, and animal breeders all have one thing in common. They are extremely employable. They’re among the occupations with the lowest jobless rates over the last two years along with dentists and nuclear engineers, according to the Wall Street Journal’s study of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Continue reading… “Jobs in the U.S. with the lowest (and highest) unemployment rates”
The survey found there is no widespread loyalty among consumers about operating systems.
Google and Apple better watch out. According to a new study by Accenture, two-thirds of smartphone and tablet owners don’t have strong brand loyalty to any one particular operating system.
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Here is one more 2012 year-in review report from Nielsen, which examined how Americans have been consuming content over the course of the past year. Of the 289 million U.S. TV owners, the report found that 119 million own four or more television sets, making TV still the device to beat when it comes to watching and recording programs, among other things.
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Consumers are becoming “digital omnivores.”
The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas begins this week and the state of digital consumption is looking good. Consumers are adopting all sorts of smart, web-connected consumer technology and becoming “digital omnivores.”
Investment banks will no longer be the gatekeepers to access to capital markets.
The gatekeepers of access to the capital markets have traditionally been investment bankers. Now it is time for crowdfunding to play a greater role.
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Heartspeak Productions with the Community Justice Initiatives Association has produced a 48-minute video from the Fraser region of British Columbia. The film discusses Canadian law and constitution and human rights as a fundamental basis of law.
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Hunger ranked first on the list of the world’s Top 10 health risks.
Today, one in 8 people will sleep on an empty stomach. There are about 870 million people in the world who suffer from hunger due to food scarcity based on Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) data.
Continue reading… “Hunger: Solving the world’s most solvable problem”
The Avis acquisition of Zipcar suggests that the sharing economy has come of age.
Revolution made their first bet on the concept of sharing nearly 10 years ago with their investments in Exclusive Resorts (2003) and Flexcar (2005). The “sharing economy” now extends across multiple verticals – we’re sharing cars, movies, extra rooms in our homes, online lectures, and even our time. Yesterday Avis Budget Group announced that they will acquire Zipcar which marks a significant milestone for the concept of collaborative consumption.
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The 50 percent digital revenue share also didn’t come as a result of a decline in print advertising sales.
One of the first big magazines devoted to technology and the internet is Wired. Half of Wired magazine’s ad revenue was generated from the internet in Q4 2012. This is a first for the magazine.
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Futurist Thomas Frey: The first time I watched Star Trek and heard Captain Kirk utter the phrase – “Set your phasers to stun!” – it occurred to me that these future weapons featured a number of different settings.
2012 was a bad year to have other people say you want your bosses job
A lot has changed in 2012. More than you probably realize. Here is a list of thirteen things that you might have used or done in 2011 that you probably didn’t have to use or do in 2012.
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Digital Policy Council (DPC) has a new survey that shows 75 percent of the world’s heads of state have a presence on Twitter. A total of 164 countries were evaluated by the DPC study, and it found this year that 123 of them have a head of state that is on Twitter, either with a personal handle or an official government one. That’s up significantly from 2011, when 69 out of the 164 countries had a Twitter presence.
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