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LinkedIn reranked top colleges for most desirable jobs

October 20, 2014

LinkedIn used its massive dataset of professionals to see what colleges where producing employees at the most desirable firms.

Only a few of the conventionally prestigious schools made the top of the list when colleges are re-ranked by how graduates do in the job market. LinkedIn mined its massive dataset of professionals to see what colleges where producing employees at the most desirable firms in a handful of industries, including finance, tech, marketing, and media.

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Analysis, Business, Latest Trend, Robots, Science & Technology News

The great decoupling – the impact of machine learning advancement on productivity and jobs

October 21, 2014

Machine learning is advancing at exponential rates. Many highly skilled jobs once considered the exclusive domain of humans are increasingly being carried out by computers. That may be good or bad depending on whom you talk to. Technologists and economists tend to split into two camps, the technologists believing that innovation will cure all ills, the economists fretting that productivity gains will further divide the haves from the have-nots.

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Analysis, Business, Latest Trend, Money Talk, Science & Technology News

Bitcoin isn’t just for anarchists and libertarians anymore

October 17, 2014

Consumers are embracing the digital currency even though the value of Bitcoin has fallen 55% against the dollar.

Earlier this year Mary Fons joined the Bitcoin economy. She uses the digital currency to buy gift cards and office supplies. Her partner reimburses her with Bitcoin for his portion of the rent. Thirty-five year old Fons isn’t a nerd or a self-proclaimed libertarian like many of the currency’s early adopters. She lives in New York and co-hosts the Love of Quilting show on public television. “Why Bitcoin?” she asks. “Because I want to have options. I think it’s a beautiful thing open to everyone.”

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Analysis, Latest Trend, Money Talk

1 in 4 Millennials trust ‘no one’ when it comes to advice about money

October 17, 2014

39 percent of millennials worry about their financial future at least once a week or more.

When it comes to information about financial matters, about a third of millennials trust their parents most, but nearly one in four say they trust “no one” when it comes to advice about money, according to Fidelity Investments.

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Analysis, Globalism, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Top 3 ways travel is going to be different in 2024

October 17, 2014

Breakthrough technologies and new destinations will shape the global travel industry by 2024.

Skyscanner, a travel booking site, released a report earlier this year predicting what travel will be like in 2024. Skyscanner teamed up with 56 experts to analyze and present the breakthrough technologies and exciting new destinations that will shape the global travel industry over the next ten years.

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Analysis, facebook, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Teens in the U.S. abandon Facebook and cling to iPhones: Study

October 17, 2014

73 percent of teens expect their next smartphone to be the iPhone.

Created by Piper Jaffray, the ‘Taking Stock With Teens’ study from the spring of 2014, has been followed by the Fall 2014 edition of the study that was published last week with a particularly harsh outlook for social networking giant Facebook. When teens were asked what social network they typically use, only 45 percent responded with Facebook. That’s down from 72 percent responding Facebook just six months ago.

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Analysis, Business, Internet, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

New study reveals big data analytics adoption imperative for global organizations

October 17, 2014

The Industrial Internet has the potential to drive trillions of dollars in new services and overall growth.

A new study from GE and Accenture, “Industrial Internet Insights for 2015,” reveals there is a growing urgency for organizations to embrace big data analytics to advance their Industrial Internet strategy. However, less than 29 percent of the 250 executives surveyed for the study are using big data across their company for predictive analytics or to optimize their business.

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Analysis, Business, Latest Trend, Money Talk, People Making a Difference

Chuck Feeney, an unconventional billionaire who is revolutionizing philanthropy by closing his foundation

October 17, 2014

Chuck Feeney

Chuck Feeney is a self-made billionaire who is an extreme philanthropist. He believes that charity shouldn’t go on forever and his fellow billionaires, from newly minted Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, are learning from his example.

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Gartner’s top 10 tech trends for 2015

October 16, 2014

2015 trends are focused on merging the real world with the virtual one.

The Internet of Things, and everything that’s part of its universe, including smart machines, pervasive analytics and 3D printing, are on annual list of strategic technologies for the year ahead presented by Gartner analyst David Cearley at the firm’s annual Symposium/ITxpo.

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On-demand amenities are making all travel feel like first-class

October 16, 2014

Travelers can use their mobile device to remotely control a digital advertising panel with ‘Tap or Scan’ technology with oOh!media.

VIP comforts and conveniences were previously only available to elite travelers, but they are now being made available to anyone, on-demand. Whether having a private workspace directly in front of the gate, connecting with a personalized shopper during a layover or renting a mobile device to hit the ground without missing a beat, these services and amenities are designed to help people maximize their enjoyment and productivity at every stage of their trip.

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Analysis, Breakthrough Thinking, Historical Perspectives, Latest Trend, New Viewpoints, People Making a Difference

You will be a different person by the time you reach the end of this article

October 16, 2014

Futurist Thomas Frey: Whatever happened to that young child you were not so many years ago?

As a baby, life was all about eating, sleeping, and dry diapers. Even though you are learning new things quickly, not much else really mattered.

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Business, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News, Space

Space will go commercial with 2015 launch of Bigelow inflatable room

October 15, 2014

Bigelow Expandable Activity Module

An inflatable workroom from Bigelow Aerospace will be added to the International Space Station, The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, will head to low-Earth orbit (LEO) in 2015 aboard the Dragon, a rocket built and operated by the privately run, Elon Musk-founded company SpaceX.

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