University study time will look radically different than it does today.
Because of the economic pressures on higher education, somewhere this year a university hired its last tenured professor. And because of the technological pressures on higher education, next year a university will hire its last faculty member expected to teach in a classroom.
Continue reading… “Technology won’t kill a college education but it will transform it”
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Microsoft has posted a video with a complementary explanation of language translation that goes far past what we thought was currently possible. The speaker explains and demonstrates improvements made to the machine understanding of his English words, which are automatically transcribed as he speaks. He then demonstrates having those words translated directly into Mandarin.
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Faster internet connections have made viewers more impatient.
Revenues are declining for the traditional forms of online advertising. Emerging as a bright spot for many media companies is the video. It offers an opportunity for long engagement and hefty ad rates — but also a challenge to make it work.
Continue reading… “Online viewers abandon video if it doesn’t play in 2 seconds: Study”
Denver, CO the Mile High City
It has always been undisputed that Silicon Valley has been the start-up capital of the world because it is overflowing with investors, mentors, and start-ups in every stage of development. But an affordable and laid-back alternative to Silicon Valley, the Mile-High City is building a vibrant start-up community.
Continue reading… “Top 5 reasons Denver is a great place for startups”
Young, urban African consumer generation on the rise.
There is tremendous potential in Africa and most investors and businesses know this by now. Africa is the world’s second fastest growing region, second to Asia. And it may come as a surprise to most that Africa’s single-largest business opportunity is the rising consumer market.
We are seeing more and more where the mom has the anchor job in the family and the dad either doesn’t work or works in a flexible job.
After Gail McGovern’s daughter Annie was born, she and her husband established what came to be known as the “kitchen calendar rule.” McGovern worked for AT&T overseeing 10,000 employees; her husband ran a large unit of Hewlett-Packard. They both needed to travel regularly for work, but one of them also needed to be home for Annie.
Suneet Tuli with the Aakash 2 tablet.
The 44-year-old CEO of UK/Canadian/Indian startup Datawind, Suneet Tuli, is having a taxing day. He says he is “underwater” as he struggles to find a cell signal outside a restaurant in Mumbai. On Sunday Nov. 11, the president of India, Pranab Mukherjee, will unveil the seven-inch Aakash 2 tablet computer Tuli’s company is selling to the government for distribution to 100,000 university students and professors. (If things go well, the government plans to order as many as 5.86 million.) In the meantime, Tuli is deluged with calls from reporters, and every day his company receives thousands of new orders for the commercial version of the Aakash 2. Already, he’s facing a backlog of four million unfulfilled pre-orders.
Continue reading… “Aakash 2 – The $20 tablet that could transform computing as we know it”
Pebble watch has been wildly successful.
People hoping to get their business ideas funded by peers are posting their projects on Kickstarter more and more. But that doesn’t mean their ideas are finding any more success on the crowdfunding site.
Continue reading… “How many Kickstarter projects are funded successfully: Chart”
Mobile health becoming more popular among smartphone owners.
Mobile health is starting to become popular in the U.S.. In 2010, the Pew Internet and American Life Project reported that just 17 percent of cell phone owners used their devices to look up health information. But the organization said that figure has climbed to 31 percent in a new study released last week.
Volkswagen’s flying car
Seeing a flying cars in a sci-fi movie is a common site. The flying car has won hearts of many science fiction fanatics. Be it the glass bubble from “The Jetsons” or the cab from “The Fifth Element,” all these vehicles have mesmerized audiences for a long now. (Video)
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Transplanting some leafy green seedlings at the grand opening of Singapore’s first commercial vertical farm.
Singapore is taking local farming to the next level by opening of its first commercial vertical farm.
Vertical farming is like skyscrapers with vegetables climbing along the windows or like a library-sized greenhouse with racks of cascading vegetables instead of books.
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As you well know, pigs make the birdman very, very angry!
Quote of the Day: “My wife was afraid of the dark… then she saw me naked and now she’s afraid of the light.” – Rodney Dangerfield