Futurist Thomas Frey: Can you feel the layers being lifted? Transparency is entering our lives in unusual ways and much like having individual veils lifted from a multi-veiled garment; we are now seeing the world around us with far greater clarity.
Web Advertising Surpassed Newspaper Ad Revenue in 2010
The IAB estimates that Internet-ad revenue in 2010 surpassed that of newspapers.
Double-digit growth of web advertising resumed in 2010 in the U.S. According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau, web advertising outpaced traditional media and surpassed newspaper ad revenue for the first time.
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IBM Developing System that Will Predict Traffic
Traffic congestion
A first-of-its-kind system is being developed by IBM and other California collaborators, that will help detect road congestion in real time in an effort to predict and manage traffic flow.
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‘Spillionaires’ – BP Oil Spill Payouts Create New Rich
Thomas Gonzales is one of the only Delacroix fishermen who refused to work for BP.
Instead of economic ruin in the Gulf Coast, the oil spill has brought in a gusher of money. The many people who cashed in on the oil spill have earned nicknames: “spillionaires” or BP rich.” But there were some people who wound up getting little of the money.
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Oceans Noise Pollution Causing Massive Trauma to Squids & Octopuses
Oceanic noise pollution causes problems with invertebrates too.
The effects of noise pollution in the oceans, such as from powerful sonars that can make dolphins go deaf, are still being uncovered by researchers. The latest victims are squids and octopuses (including the ‘cheeky’ ones…), which are affected by low-frequency soundwaves produced by human offshore activities…
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Is Sugar Toxic?
How much do we love sugar? The amount may surprise you – the average American eat about 3,550 pounds of sugar and 313 gallons of high fructose corn syrup in a lifetime. And according to Dr. Robert Lustig, UCSF expert on pediatric hormone disorders and childhood obesity, it’s killing us…
An Apple a Day Really Does Keep the Doctor Away
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
A study has found that women on an ‘apple diet’ saw their cholesterol drop by almost a quarter in six months. Another added benefit is they also lost weight.
11 Worst Airlines in America
American Eagle had the worst Airline Quality Rating score of all the airlines rated.
Airlines are getting better in America. But that may be hard for the bedraggled frequent fliers among us to believe. The overall quality of air travel has shown improvement over the last year according to an annual assessment of U.S. airlines.
10% Increase in Computer Science Enrollments
There is a jump in the number of computer science enrollments.
Computer science enrollments have increased for the third year. This ends the decline in enrollments that followed the bursting of the dot-com bubble in 2000-2001. But it could be years before enrollments reach the high of the dot-com booms.
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Growing Concerns Over Problems with the Indian Trade Mark Office
Over 44,000 trade mark files have gone missing in India.
Justice Muralidhar of the Delhi High Court on April 7 asked the government to reform the Trade Mark Office. This was after an investigation revealed that the office had lost 44,404 trade mark registrations without even realizing.
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The Day of the Drone is Upon Us
Futurist Thomas Frey: Sometime over the coming months you can expect to see a version of the following help wanted ad:
“Help Wanted: Full-time aerial drone drivers needed to help manager our growing fleet of surveillance, delivery, and communication drones. We are also looking for drone repair techs, drone dispatchers, and drone salesmen.”
Authorities In Tajikistan Plan Ban On Divorce By Text Message
Convenient but soon to be banned.
Tajikistan’s Council of Ulema is set to issue a fatwa banning a so-called SMS-divorce, the state religious committee have announced. The move comes amid growing complaints that some Tajik men – working as migrant laborers in Russia – divorce their wives by sending a mobile-phone text message or just making a phone call.
Sunni Islamic traditions allow men to divorce their wives by merely saying “talaq,” an Islamic term for a declaration of divorce. Tajik religious leaders, however, insist that ending a marriage is not such a simple matter…
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