Share of Internet usage is two times higher in Asia and Africa.
Over the past two years online photo sharing has sextupled. Nigerians are on their phones 30 percent more than Americans. We now spend more time on mobile than on print and radio combined.
Early Coders
Don’t rule out coding because you didn’t study programming in college. DaVinci Coders has a new class starting September 22nd. Start the application process NOW to see if this is then next step towards your future. Read on…
With a rising demand for coding skills in the job market, technical know-how has become one of the most sought-after resume-builders. And as the story of fifth-grader Nick Wald in Wednesday’s Journal showed, those who want to learn have a variety of new options. Even Nancy Pelosi has gotten in on the act.
Continue reading… “Want to do something with your liberal arts degree? Try coding!”
Music consumers migrated to streaming music services that live in the cloud in accelerating numbers.
How does the surveillance state consolidate control? By living in “the cloud” — where all our pertinent data is stored on computer servers operated by the likes of Google and Amazon and Microsoft — becomes too seductive to avoid and too cheap not to afford.
Continue reading… “Big Brother is watching your streaming music”
IXS Enterprise
Mark Rademaker, artist, has unveiled a set of concept images imagining what a spaceship would look like that is capable of traveling to other stars in a matter of months. His IXS Enterprise design is based on some hard science even though it may look like something from the next science fiction epic and is unlikely to lift off anytime soon. (Photos)
Continue reading… “What a warp drive spaceship should look like”
Jawbone, wearable technology for a healthier lifestyle.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) aims to provide more people with access to healthcare. With a larger population of people insured, the ultimate goal — and the only way to keep costs down — is to improve the health of the overall population.
Continue reading… “Mobile can drive down healthcare costs and improve care”
Google will use Skybox’s satellite-photo tech to improve Google Maps.
Google is buying the startup, Skybox Imaging, a company that specializes in photos taken by satellites, for $500 million.
Continue reading… “Google buys startup Skybox Imaging for $500 million”
A mobile junkie.
When is the last time you powered your smartphone all the way down? Try turning it all the way off now. Take your phone out and turn it off (note: this is not advised if you are reading this on your mobile. In this case you are probably too far gone). Fair warning, you will experience a short stint of anxiety and emptiness. These mobile withdrawals are unpleasant (and slightly pathetic) but the sobering and liberating experience is worth more than your 25th snapchat today.
People tend to talk about optimistically about the Internet. They talk about it in terms that describe how it ought to be rather than how it actually is.
Continue reading… “‘Mesh networking’ – the promise of a new internet”
Miniaturized ultrasonic device capable of capturing and moving single cells and tiny living creatures.
University of Glasgow researchers have devised a Heptagon Acoustic Tweezer which makes use of resonance for manipulating matter. This sonic tweezer uses acoustic force to build cell matrices with the possibility of repairing injured nerves.
Continue reading… “Heptagon Acoustic Tweezer repairs damaged nerves”
How do you envision the future of architecture?
The great architect, Frank Lloyd Wright said, “every great architect is — necessarily — a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.” His visions of harmonious design and innovating urban planning amounted to his own brand of organic architecture. We’d argue that Wright wasn’t just an interpreter of his time — he was able to foresee the needs and desires of ages ahead of him. The architect is — necessarily — a visionary capable of seeing into the future. (Pics and videos)
Continue reading… “Top 14 architectural trends for the future”
Meg Whitman, HP CEO
Moments after Meg Whitman, CEO of Hewlett-Packard, announced the company’s grand new plan to compete with the Microsoft Windows operating system, she was thanking Microsoft for being a major sponsor of the conference and inviting the company’s new CEO, Satya Nadella, on stage.
Continue reading… “HP announces plans to destroy Microsoft Windows”
Futurist Thomas Frey: A few weeks ago, Stephen Hawking opened the world’s eyes to the dangers of Artificial Intelligence (AI), warning that it has the potential of outsmarting humans in the financial markets. But few people realize that we are already in imminent danger of this happening.
Continue reading… “Artificial Intelligence will be Crashing the Stock Market in 3, 2, 1…”