It’s all starting with the fast, IT-integrated software development process called DevOps.
We don’t program software anymore, it is programming us. This is more than a new spin on Marc Andreessen’s “Software is eating the world” argument.
Continue reading… “The web is reshaping business in its image”
The data from Ericsson couldn’t be clearer: Go East if you want to sell a phone in the near future. The West is basically over as a growth market for phones. That’s because the U.S. and Europe is close to full penetration when it comes to high-end mobile devices.
Continue reading… “Asia will dominate the smartphone industry by 2019”
The number of young Americans heading to college continues to increase where they are racking up debt to pay for rapidly increasing tuition costs.
Continue reading… “A third of 18- to -34 year olds in the U.S. live with their parents”
The National Alliance to End Homelessness sees the recent success as the “giant untold story of the homelessness world.”
Since 2005, there has been a 17 percent decline in homelessness because of a radical change in how states address homelessness. This trend has withstood financial panic, a foreclosure crisis, and the Great Recession.
Continue reading… “New thinking leads to a decline in homelessness”
Should we to add the Internet of Things to the top strategic technology priorities for the decade? That’s the question increasingly in front of IT decision makers these days as tech vendors add the buzz phrase to their marketing and practitioners evaluate the rapidly growing array of related tools and technologies.
Continue reading… “Is the Internet of Things critical to the survival and growth of the enterprise?”
Students work during a computer science class.
People in the tech industry have worked to persuade more young people in the U.S. to become interested in studying computer science for years. It now looks like they’ve finally gotten the message.
Continue reading… “Demand for computer science programs is booming at colleges across the U.S.”
Doctors could be offering children dangerous prescriptions that will affect them for the rest of their lives.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers have found that doctors are prescribing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medication to more than 10,000 American toddlers between the ages of two and three.
Continue reading… “More than 10,000 toddlers in the U.S. are prescribed ADHD drugs”
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In the first quarter of 2014, did you generate $1 million for your employer? If not, you’d better stop reading this and get back to work if you want to keep up with the most productive workers in the U.S.
Continue reading… “8 companies where employees hit $1million in revenue”
1 in 4 Americans now look online for doctor reviews.
There has always been a love/hate relationship between doctors and the Internet. Some doctors bristle at the fact that many patients now shop for physicians in the same way they shop for restaurants and plumbers: using online review sites.
Continue reading… “25% of patients now read online physician reviews”
The average loan-holding 2014 college graduate will have to pay back $33,000.
The class of 2014 deserves our congratulations, but not for graduating — though that’s nice, too — but for earning one of the more dubious distinctions in recent memory: You’ve officially been named “the most indebted class ever.”
Continue reading… “Congratulations class of 2014, the most indebted class in history”
Lazy people are the best customers.
The ultimate customers are lazy, anti-social people. To be assured of success today, create a service that appeals to people just active enough to push a button but too lazy to check their bank statements.
Continue reading… “Uber has taught us that the best customers are lazy people”
Today’s customers and retailers are getting serious about how they implement and manage the customer experience.
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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