A report from the U.S. Census Bureau says that in the fall of 2012, more than 50 million U.S. adults, or one in four, had obtained a professional certification, license or educational certificate apart from a postsecondary degree awarded by colleges and universities. This is the Census Bureau’s first-ever report on this topic.
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According to the latest report by Chinese online data service iResearch, the total revenues made by Chinese search services in 2013 were 39.32 billion yuan (about $6.5 billion), a 40.1 percent increase over the previous year. The increase rate is, however, lower than that for the previous year.
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The outlook for new grads is slightly better than 2012.
Engineering and computer science majors have the best shot at landing a high-paying position in this tough job climate. The outlook for new grads is slightly better than 2012, according to data from a nonprofit group, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), . For students that land a job, the average starting salary is $45,600 and salaries are 2.6 percent higher than in 2012.
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Curved displays by Sony at CES 2014.
Venture Beat tried to cover all of the 2 million square feet of exhibit space at the 2014 International CES. They saw only a portion of the tens of thousands products on display at the huge tech trade show. They saw fads like 3D glasses for TVs fade away. And it was interesting to see how “phablets,” or phones with huge, tablet-like screens, have caught on in places like Asia even though we’ve ridiculed them in the past.
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Drones will be everywhere.
2013 looked like the dystopian future we’ve been warned about. We learned the NSA can spy on our every word, right as Google shared a breakthrough product that could put a camera and microphone on everyone’s face. Amazon wanted to replace UPS with autonomous drones. But, what will 2014 look like? This is the year of technological kickback, according to Frog design, when privacy goes mainstream and we take the reins on our own quantified self, when artists tame 3-D printers and we learn to unplug. And yes…when drones, driverless cars, and the digital dragon that is China rise to change our economy, and our lives, forever.
Maybe pigs can fly!
Quote of the Week: “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand
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Futurist Thomas Frey: 2013 has been a year of considerable change for both me and the rest of our team at the DaVinci Institute. While most of what you see here on Futurist Speaker is about my research, thinking, and philosophy on the future, I thought this might be a good time to step back and fill you in on the people behind everything you’re reading.
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Social media (and all the content creation that comes with it) is a hot place to be.
It has been quite a year for the startup community and social and technology-related businesses. In just a few months, Twitter went public, Google Glass showed up on our train route to work, and YouTube hosted ‘live’ music video awards.
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Over the past 13 years, Impact Lab has become one of the world’s most influential compendiums of future trends, emerging technology, and futurist thinking. And we throw in a few other articles that don’t fall into these categories but catch our attention anyway.
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Clearly Van Damme has inspired people everywhere to do a knockoff of his Volvo “splits” ad!
Quote of the Day: “The tax code is now nine times longer than the Bible, and not nearly as interesting.” – Rob Portman
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More than eight in ten people still drive to work.
It’s been said a thousand times, but we’ll say it again: Driving is in decline.
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Cofounders of Ringly
Christina Mercando spends a lot of her time shopping. She shops for rings and picks out the ones that can be Ringlys, a ring that connects to a smartphone and alerts wearers about incoming texts or calls via vibration and flashing lights.
Continue reading… “The next generation of wearables designed specifically for women”
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