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How the “internet of things” will replace the web – good read via Quartz
From December 2013 but still very much on-the-spot. How the “internet of things” will replace the web – Quartz. If this all sounds like mind...
Video: The Internet of Things Business Index by The Economist Intelligence Unit – YouTube
https://youtu.be/-jTmXkiLGEY via The Internet of Things Business Index by The Economist Intelligence Unit – YouTube. Nice summary ... Read more
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Mar 2014
Videos, comments on Information that moves with you (new Google Moto360 watch): Big Data + NUI + LBS + AI
Read Android Wear: Information that moves with you – YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrqZl2QIz0c Very interesting videos, indeed. All looks very useful and seriously convenient for consumers, but imagine...
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Mar 2014
Via TFA team member Marizanne Knoesen: from The Disillusioned Generation to Newly Empowered Entrepreneurs
Marizanne works with as Content Manager and Associate Futurist; check out her first post via the link below. Forward-thinking Futures Research & Ideas –...
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Mar 2014
The corporate giants are at war over the future of wireless communication (good read)
John Legere (pronounced Ledger), the trash-talking chief executive officer who took over T-Mobile in September 2012, has cut prices, eliminated two-year contracts and roaming charges,...
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Mar 2014
Banks Squander Opportunity in Bitcoin says Jon Matonis (via American Banker)
I've said this before: Banks have to return to thinking like Silicon Valley and Silicon Alley startups. Without this mentality, banks face an ever-increasingly niched...
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Mar 2014
What if economic growth is no longer possible in the 21st century (good read via TheWeek.com)
This post is spot-on and brings up some key questions. Be sure to read the whole thing. What if economic growth is no longer possible...
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Mar 2014
My presentation in Geneva, Forum Kultur und Oekonomie, yesterday: Kulturförderung in einer vernetzten Welt (in German)
Sorry this is in German language only:) Hier sind die Slides wie versprochen. 12MB PDF via owncloud DROPBOX high res 30MB Kulturfoerderung in einer vernetzten...
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Mar 2014
The Pointlessness of Unplugging : The New Yorker (good read related to my Digital Obesity meme)
Interesting point below; yet I think of unplugging more like scheduling a diet – just having a few days where you eat less, and get...
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Mar 2014
Airbnb doesn’t even own a bed, but its backers think it’s more valuable than Hyatt – Quartz
Pretty amazing – digital economics and hyper-efficiency at work;) Airbnb, the website emblematic of the “sharing economy” that matches up travelers online with people looking to...
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Mar 2014
TED video with Edward Snowden: Here’s how we take back the Internet – must watch. Snowden nails it.
via Edward Snowden: Heres how we take back the Internet – YouTube. I think Edward should receive a pardon by President Obama, or permanent asylum...
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Mar 2014
My presentation at NextNow Sao Paulo (today)
Just a quick upload, as promised – fine-tuned version to come later tomorrow. Details on the event here. NextNow SP Gerd Leonhard Future of Marketing-web...
17
Mar 2014
The future’s bright? Capacity Magazine about my work on the future of telecom and ICT
This piece just went online today. Gerd Leonhard, futurist: The future's bright? Data will be the next oil, according to futurist Gerd Leonhard. Given the...
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Mar 2014
Jobs That Will Be Lost To Robots – Business Insider
Jobs That Will Be Lost To Robots – Business Insider. ... Read more
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Mar 2014
View from my temporary ‘workplace’ here in São Paulo
Video Sao Paulo on a sunny day— HUGE CITY.MOV Spending a day here for the NextNow in Sao Paulo ... Read more
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Mar 2014
Could robots be the journalists of the future? Not quite yet says the Guardian:)
Not quite yet I guess… But they could make for some nice assistants? Could robots be the journalists of the future? https://www.theguardian.com/media/shortcuts/2014/mar/16/could-robots-be-journalist-of-future Forbes.com already uses an...
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Mar 2014
Experts Predict the Internet’s Next Decade – NBC News (good read)
Experts Predict the Internet's Next Decade – NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/experts-predict-internets-next-decade-n49496 Wearables could monitor more than just steps, predicted UC Berkeley's Aron Roberts — or do...
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Mar 2014
Discussion About Facebook Damaging the Future
Some interesting points here IMHO Facebook: Damaging the Future https://guardianlv.com/2014/03/facebook-damaging-the-future/ Baroness Greenfield, professor of pharmacology at Oxford University, in a 2012 interview with the British...
