Future – Page 10 – Workplace Learning in the Digital Age

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Why Google Reader Really Got the Axe

“As a culture we have moved into a realm where consumption of news is a near-constant process” says Richard Gingras, Senior Director, News & Social Products at Google. “Users with smartphones and tablets are consuming news in bits and bites throughout the course of the day – replacing the old standard behaviors of news consumption over breakfast along with a leisurely read at the end of the day.” Well, I am still wondering what I will do when it’s gone next month, but here is the article on Wired that tells a new story about why…..

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The Rise of the Mobile-Only User

“One of the most common misconceptions about mobile devices is that its ok if they offer only a paltry subset of the content available on the desktop.” So right – read full article at Harvard Business Review.

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The New “Handmade”

More of the series from TechCrunch on “The New Handmade” – focused on 3-D printing. Interest is definitely booming. It’s worth reading the whole series of articles to find out about companies in the spotlight and what they are doing.

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Americans No Longer the Center of the Online Universe, and Other Surprises From Mary Meeker’s Epic Slide Deck

“Four-fifths of the largest Internet properties in the world are owned by American companies, but the same proportion of their users are outside the United states…” according to Mary Meeker in the above slide presentation. The source article is at The Social Times.

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How car/ride-sharing companies stack up against each other (chart)

“Car and ride sharing are part of a small but growing segment of American transportation, as people particularly in urban areas turn to them for cost and convenience reasons.” Read full article here on GigaOm.

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The New “Handmade” – on 3D Printers

“Amid grumblings of a “general fatigue” when it comes to software-based startups, a potentially transformative technology called 3D printing is poised to reach critical mass and mainstream awareness.” Article at TechCrunch reminds us of how much this innovation has the potential to grow.

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From Arrested Development to Dr. Who, How Binge Watching Is Changing Our Culture

“It is some credit to the world of TV that it now serves up shows that can serve as auxiliary worlds….binge watching breaks the linearity of having to watch TV on someone else’s terms.” Having entire seasons available to us, either captured as they are aired (so that we can watch them in a row) or being released all at once on Netflix (House of Cards, Arrested Development) makes the thought of watching one episode at a time and waiting for the next week seems so….2000. Article at Wired about “Binge Watching” here.

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The Xbox One Misses the Perfect Set-Top Box Target

“The XBox One could have been the one true center of your TV universe that let you throw all those other boxes away.” According to Wired, as great good as it is, they missed the boat. A DVR, but only a game DVR, no actual TV DVR. Other misses as well. It still looks great though.

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The New Yorker’s Epic Fail On Innovation

“The May 2013 innovation issue of The New Yorker speaks at length about inventions – wacky new gadgets, including treadmill desks, a replacement for Styrofoam made from mushrooms, funny-looking kite-boats that generate energy, cyber-criminals who infiltrate and take over your company without leaving a trace, massive online open courses (MOOCs) in higher education at Harvard and MIT and new ways to care for dementia. All interesting inventions – i.e. new ideas for products – but not exactly innovations – i.e. the transformation of the new ideas into marketable products or services.” Article from Forbes is an interesting read.

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Finally an App That Reveals the True Story Behind the Brands You Buy

“You only know how hard it is to be a responsible consumer after you’ve tried it – running laps around aisles trying to find one brand that you know is free-trade, reading labels to avoid carcinogenic ingredients….” Article is about an app called Boycott – “empowering consumers to make well-informed buying decisions” with a bar code scanner. It’s at The Big Think.