Monetisation of Personal Data Set to Impact the Advertising Industry?
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A New York graduate student is planning to sell his personal online data for two dollars a day and develop tools to help others do the same. So what would happen if everyone took back control of the record of...
Innovation & Research, Business & Finance
Textizen Mobile Polling Platform Encourages Civic Engagement
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It is vital for cities to engage in dialogue with their citizens. One solution being piloted in towns in the United States is a mobile messaging platform that does not require Internet connection.
FDA re-kindles debate over regulation of mHealth apps
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The debate on how far mobile eHealth apps need to be regulated has been re-kindled as a result of the United States FDA calling the uChek app providers into line.
Management, Marketing & Advertising, Business & Finance
Banking: "If you set out to digitise, you need to think mobile"
1 week 5 days ago
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Most industries have grasped the need to digitise their processes in order to develop their business model and respond better to customer needs and expectations. In banking, as elsewhere, mobile has become the...
Smart Home Tweets House Status Info to its Owner
1 week 5 days ago
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As the field of domotics advances, smart homes will not only provide their owners with remote control over the installed equipment, they will soon be able to send messages about what needs to be done at the...
Innovation & Research, Marketing & Advertising, Business & Finance
Digital in France: “Making great strides, but there’s still a lot to do.”
2 weeks 1 day ago
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A strong scientific culture and high-quality infrastructure, but to some extent France still does not ‘get’ Digital. The transition needs to be driven through and made more pervasive, says Gilles Babinet,...
Boston uses crowdsourcing to keep its fire hydrants serviceable
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The ‘Adopt-a-Hydrant’ web application encourages Boston citizens to take care of one of the city’s thousands of fire hydrants. Similar apps in other cities are mobilizing communities to pull together and back...
Business & Finance, Networks & Telecoms
Sales of Mobiles Surpass Other Connected Devices
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The arrival of smartphones ‘en masse’ on the market has demonstrated to what extent the world of information and communication technology has now become virtually synonymous with mobile. And this fusion seems...
Project Madison invites the crowd to help draft laws
2 weeks 6 days ago
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The idea of the Madison project, spearheaded by a member of the US House of Representatives, is to apply the crowdsourcing approach to the drafting of legislative bills.
Big Data & Analytics: Companies Need a Proper Plan
3 weeks 17 hours ago
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Embedding ‘big data’ and analytics into company operations enables firms to achieve gains in productivity and profit 5 - 6% higher than competitors in the sector. In order to harness this valuable data...
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