Robots that Can Guess Your Next Move Set to Smooth Our Everyday Lives?
Published on June 12, 2013
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Man-machine interaction has now reached a new level with a robot that is programmed to anticipate people’s movements in advance, the better to help them with daily tasks.
Collaborative Economy Making Uneven Progress in France
Published on June 12, 2013
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While French people have taken enthusiastically to some collaborative consumption practices, other areas of the ‘collaborative economy’ are only just beginning to take off. It seems therefore that France still has some way to go in this area.
Smart Cities: Paris and San Francisco “have a lot to learn from each other”
Published on June 11, 2013
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When it comes to ‘smart cities’, Paris and San Francisco are two of the world’s leaders. They have now agreed a research partnership, with a view to exchanging experiences and learning from each other.
[LeWeb] Collaborative Economy: Companies Becoming Service Providers to Consumers
Published on June 11, 2013
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The emergence of ‘collaborative consumption’ threatens to disrupt the vertical relationship between producers and sellers of goods and their customers. If this ‘disintermediation’ of products takes hold, companies will need a strategy to avoid being cut out of the chain entirely by increasingly connected consumers.
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Monetisation of Personal Data Set to Impact the Advertising Industry?
Published on June 11, 2013
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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 his/her own digital activity?
Hukkster bets on tagging to track clothes online when they go on sale
Published on June 10, 2013
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Hukkster enables users to get the best online shopping deals by keeping track of items they are interested in buying and sending a notification when they become available at reduced prices or on special offer.
Employee Well-Being: “Company Credibility” is Key
Published on June 10, 2013
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The changing attitude of company bosses towards their employees has been well documented and firms are now become increasingly aware of just how important an impact company culture has on business performance.
Innovation & Research, Business & Finance
Textizen Mobile Polling Platform Encourages Civic Engagement
Published on June 10, 2013
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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
Published on June 08, 2013
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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"
Published on June 07, 2013
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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 epicentre of this transformation.
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