College of Information and Computer Science, Long Island University
Published by July 5th, 2008
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A new report forecasting the top 10 workplace trends of the future says video and Web conferencing will make business travel extinct while social networking sites and other Web 2.0 technologies emerge as the primary tools for job recruiting. Is your organization ready to support these and other workplace trends? Or maybe you’re already making these shifts.
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Published by May 26th, 2008
in technology, trends and cloud computing.
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Let’s say that you’re Intel, and you spent $5.5 billion in capital expenditures in 2007, much of it on the 45nm transition, and all of it for the purpose of beating rivals at delivering performance-per-watt increases across a range of market segments that spans the computing spectrum from servers to ultraportable devices. What, then, are you supposed to think about Web 2.0, the resurgence of the thin client model, and the popular “cloud computing” notion that users should be able to do almost all of their work and play with nothing but a simple Web browser (maybe running on an ARM-powered web tablet)? Judging by the comments of some of the Intel folks in the recent Directions Symposium, the chipmaker thinks it stinks
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Published by May 26th, 2008
in digital and trends.
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Pope Benedict will text message thousands of young Catholics on their mobile phones during World Youth Day in Sydney in July, hoping going digital will help him connect better with a younger audience. The Pope will text daily messages of inspiration and hope during the six-day Sydney event while digital prayer walls will be erected at event sites and the church will set up a Catholic social networking Web site akin to a Catholic Facebook.
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How a wunderkind producer, seven tabloid-ready stars, an army of bloggers, and a nation of texting tweenagers are changing the way we watch television.
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Published by May 4th, 2008
in Pew Research, demographics, internet and trends.
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Nearly all US teens ages 12 to 17 use the Internet, according to a September-November 2007 Pew Internet & American Life study. The 94% of teen respondents who reported accessing the Internet are doing so frequently. Two-thirds of teenage Internet users (63%) reported going online daily, while 35% use the Internet multiple times per day.
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We’re well into the current era of the Web, commonly referred to as Web 2.0. Features of this phase of the Web include search, social networks, online media (music, video, etc), content aggregation and syndication (RSS), mashups (APIs), and much more. Currently the Web is still mostly accessed via a PC, but we’re starting to see more Web excitement from mobile devices (e.g. iPhone) and television sets (e.g. XBox Live 360). What then can we expect from the next 10 or so years on the Web? As NatC commented in this week’s poll, the biggest impact of the Web in 10 years time won’t necessarily be via a computer screen - “your online activity will be mixed with your presence, travels, objects you buy or act with.” Also a lot of crossover will occur among the 10 trends here (and more) and there will be Web technologies that become enormously popular that we can’t predict now. Bearing all that in mind, here are 10 Web trends to look out for over the next 10 years.
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Stephen Abram, SLA President writes: “So, what’s on my list of things to pay extra special attention to? When we’re deluged, swamped, and overwhelmed by news and blog postings and other media, what do I use as my filter to trap just the important stuff that will matter to libraries?” Here are his recommendations, in no particular order.
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Mike Shatzkin writes: “Some of the changes I envision do call for fundamental changes in how the business operates. Consumer media in the 20th century tended to be horizontal and format-specific. The New York Times and Random House define ‘horizontal’: They publish across all interests and markets. The internet will drive 21st-century publishing enterprises to be more like what professional publishing has always been: highly vertical and format-agnostic.”…
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Lauren Pressley went to the LITA Top Technology Trends Committee meeting at Midwinter where members offered suggestions on what the major tech news will be this year. She summarizes the discussion points: “Solid state hard drives and durable, sealed keyboards; security and reliability concerns with online services; aesthetics in hardware and buildings; cloud computing and green computing.” Eric Lease Morgan, Karen Schneider, and Sarah Houghton-Jan also chimed in….
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It’s a small world after all. Private and public lives are merging on the Internet, corporate giants are embracing environmental initiatives, industry competitors are collaborating, and the transfer of wealth from the developed world to emerging economies is picking up speed at a mind-boggling pace. Our identities and our businesses are as fluid and amorphous as they are, well, practical. To find focus within the shifting boundaries, we identified, in no particular order, the top 10 trends of 2007. While many did not originate this year, they certainly became more prominent, which of course means that, for good or for bad, they’ll also help shape the future.
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