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31 Oct 09
The boom in smart-phones: Cleverly simple | The Economist
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The market for smart-phones is expected to grow so quickly in part because they are changing. Expensive pocket computers such as the iPhone and BlackBerry, which let users watch videos and download whatever applications they want, are giving way to new models that come with popular services built in, but are less versatile or run on open-source operating systems, and are often cheaper. All this reflects a broader trend in the industry, where value is migrating from firms that run networks and make hardware to those that make software and offer service
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New handsets from Motorola, an industry veteran, and INQ, a rising star, illustrate these changes. They both feature built-in support for online services, including popular social-networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. On the iPhone, in contrast, the necessary software has to be downloaded and installed. What is more, both phones can automatically add contacts from such sites to their address books.
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Web technology is about to change how we learn | VentureBeat
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One example of an educational company on the cutting edge of this kind of collaboration is eduFire. Founders Jon Bischke and Kareem Mayan want to empower both the educator and the learner by removing geographic boundaries. They feel anyone with knowledge to share has the right to become an “educational entrepreneur,” and anyone who desires to learn should have access to the tutor just right for him or her.
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Online textbook startups such as Flat World Knowledge — which lets you customize textbooks online and is about to make a splash on campuses across America — also promise to increase the customizability and affordability of education
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Foursquare, a Social Network Site, Puts Users Face to Face - NYTimes.com
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But for many urbanites in their 20s and 30s, two other questions are just as important: Where are you, and can I come join you?
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“On Twitter, there are more than 3,000 people that follow me, and Facebook is more of a business community now,” said Annie Heckenberger, 36, who works at an advertising agency in Philadelphia. “Foursquare is more of the people that I actually hang out with and want to socialize with.”
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12 Oct 09
Almost one in three young people 'lack parental support' | Society | guardian.co.uk
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Almost one in three young people in the UK do not receive the support they need from their parents
08 Oct 09
Paul Krugman: In Trade, ‘It’s Not the Great Depression — It’s Worse’ - Real Time Economics - WSJ
30 Sep 09
Socialised government: the rise of micro public service uninstitutions | Personal Democracy Forum
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These nimble micro public service uninstitutions, from School of Everything to Enabled by Design to Patients Opinion (given a helping hand from iniatives such as Social Innovation Camp and Talk about Local), are redefining public services as we’ve come to know them, socialising them in the true sense of the word.
27 Sep 09
Telecoms: The power of mobile money | The Economist
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an extra ten phones per 100 people in a typical developing country boosts GDP growth by 0.8 percentage points, according to the World Bank.
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With such phones now so commonplace, a new opportunity beckons: mobile money, which allows cash to travel as quickly as a text message.
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