9 Big Trends For 2014 (You Won’t Believe What’s #9)


It’s 2014! This blog is about analyzing all the big trends that affect the world. So here are, in no particular order, and concerning most subject areas. I think #9 will surprise you. 1. Government...
    






Calling America’s New Digital Policy Pioneers


Next week, as part of the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, I’ll be speaking on a panel discussing the future of Internet-based telephony, or what is referred to in Washington as the “IP...
    






Sharing, Trust, And Drones


It began with a puppy. We had set out to adopt a dog, and for anyone who’s had puppies (or children for that matter) you know they grow quickly.  So rather than head to the local Petco and shell out...
    






Home electricity use in US falling to 2001 levels


Despite more gadgets, electricity usage in US homes is falling to levels last seen in 2001 NEW YORK (AP) — The average amount of electricity consumed in U.S. homes has fallen to levels...
    






Germany’s Energy Goes Kaput, Threatening Economic Stability


If you want to do something big, you have to start small; and German innovation is well known around the world. Yet when it comes to energy policy, the country looks to have placed the cart before...
    






What Obama’s Mandela Funeral Selfie Tells Us About The Web In 2014


As Nelson Mandela’s funeral became the kind of geopolitical media circus cynics expected it would, Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President...
    






Four Ways To Keep Your Growing Startup From Breaking


A startup is a particularly fragile thing. After all, if fights among its founders and scarce cash don’t kill it, perhaps a failure to get customers will. So it should come as no surprise that a...
    






The New Mac Pro Equipped with a Replaceable Intel Processor


According to Apple Balla, the recently released latest model of Mac Pro can be upgraded with the future firmware, as a new experiment reveals that it includes a changeable Intel processor.  ...
    






The New Patent would Allow Siri to Search through Photos


Apple Balla reports that in a response to the increasing need to catalogue and search through digital photos accumulated in iPhones and other devices, Apple applied for a patent for a system that...