Monday, June 18, 2012

Digital Economy primer

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Financial inclusion and digital inclusion - they’re one and the same
If you’re digitally excluded, you won’t bank online and so you can’t check your balance easily, you can’t look around for discounts and the best savings accounts or credit card rates, and you’re unlikely to pay your bills by direct debit and to take advantage of the savings this can provide.

Using the iPad at your hospital
See how technology is coming to a doctor’s office near you.

mHealthWatch
Tracking mobile health

5 Ways Mobile Apps Will Transform Healthcare
The numbers support Halvorson’s prediction...
Learning models are evolving via the influence of mobile technologies.

The Future of Money in a Mobile Age
Within the next decade, smart-device swiping will have gained mainstream acceptance as a method of payment and could largely replace cash and credit cards for most online and in-store purchases by smartphone and tablet owners, according to a new survey of technology experts and stakeholders.

Using portable computing devices (such as iPads, laptops, tablet PCs, PDAs, and smart phones) with wireless networks enables mobility and mobile learning, allowing teaching and learning to extend to spaces beyond the traditional classroom. Within the classroom, mobile learning gives instructors and learners increased flexibility and new opportunities for interaction.

Jackson noted that so far there have been three generations of Internet companies. Yahoo, a Web portal, is a great example as an online pioneer. Facebook then swept in as the second generation with the wave of social media. The third generation is all about mobile.

Mapping The Economic Landscape
P2P connectivity is changing things...

Democracy and Capitalism Are Heading for a Breakup
The main assumption here is that elected national governments and the global market economy are logical partners in the creation of wealth...

Can the story of a historical change and its consequences be told in 10 minutes? We think we can at least give the headlines of a new world.

Innovative Thinking Leads to Small Business Success
Download the free innovation secrets eBook now.

CTVR / The Telecommunications Research Centre, in collaboration with the Dublin Art and Technology Association (D.A.T.A) present Open Here, a four day festival that addresses social, technological and cultural issues surrounding the notion of the digital commons.

Google's 'Street View' Hits the Hiking Trail
There apparently is a man at Google who has strapped a 40-pound photography rig onto himself and is now hiking all over America's scenic parks and fields

Winning the Story Wars: The Myth Gap
That marketers are some of our most powerful mythmakers is, for now, a basic fact of life.

Our Voices, Our Stories:
First Nations, Métis and Inuit Stories

It is Not About the Tools
Self knowledge through numbers

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