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The Story No One Cares About: PC Sales at lowest number since 2007

CTOvision

The analyst firm IDC reports that worldwide PC shipments in 2015 were about 300 million units, on par with 2007 numbers. However, economic issues like falling commodity prices and weak international currencies, as well as social disruptions in EMEA and Asia/Pacific that disrupted foreign markets were a larger factor for 2015.

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Internet shutdowns by governments have ‘proliferated at a truly alarming pace’

The Verge

The number of government-led internet shutdowns has exploded over the last decade as states seek to stifle dissent and protest by limiting citizens’ access to the web. The first significant internet shutdown took place in Egypt in 2011, as a response to protests against then-president Hosni Mubarak. Photo by James Bareham / The Verge.

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The Internet of Things Will Deliver Big Data's Promise

Social, Agile and Transformation

Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 The Internet of Things Will Deliver Big Datas Promise. When Web 2.0

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Elon Musk didn’t kill Twitter

Vox

Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Jack Dorsey in 2007, a year after the company’s launch. What Twitter and its investors finally did decide is that the company would be the next Facebook: a venture-backed social network fueled by its users’ content and supported by advertising. Twitter is a disaster. But you know that already.

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Trend map for 2007 and beyond - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Off to Japan… » Trend map for 2007 and beyond Ross Dawson, December 18, 2006 10:11 PM US PT Given it’s festive season now, it’s probably time for a bit of fun. Click on the map below to get the full pdf. TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] » Trend Tube Map from IF! The map shows key trends in each sect.

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Will the future of social networking be open and distributed? Here comes Plexus

Trends in the Living Networks

In his presentation Mark starts with his long relationship with programming and finally moves on to describe his project Plexus , which will provide a new platform for social networks. First and most important is the social graph, a database of connections known as the ‘Plex’. We need a new framework based on open standards.

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Eight key developments in the global media industry: July 2006 – June 2007 - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Developments continue apace – we’ll be keeping track… Industry transactions News Corp offers $5 billion for the Dow Jones, including the Wall Street Journal (finalized July 2007). Layoffs and closures There are 4,391 media layoffs in the US in first quarter of 2007 are, up 93% on the same period in 2006. Full details in the report.

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