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Cloud, Mobile, Social and Cyber: 2015 Predictions That Will Rock The World (AGAIN!)

Cloud Musings

The worlds of cloud, mobile, social and cyber will continue expanding, permuting and recombining. Wearables will become the most impactful mobile device - BYOW will replace BYOD as the primary concern of enterprise IT managers. 2015 PREDICTION TIME!! Rise of the "Cloud System Integrator" (a.k.a.

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Uncommon Thinkers: UW prof and entrepreneur Shwetak Patel has a rare ‘creative brilliance’

GeekWire

He isn’t a licensed electrician. ” Patel (top left) grew up in Alabama, where his parents ran a hotel and the family lived in an adjacent apartment. They were engineers, but ended up managing a hotel. All six will be recognized this week at the GeekWire Gala on Dec. Read other profiles here. ” he said.

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The Insider Guide to Frankfurt Book Fair 2019 – Vol. 2

Kitaboo

Learn more about international rights and licenses? Book a hotel well in advance as there’s a very high probability of not getting rooms as the fair dates approach nearer. With tens of thousands of visitors arriving at around the same time, most of the hotels in and around Frankfurt will be booked. Event Days. Accommodation.

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Ugh! There's an App for That!

Phil Windley

Once in Munich, venturing out of the hotel had its own surprises. Beyond health pass applications, things like mobile drivers licenses need to be interoperable to be useful. To get back in the US, I had to show evidence of a negative Covid-19 test conducted no more than three days prior to my arrival in the US.

Travel 101
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Strategic positioning in the flow economy: 3 action steps

Trends in the Living Networks

Walk into a youth hostel or budget hotel in any exotic country around the world, and you’re more than likely to see someone reading a guidebook from Lonely Planet, the dominant global brand in budget travel. Standards are the very basis of this mobile connectivity. Strategic positioning in the flow economy.

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Inside Climate Pledge Arena: New venue is a ‘very Seattle’ mix of high-tech and deluxe experiences

GeekWire

Nine sizable pieces of public art have been installed and visitors can engage further via QR code on their mobile devices. Climate Pledge features four stores that license Amazon’s “Just Walk Out” cashierless technology, first introduced in the tech giant’s Go convenience stores in Seattle and elsewhere in the country.

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- Thanks & Turkeys 2010

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

My colleagues elsewhere have similar stories, whether in Houston and Mobile, Alabama, who have suffered through hurricanes, or Los Angeles and Riverside who have suffered through earthquakes, or Chicago and Washington DC, with their snowstorms.). First are some of our technology vendors, a few of whom have ever increasing appetites for money.