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PSFK - the go-to source for new ideas and inspiration for creative professionals. Web Trends: All About Internet Trends & Social Media Trends. Putting people first. Big Data powers the modern world.

Putting people first

What do we gain from Big Data? What do we lose? Al Jazeera America examines the role of technology and the implications of sharing personal information in the network’s first graphic novella, Terms of Service: Understanding Our Role in the World of Big Data. The new comic novella, available on Al Jazeera America’s website at is a thought provoking, entertaining field guide to help smart people understand how their personal, and often very private, data is collected and used. Co-produced by well-known cartoonist Josh Neufeld and Al Jazeera America reporter Michael Keller, Terms of Service is an entertaining feature that follows characters “Josh and Michael” as they journey through the challenges of digital privacy and other issues consumers should be aware of in the “brave new world” of technology and Big Data. The Arena for Accountable Predictions - Long Bets. New business ideas, trends and innovation.

Forecasting, Tracking and Analyzing Global Trends. Globalchange.com. Wheii.com. Introduction Robodance Control a WowWee Roboquad robot that is spying on my home, using just my voice from across the Internet, thanks to Skype's free video call service It is human nature to over-estimate what can be achieved within one year and under-estimate what can be achieved within five years.

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Predicting short-term changes or shocks is often a fool's errand. But forecasting long-term directional change is possible by identifying trends through an analysis of deep history rather than of the shallow past. Even the Internet took more than 30 years to become an overnight phenomenon. Prospection In the psychology literature, they refer to "prospection" to mean "thinking about the future": Markley OW. James H. YouTube Search Trends. You can now restrict Google Trends results to YouTube.

YouTube Search Trends

Just like web search, image search, news search and product search, YouTube is a great way to measure people's interest over time. "Google Trends enables you to take popular search queries and explore traffic patterns over time and geography. Now we've added YouTube search data going back to 2008, making it another great tool to look at video trends. Thecoolhunter.net. World trend map.png 6740x4768 pixels. Our trend map for 2009: The vital Trends, Risks, and Red Herrings you must know. What's Next. Blog d'e-Mergences. 20 Tech Trends That Will Define 2013, Selected By Frog. Trending StumbleUpon.com. Le marketing a changé...et vous ? New Business Ideas, Innovations And Opportunities Around The World. Zeitgeist 2010.

TENDANCES GRAPHIQUES. THE LAB. TRENDsFACTORY 2015 : 200 pistes prospectives ? surveiller. Market Research and Analysis on Emerging Technologies. SoonSoonSoon - Prenez un temps d'avance. The 12 Trends That Will Rule Products In 2013. Near the end of 2012, a group of us at Ziba got together to review what we’d learned over the course of the year.

The 12 Trends That Will Rule Products In 2013

Working with dozens of clients who serve customers around the world, we designers spend a lot of time observing people as they interact with technology, services, and experiences, noticing how they seek solutions to everyday problems and make decisions. In the process, certain patterns emerge so forcefully that they’re practically unavoidable. Meeting over three sessions spread out over a week, 23 Zibites (designers, researchers, and creative directors) discussed the patterns we’d seen, and distilled them down to the 12 insights we thought were most current and useful, to us and to our clients. Each one is presented here, as a brief essay that suggests how it will affect business practices in 2013, and as an illustration created by one of Ziba’s designers. 1.

Our understanding of how we decide has evolved dramatically over the past 20 years, and it paints a messy picture. 2. Real-time local Twitter trends. Twitterfall. WhatTheTrend - popular twitter trends. Welcome to Global Trends. Gerald Celente (geraldcelente) Trends. Tendances des recherches.

Tendances des recherches – Recherches du moment. Ngram Viewer. Tendances des recherches – Meilleurs classements Tout. Trends in the Living Networks. Trend map for 2010 and out to 2050. For the last few years Richard Watson of NowandNext has created annual trend maps based on city subway maps.

Trend map for 2010 and out to 2050

This year he has been more ambitious, creating a highly detailed map with five time zones, ranging from 2010-2015 out to 2035-2050. For the previous three trend maps (shown at the bottom) I collaborated with Richard and we co-branded them with Future Exploration Network, however time pressures this year meant that I haven’t directly contributed to the 2010 map. Trend map for 2007 and beyond. Given it’s festive season now, it’s probably time for a bit of fun.

Trend map for 2007 and beyond

Nowandnext.com and Future Exploration Network have collaborated in producing a map of major trends for 2007 and beyond, across ten segments: society & culture, government & politics, work & business, media & communications, science & technology, food & drink, medicine & well-being, financial services, retail & leisure, and transport & automotive. Click on the map below to get the full pdf. Trend Blend 2007+ map Inspired by the subway map for a well-known city, the map shows some of the major trends in each of these segments, as well as the key intersections between the trends. Have a browse through to see some of the more interesting trends in the landscape.

The top 10 emerging technologies for 2013. Find out about the top 10 emerging technologies for 2014 here.

The top 10 emerging technologies for 2013

New challenges need new technologies to tackle them. Here, the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies identifies the top 10 most promising technology trends that can help to deliver sustainable growth in decades to come as global population and material demands on the environment continue to grow rapidly. These are technologies that the Council considers have made development breakthroughs and are nearing large-scale deployment.

OnLine Electric Vehicles (OLEV) Wireless technology can now deliver electric power to moving vehicles. 3-D printing and remote manufacturing Three-dimensional printing allows the creation of solid structures from a digital computer file, potentially revolutionizing the economics of manufacturing if objects can be printed remotely in the home or office. Web Trends: All About Internet Trends & Social Media Trends. Trendwatching.com trends & insights from around the world. Most Interesting and Creative Ideas. Welcome to TrendSpottr. TREND HUNTER - #1 in Trends - Fashion Trends, Tech, Style, Design, Pop Culture and Marketing.