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You're Hired. Now Figure Things Out (With The Help Of This Whimsical Handbook)
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The classic advice found in the Hitchiker’s guide to the galaxy can be used to the new hires, “Don’t Panic.” It is interesting how new employees of Value software is first introduced to a thick handbook that starts with the line, “this handbook is about how not to freak out.” Some HR firms have found that 22 percent of turn over occurs during the first 45 days. More at fastcompany.com, 4/27/2012: (Article posted on 5/1/2012)
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Earnings reports: Apple…
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Apple has set the mobile device sales records in the first quarter of 2012 by expanding its global iPhone shipments 88 percent to 35.1 million units and boosting iPad shipments by 151 percent to 11.8 million units. Apple also outgrew the PC market overall by increasing its quarterly Mac desktop and portable shipments by 7 percent to 4 million units. More at newsfactor.com, 04/25/2012: (Article posted on 5/1/2012)
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Study: Global Digital Future Looks 'Blight'
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The mainstream is suspicious of digital technology and think that people should stop sharing personal thoughts and experiences online. They also feel that privacy boundaries need to be re=established. These results were reported by Euro RSCG Worldwide. The study polled 7,213 adults in 19 countries to determine the results. More at Mediapost.com, 4/24/12: (Article posted on 5/1/2012)
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4 Key Insights From The 57-Day, Blitzkrieg Redesign Of Google+
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Google has released it first redesign of Google+ after being on the market for 6 months. Critics seem to agree that the new design is much better in every way. The redesign was done in just two months. One redesign element is that all the actions on the page except +1 are all text. More at Fastcodesign.com, 4/23/12: (Article posted on 5/1/2012)
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TED-Ed’s New Video Tool Allows Anyone To Create Video Lessons Online
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The TED conference has expanded it TED-Ed initiative. The new initiative with interactive features it was designed to make it easy for teachers to build video lessons. The project is being supported with $1.25 million in corporate support. The platform will allow anyone to pair any video on YouTube with custom content. More at Fastcoexist.com, 4/22/12: (Article posted on 5/1/2012)
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How the Internet Fails Us
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The article talks about how with the more data we collect we are less likely to be able to interpret the information. The more information that is available the more difficult it is to interpret and understand the information. While the internet provides a plethora of information about people it fails to help us understand them. More at Motherjones.com, 4/23/12: (Article posted on 5/1/2012)
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3. Technological Forecasting and Social Change Volume: 79 Issue: 5
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1. Editorial Board
2. Modelling transport fuel pathways: Achieving cost-effective oil use reduction in passenger cars in Sweden Original Research Article
Martin Börjesson, Erik O. Ahlgren
3. Strategic foresight for collaborative exploration of new business fields Original Research Article
Tobias Heger, René Rohrbeck
4. The changing pattern of SME's innovativeness through business model globalization Original Research Article
Yongho Lee, Juneseuk Shin, Yongtae Park
5. The impact of competition, and economic globalization on the multinational diffusion of 3G mobile phones Original Research Article
Towhidul Islam, Nigel Meade
6. Licensing technology to shape standards: Examining the influence of the industry context Original Research Article
Ulrich Lichtenthaler
7. Exploring potential R&D collaborators with complementary technologies: The case of biosensors Original Research Article
Ming-Yeu Wang
8. The complementary nature of technological capabilities: Measurement and robustness issues Original Research Article
Giovanni Cerulli, Andrea Filippetti
9. Revisiting incubation performance: How incubator typology affects results Original Research Article
José L. Barbero, José C. Casillas, Alicia Ramos, Susana Guitar
10. A socio-technical framework for assessing the viability of carbon capture and storage technology Original Research Article
Nils Markusson, Florian Kern, Jim Watson, Stathis Arapostathis, Hannah Chalmers, Navraj Ghaleigh, Philip Heptonstall, Peter Pearson, David Rossati, Stewart Russell
11. ICTs: Do they contribute to increased carbon emissions? Original Research Article
Jonathan D. Moyer, Barry B. Hughes
12. Whatever works: Uncertainty and technological hybrids in medical innovation Original Research Article
David Barberá-Tomás, Davide Consoli
13. When technological discontinuities and disruptive business models challenge dominant industry logics: Insights from the drugs industry Original Research Article
Valerie Sabatier, Adrienne Craig-Kennard, Vincent Mangematin
14. The struggle for spa Past and future of the space race Original Research Article
Tessaleno Devezas, Francisco Cristovão L. de Melo, Maria Luisa Gregori, Maria Cristina V. Salgado, Joana R. Ribeiro, Christian B.C. Devezas (Article posted on 5/1/2012)
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Smartphone ownership among teenagers will be up to 50 percent by 2014
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There is currently a high penetration rate of smartphones among 25 to 55 year olds. This leaves room for penetration at the opposite ends of the spectrum. Over half of US mobile users will have a smartphone by the end of 2013. As the number of smartphone users grow manufacturers will need to make phones that will fit these new users. More at Emarketer.com, 4/25/12: (Article posted on 5/1/2012)
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1. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, Vol. 24, No. 5
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1. Competition in a technological niche: the cars of the future
Sjoerd Bakker, Harro van Lente & Remko Engels
2. The dynamic evolution and technological diffusion in Taiwan's TFT-LCD industrial cluster: a network perspective
Hsin-Mei Lin
3. The impact of old technologies on innovation: the case of the US biotechnology industry
Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli, Daniele Rotolo & Vito Albino
4. Patent text mining and informetric-based patent technology morphological analysis: an empirical study
Xu Feng & Leng Fuhai
5. The use and development of indicators for the commercialisation of university research in a national support programme
Magnus Gulbrandsen & Einar Rasmussen
6. Commercialising new energy technologies: failure of the Japanese machine?
Paul Harborne & Chris Hendry
7. Organisational learning capability, product innovation performance and export intensity
Joaquín Alegre, José Pla-Barber, Ricardo Chiva & Cristina Villar
8. Visualising potential innovation pathways in a workshop setting: the case of nano-enabled biosensors
Lu Huang, Ying Guo, Alan L. Porter, Jan Youtie & Douglas K.R. Robinson (Article posted on 5/1/2012)
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Mobile Users Reject Tracking By Retailers
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Two malls have announced plans to track shoppers physical location through their mobile phones. The malls put up smalls signs saying that the only way to stop them being tracked was to turn off their cell phones. Backlash from the initiative have forced the malls to quit tracking shoppers. More at Mediapost.com, 4/25/12: (Article posted on 5/1/2012)
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One-in-four IPad Purchases are Made by First-Time Apple Owners
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Twenty five percent of iPad users are new apple owners. Ownership of tablets is growing. Apple households own more than two Apple devices. More at cellular.com, 4/27/2012: (Article posted on 5/1/2012)
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Facebook Sued For Selling Virtual Currency To Kids
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Facebook recently faces a lawsuit spurred by the mother of an underage user. The mother wants Facebook to refund money that her kid used to purchase virtual currency. The mother felt it was unfair for Facebook to store all of her credit card information. More at mediapost.com, 4/24/2012: (Article posted on 5/1/2012)
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Google Debuts New Algorithm to defeat spammers and ranking cheats
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Google intend to launch an important algorithm change targeting Webspam. The leading search company believes this change will impact 3 percent of search queries. Webspam are pages that try to gain better ranking through thins like keyword stuffing, link schemes, and cloaking just to name a few. More at mediapost.com, 4/25/2012: (Article posted on 5/1/2012)
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Mobile Use of Social Networks Becoming Preferred Way to Infect Mobile Devices
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AVG Technologies, an Anti-virus software vendor claims that the number of smart phone infected with malware is rapidly increasing. Majority of these malware come from Facebook and twitter targeting android users. The sheer number of Facebook users makes it a great environment for hackers to target. More at cellular-news.com, 4/27/2012: (Article posted on 5/1/2012)
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FBI: Hundreds of Thousands May Lose Internet in July
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Over 300,000 Computer users would soon find themselves unable to use the internet. Unbeknownst to them, they accidently accepted a hacker scam that got the unsuspected user on to the sights of FBI. On July 9th, the FBI will prevent these users from using the internet. More at newfactor.com, 4/24/2012: (Article posted on 5/1/2012)
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Virus Infected Computers Drives India to Top of the Spam Sending Charts
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One of ten spam emails originates from India. India eclipses the United States as the number one global contributor of spam. The rapid growth of spam is fuel by the rise of internet users in India. More at cellular-news.com, 4/24/2012: (Article posted on 5/1/2012)
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Walmart Lets Customers Shop Online, Schlep to a Store to Pay
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Walmart has come up with a new service for customers who may have Internet access but who cannot online. This new service lets customers put merchandise on hold and then go to a local store to pay. If customers are willing to spend extra, they can have the purchase shipped to the address of their choice. More at ecommercetimes.com, 04/27/2012: (Article posted on 5/1/2012)
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2. NEP: New Economics Papers by Marcus Dejardin
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1. University Entrepreneurship and Professor Privilege
Erika Farnstrand Damsgaard; Marie C. Thursby
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nbr:nberwo:17980&r=ent
2. Productivity Growth and Job Creation in the Development Process of Industrial Clusters
Tetsushi Sonobe; Yuki Higuchi; Keijiro Otsuka
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ngi:dpaper:11-22&r=ent
3. Management Practices, Self-Selection into Management Training Participation, and Training Effects in the Garment Industry in Ethiopia
Girum Abebe; Tetsushi Sonobe
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ngi:dpaper:11-23&r=ent (Article posted on 5/1/2012)
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RTB Ad Market Soars In Q1, Marketers Rush To Mobile, Avoid Social Inventory
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“Real-time bidding” or RTB Marketplace continues to expand as advertisers, agencies, and publishers embrace automatic programmed trading as their online strategies. Social target buys are actually decreasing. Social site are not effective other form of mobile inventory. More at mediapost.com, 4/24/2012: (Article posted on 5/1/2012)
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Mobile Data Usage Exploding, Monetization Asleep at the Wheel
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Mobile Operators gain most of the revenue from mobile data plans that are packaged as a “service”, but it is expected that the market will become saturated in 2014-2015. This means that that it is going to be challenging to increase prices solely based on bigger and faster data packages. Operators are going to have to continue to be innovative and also make smart decisions regarding partnerships, sustainability, and in creating an overall unique experience for the consumer. More at E-ComerceTimes.com, 4/21/12: (Article posted on 5/1/2012)
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