Category: Trends
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Mainstream media junctions
Mixed signs of the changing times. In the US, The New York Times: The New York Times is to shrink both page size and workforce, in an attempt to deal with tough trading conditions. Following the lead of many other…
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The smart appliance is here
Domestic appliance maker Whirlpool is testing some smart appliances with networking capability that show what we can expect to see around the home soon: […] The pilot project, called “Laundry Time,” is designed to making doing laundry easier by sending…
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No more lectures, just podcasts
The shape of things to come – a UK university lecturer says he will no longer deliver lectures to students and instead will offer them as podcasts: […] Dr Bill Ashraf, a senior lecturer in microbiology at Bradford University, says…
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The shift in trust
The BBC and Reuters published Trust in The Media (PDF) today: A major 10-nation public opinion poll exploring Trust in the Media has found that even though the media is more trusted than the national government in half the countries…
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The multilingual blogosphere
Everyone knows that the blogosphere continues to grow, still doubling in size every six months or so, maintaining a consistent three-year growth trend. But figures so far tend to relate to English-language blogs only. So it’s good to see some…