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Automotive Technology
Would you buy into a Volkswagen electric-car subscription plan? Take our Twitter poll
Volkswagen announced in July that it will launch an all-electric car sharing plan in the U.S. in 2020. Called "WE," the program is likely to serve as a marketing program for the company's new line of electric cars, the hatchback ID, and the ID Crozz crossover SUV. The...
First Look Inside & Out At The Audi e-tron By Autogefühl
Here is a first look at the Audi e-tron. The world premiere of the Audi e-tron in San Francisco is already behind us so we can now sit back and take a look at the first series-produced electric Audi. Autogefühl had an opportunity to check the e-tron in the studio,...
Electric car-sharing programs expanding in U.S.
Electric cars and car sharing go naturally together. Both aim to clean up the environment by reducing gasoline consumption. With lower maintenance, electric cars are also easier to maintain for fleets than gas cars. Combined with gas cars, car-sharing fleets can also...
Healthcare Technology
Morning Headlines 9/17/18
GRAChIE Using eHealth Exchange to Mobilize Connection Points for Hurricane Florence Evacuees Georgia’s GRAChIE HIE is working to connect Southeast providers via the EHealth Exchange to meet care needs that are being challenged by Hurricane Florence. etHIN Establishes...
Monday Morning Update 9/17/18
Top News Paper EHR woes following Hurricane Katrina created the push for EHRs and interoperability in 2005 (and propelled Karen DeSalvo into the National Coordinator role in early 2014), so it’s fitting that Georgia’s GRAChIE HIE is working to connect Southeast...
Weekender 9/14/18
Weekly News Recap Cigna invests $250 million in a new corporate venture fund that will target companies working in the areas of care delivery and management, digital health and retail, and insights and analytics. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (NY) CMO José...
Consumer Products
The future of media currencies one year on
Last year we consulted various stakeholders across the media industry on what the future of media currency would look like in 5 years’ time1. You can read our white paper here but to summarise we outlined three possible scenarios for the future: Technological...
Mobile video driving increase in online use in Mexico
Mexicans are now spending a lot more time online with their mobile devices. Latest data from GfK’s Crossmedia Visualizer shows the amount of time Mexicans are spending online has increased from an average of 183 minutes per month during first half of 2017 to 210...
Driving Gen Z
Turn back the clock a handful of years and you’ll find automotive strategists bearish that Millennials’ lack of interest in vehicle ownership will usher in the slow, but inevitable, decline of the car industry. Yet, today, 29% of new vehicles are already being bought...
Academic Technoloy
Three Sites That Help Students Understand the Size of the Universe
Living in a relatively rural area that doesn't have a lot of artificial light helps make it easy to spot constellations. Some nights when I take my dogs out before bedtime I look up at the constellations and I try to wrap my head around the size of the universe. Over...
Join Me Tomorrow to Get Organized With Google Classroom, Calendar, and Keep
Tomorrow evening at 7pm ET I'm hosting a Practical Ed Tech webinar titled Get Organized With Google Classroom, Calendar, and Keep. This is the second time that I'm offering the webinar this year. I hosted it at the end of August and it was well attended. In the weeks...
Guest Post: The Best Tech for Your Back-to-School Shopping List
The Best Tech for Your Back-to-School Shopping ListIt’s back-to-school time, and for many of you that means it’s time to refresh your gear. Whether you’re buying for yourself or your children, there are plenty of deals on tech out there for students. Check out these...
Alternative Energy
The Biggest, Boldest, Best EV Conference In Brussels
Electric vehicle conferences pop up left and right these days. Which ones should you attend? How about the ones where I'm presenting and moderating panels
What Changed In The Electric Vehicle Industry In August?
August was a big and wild month for electric vehicles, especially for Tesla. Scroll through the summary below to get your monthly dose of the biggest changes and trends in the electric vehicles industry
What Changed In The Solar Energy Industry In August?
Another month is over (long over, actually) and it's time for another update on what actually changed in the solar industry in that time period. Additionally, we got a significant look at new or updated professional forecasts for the solar industry in various arenas....
Nuclear Energy
Hurricane Florence No Problem For Nuclear Power Plants
By James Conca Hurricane Florence, a potentially devastating Category 2 hurricane is on track to make landfall in the Carolinas sometime within 24 hours after this morning, Thursday, September 13. With winds up to 130 miles per hour, Florence could be the most...
New Reports? No, Old Facts. Nuclear Plant Construction Delay and Cost 1.
by Will Davis Photo showing the TVA Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant under construction at the end of the 1960’s. This was TVA’s first nuclear plant, which attained some notoriety for having been ordered in what previously had been considered “coal country.” Another,...
No, The Cancer Death Was Probably Not From Fukushima
By James Conca Japan announced for the first time that a worker at the Fukushima nuclear power plant died after suffering radiation exposure, as reported in the Guardian, BBC and Newsweek, although this is unlikely to be true. What actually happened is the government...
Cloud Storage Technology
Cloud migration best practice Part 4: Executing the migration
This series has stepped through cloud migration best practices. After providing an overview, we discussed:Classifying business-critical data.Updating organizational IT governance policies.Application screening and cloud workload selection.How to select the most...
Cloud Migration Best Practice Part 3: Application Portfolio Analysis
In part three of this series on cloud migration best practice, I will focus on migrating the application itself. If you haven’t had the opportunity to read our recommendations from part two, “Classifying Your Data,” check it out — those activities are crucial to the...
What is the Technology Concept of Blockchain?
In 2017, blockchain emerged as a major technology trend, supporting the rise of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Beyond the exchange of money, interest in blockchain is driven by an increased level of security, transparency, and traceability in...