#Top 10 fastest growing job titles are all in technology Four of the seven fastest-growing technology jobs did not even exist on Theladders five years ago.
seven of the top 10 are#technology positions that necessitate specific#technical skills#for developing software, at places like Davinci Coders,
and mining data. Based on their data, the fastest-growing job titles between 2008 and 2013 were:
Devops engineer ios developer Data scientist UX designer Staff accountant Paralegal UI developer Administrative assistant Android developer Business intelligence developer Indicating
a trend beyond employment, four of the seven fastest-growing technology jobs##Devops engineer, ios developer, data scientist and Android developer##did not even exist on Theladders five years ago.##
##In examining job growth over the past five years, there is an undeniable demand for developers
The fallout from the U s. spying scandal is starting to take its toll as U s. technology companies including Cisco systems Inc
and IBM Corp are facing unprecedented difficulties selling their goods and services in#China.####Cisco said on Wednesday that its revenue would drop 10 percent this quarter,
and added urgency to#Beijing s efforts to use its market power to create indigenous software and hardware capabilities,
One of those peers, IBM, reported in October a 22 percent drop in#China#revenue, leading to a decline of 4 percent in third-quarter profit for the world s biggest technology services company.
IBM Chief Financial officer Mark Loughridge attributed the company s problems to the##process surrounding#China s development of a broad-based economic reform plan##
IBM declined to comment for this story. FOREIGN COMPANIES MISTRUSTED Beijing#has mistrusted long foreign technology companies,
##The government s signal is pretty clear they want to rely less on U s. products, such as IOE (IBM,
Oracle and#EMC#Corp,##said a former#China-based telecommunications executive. Beijing#is focused especially on security for government, energy, transport,
In August, the#National Development and Reform Commission,#China s top economic planning body, published a statement setting cybersecurity standards for financial institutions, cloud computing and big data, information system secrecy
Four domestic software and hardware makers, including#China National Software & Service Co.,announced this month they have received a##top-tier##rating from the#Ministry of Industry and Information technology.
China National Software s share price has gained nearly 250 percent since Snowden first revealed the existence of the NSA s clandestine#data mining#program in June.
LONGSTANDING RIVALRY##We hope and demand that relevant foreign companies respect#China s laws, ##Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said on Thursday,
##Cisco s problems in#China#have been particularly severe due to the#San jose,#California-based company s longstanding rivalry with Huawei technologies Co Ltd,
which has faced stiff political opposition to selling equipment and buying companies in the U s. telecom market.
In October 2012,#Mike Rogers#and Dutch#Ruppersberger, the chairman and ranking member of the#House Intelligence Committee, urged U s. companies to stop doing business with Huawei, the world s second
-biggest telecom equipment maker, and a second Chinese vendor,#ZTE#Corp, citing security concerns. Snowden s revelations have reverberated in other big emerging markets such as#Brazil#
For telecommunications equipment, for example, domestic carriers will look to buy products from Huawei and#ZTEOVER#Sweden s Ericsson or Cisco,
the former telecoms executive said. Huawei, too, is making rapid progress in its server business, with shipments jumping 258 percent in the second quarter.
IBM saw its market share shrink to 13 percent from 18 percent, during the same period, according to Jefferies LLC.
Huawei now is the second-biggest server vendor in#China s double-digit growing market, behind Dell Inc,
which retains a market share of 23 percent but is growing at a rate beneath the market s 15.4 percent pace.
For other hi-tech products, including chips and database solutions, #China#will need more time before its products will be competitive.##
however, was that companies like IBM don t have competitors for their high-end equipment, the expert added.##
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allowing users to decide the recline and support that best fits them. Because the back of the seat is fixed in place
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#3d printed biodegradable underwear can be made in 3 seconds 3d printed underwear. For those who hate to do laundry the days of washing your underwear may soon be over.
Thanks to the power and versatility of 3d textile#printing, the Tamicare company has created a biodegradable
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#Barkbox caters to the canine obsessed Barkbox Matt Meeker, president and CEO of#Bark & Co.,has created a dog-themed subscription service that caters to the canine obsessed population.#
He found it through Facebook and signed up because he thought it was great. That was the moment when
He cofounded Meetup. com, tried his hand at a hardware company, and spent time at online ad agency i-traffic in the late 90s.
The website, which has been described as a dog-themed Buzzfeed, started with one post a week.
The app allows users to chat one-on-one with veterinarians or pay $99 to summon them for house calls.##
##But there s this core market of people who are obsessed with their dogs, treat them like children,
#Government mass surveillance will create a surge of technology spending A simple graphic that shows how the NSA hacked Google.
that itself is going to be a lot of hardware, software and thousands of tech jobs. Country vs Citizens The NSA collectes metadata on all phone calls in the country who called whom,
when and from where. It is easy to see how this data could be very useful in tracking the networks involved in illegal activity.
Or political opponents. If information is power, this is the hammer of Thor (Thor 2 was so-so by the way).
can pass up the opportunity to gather this data? Outside of a few advanced democracies with active civil liberties protection groups, there is no countervailing force to stop a government from collecting
and using this data. The only hurdle is the technology and skills to mine a massive data set like this.
Companies vs Governments The US is a hub for internet companies and cloud companies that carry the private data of people and businesses around the world.
Much of this data travels through pipes in the US or sits in databases controlled by US companies.
European and other advanced nations are likely to enact laws that prevent companies like Google
##and keep the data of their, say, German customers in Germany with restrictions on who can this data be shared with.
On the other hand companies like Google will have to work hard to regain the trust of their customers.
Google is already#taking measures#to prevent the NSA from eavesdropping without them knowing. Apple is#making noises#that they might challenge the legality of not allowing them to disclose
when information has been shared with the government at their request. Companies vs Companies The other things that all companies will realize not just cloud companies with user data is that their IP is not safe.
In the past year, the Chinese hacking incidents being reported have raised already awareness of this issue. But what the NSA files make clear is that ethics
Perhaps there is a need for##information security rating agencies##that rate online services on how they protect users confidential data from hackers and governments everywhere.
Perhaps people will increasingly want to#roll-their-own email#rather than use Gmail or Yahoo mail.
since the folks at Solid Concepts have fired already successfully their handgun 50 times without it failing. 3d printers capable of printing metal are#on the rise,
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#Sono could soundproof your home from city noise Sono Living in a city has plenty of perks.
Its included suction cup mount has an##energy antenna##embedded inside to gather electromagnetic activity (such as from#Wi-fi signals) to translate for use as power,
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#Top 7 reasons you need to learn reactive programming The U s. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 22 percent growth in programming jobs in by 2020.
Steve jobs said, in the now infamous##Lost Interview, ###Everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer,
because it teaches you how to think.####We all know that learning to code is one of the most hyped skills right now and for good reason,
The U s. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 22 percent growth in programming jobs in by 2020.
Programming##Micro Colleges##have sprung up in over#40 cities with Davinci Coders in Boulder, Colorado rated##top value##with its beginner-based, 11-week, full-immersion program for $6, 000.
000 for anyone who could help them hire a software developer. And now the newest trend reactive programming is rocking the developer community
exciting tech giants like Netflix and inspiring a whole new crop of innovative startups. What is reactive programming?
Spreadsheet cell formulas are hands-down the best example of reactive programming. Cells#react#to changes in the data they reference automatically.
For example, A b c means that no matter what happens to B and C a will change accordingly. Don t you wish you could program anything the same way, without worrying about dependencies?
Whether you re a software developer, a manager, or an architect, you need to get savvy about how reactive programming concepts are going to radically transform the industry.
Consider these seven reasons: 1. Declarative vs. procedural It all comes down to the difference between an imperative system and a reactive one.#
#You already know how#traditional procedural programming#(imperative) works. A business user has need a and creates a spec for the programmer.
The programmer figures out how to best create a system to produce the desired result
and then constantly updates it as things change. Whereas a declarative system (reactive) asks the business user to simply describe what they want.
Then using that description the system delivers the desired end result, of course with the help of the programmer.
The focus is on what the system should do and not#how#to do it. 2. Get to market ten times faster When implemented correctly,
reactive programming lets computers take care of dependency management rather than leaving that work to the programmers.
As a result, the code size reduces drastically. That means 500 lines of old-school coding shrinks to five lines using reactive programming. 3. Keep up with changes In our hyper-competitive environment,
the old model of waiting months to accommodate changes just doesn t work. Reactive programming means changes can be made without worrying about logic ordering.
Ordering is the main cost-component of traditional programming, requiring significant analysis for each change.
Just like the simplest spreadsheet, reactive programming means logic is ordered automatically based on dependencies 4. Improve code quality Traditional code is error prone.
It must not only be correct; it must be called. Reactive logic is applied automatically to all changes it s the next level up in reuse beyond object-oriented programming. 5. The big kids are into it Microsoft#led the effort#by releasing Rx extensions to its.
NET framework. Since then, companies like Facebook, Netflix, and Twitter have followed suit, adopting the model to slash their development time.
And now Gartner has included reactive programming in its#newest report#on the hottest application developmenttrends of 2013.6.
It s not just for the front end While Microsoft laid the foundation with the release of reactive extensions to.
NET called Rxjs now many implementations including Flapjax, Bacon JS, and Elm are gaining popularity for front-end development.
Today, startups are even starting to apply these concepts to development of the backend, which means delivering the backend part of the app in a fraction of the usual time. 7. Links business
and IT Imagine IT teams and business users being able to look at the same document
and discuss how to build the systems. That s how simple it is. Think of it like an executable cocktail napkin,
where business users describe what they want and that specification is close enough to what IT uses to simply execute.
Reactive programming opens up a whole new era of communication and collaboration between IT and business users.
When implemented correctly, reactive programming is the ultimate nirvana. Those 500 lines of code are distilled away,
One of the most anticipated digital products, after smartphones and tablets is wearable devices, even though manufacturers still have a long way to go to commercialize them.#
#This anticipation is demonstrated in a report recently released by Baidu with 93.1 percent of the interviewees familiar with the concept of wearables
According to the report, 48.1 percent of the users hope wearable devices can help them to keep fit and 37 percent want to use them to overcome laziness and implement sports plans.
The report adds that users are interested in features such as body-sensing interactions and cross-platform cloud data.
rather than apps already available on smartphone. Wearable devices already released by Chinese manufacturers include Shanda s Geak Watch,#Qihoo s 360 Child Guard,#T-Watch,#inwatch,
but lacks a common platform, like Androidand ios for smartphones, which enables all related wearable devices to operate and store data on it.
Research institution iimedia predicted that the market size of Chinese wearable devices would reach 11.49 billion yuan ($1. 87 billion) and shipments of 40 million units by 2015.
but she has a mobile phone or other device and really wants to keep it charged.
So she opts for a small home solar system to cover basic needs like mobile charging.
solar is actually cheaper than the alternative (kerosene plus phone-charging) when financed. That s because close to 1 billion people have risen above the poverty line over the past twenty years,
Clearly, mobile phones are important to this story. In 1998 mobile phone penetration in developing countries was just 1 percent.
Today, roughly 75 percent of global mobile connections originate in emerging markets. Going forward, four out of every five new mobile connections will come from the developing world,
where reliable grid access is scarce. For much of the world s poor, access to mobile networks has surpassed access to#energy,
water and even basic sanitation#leaving an estimated 550 million people with phones who can t even charge them on a regular basis.
So if all these factors are aligned, why isn t more being done? The answer boils down to finance.
Right now, the space is cash-starved and entrepreneurs are spending the vast majority of their time cobbling together financing,
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#Internet of things will be the biggest business in the history of electronics Imagine a world filled with hyperlinked smart objects that are constantly interacting over a network to improve user experience IRL.
and AC unit from a smartphone#or augmented reality devices like Glass##isn t actually all that far off.
In the last six years, we ve gone from 10 million sensors##in things like the Nintendo Wii and iphones##to 3. 5 billion.#
According to#Cisco s Connection Counter, there are approximately 10,700, 000,000##people, processes, data, and things##currently connected to the internet.
The internet of things is comprised already of 10 billion moving parts. To make it all work in a concerted fashion, to meaningfully corral all that data,
we d just need more sensors. Those sensors can cost less than $1 and consume almost no energy##it s all about mass manufacturing and deployment.
There are, of course, myriad concerns lurking in this grand new internet of stuff. We now know how easy it is for organizations like the NSA to peer into our emails and#location data.
A hyper-connected world#ups the opportunities for data collection, big time, and for hacking, too.
Sensors will no doubt be employed to bombard us with tailored advertisements as we pass node points in public, like restaurants, theaters, shops.#
like#RFID chips that users carry with them on their persons;##some schools already require students wear them as bracelets that sensors can pick up to#deter truancy.
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#Since monitoring emails and phone calls wasn t enough, NSA now plans to watch you with super tiny drones Black Hornet Flying insects have one huge advantage over humans:
the gift of enhanced mobility. Insects are small and nimble enough to get into almost any tight space,
Images and camera feed are sent to a seven-inch wide mobile device supplied in the PD 100 kit,
the train station or even their downtown office will be able to hail a pod by way of a simple smartphone app.
smartphone-hailed pod cars will someday grace the streets of cities all across the world.
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#3d printed meat may be coming sooner than you think Modern Meadow is developing technology to provide instant meat.
##so named because Google s founder Sergey Brin bankrolled it. have heard you of Modern Meadow, though?
for one of Modern Meadow s main backers is#Facebook s Peter Thiel. Though Modern Meadow is not a publicly traded company,
substituting a super capacitor made from advanced carbon fiber-based nanomaterials that can be integrated into the body panels of the vehicle.
and roof panels are made of nanomaterial (see image below) that replaces the electric batteries used by conventional EVS.
The vehicle plugs in to initially charge and then recharges the supercapacitor panels during braking.
Additional panels can power the drive train. Volvo has yet to get beyond building a few of the panels
but it is encouraged by early tests which show that the material stores energy much faster than conventional batteries.
Integrating power storage into body panels is not a new idea. The#Lola B12 69/E, an electric racing car that recently set a land speed record for EVS of 328 kilometers (204 miles per hour,
In manufacturing we use a process called CAD/CAM (computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing. 3d models are designed on a computer
and then manufactured using CNC Machines or 3d printers. The design is manufactured into a physical object automatically, with instruction from 3d computer model to physical object without human interface.
Automated construction basically scales up this process. The size of the 3d printer is large enough to construct walls by depositing concrete based material layer upon layer to build a Wall in this video,
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#Japanese inventor finds solution to global trash problem by converting plastic to oil This Youtube video about the invention of a plastic-to-oil converting machine went viral
and exceeded 3. 7 million views. This shows that concern over##the plastic problem##is certainly not going away,
##Here on Our World, on the video s#Youtube#page and those of re-posters too,
According to Plastic Waste management Institute#data,##effective utilization##includes not just the 20%that is actually recycled,
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#Electric power without transmission lines Hundreds of companies are investing in electricity transferred through magnetic fields. Nikola Tesla, the inventor and rival to Thomas Edison, in the early 1900##s built the Wardenclyffe Tower, a 187-foot-high structure on Long island,
More than one hundred companies including startups such as Witricity and Proxybypower and giants such as Toyota (TM), Intel (INTC), Samsung,
You can already buy wireless recharging pads: Place your cellphone on a pad that s plugged into the wall,
and it will recharge. These pads, however, have their limitations##the cellphone has to be in the right position,
and it can take a long time. A New zealand company called Powerbyproxy has demonstrated a system where you can put multiple cellphones on a pad in any position,
and it will charge the devices as fast as a traditional charger. Samsung last month invested $4 million in the company.
and a device installed on a cellphone or an electric car receives the power and starts recharging.
It will be the last thing to go wireless, but it will go wireless.####Is the process safe?
In recent weeks, Intel and Hon hai/Foxconn, seeing wireless charging as a possible killer app for electronic devices such as laptops
and cellphones, invested in Witricity. Schlumberger, which is interested in cutting the number of wires in its oil rigs to save maintenance costs
which is reported to have plans to test a wireless charging station for plug-in cars. The technology has applications outside the consumer sphere as well.
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U s. embassies around the world this fall are hosting weekly discussions for students enrolled in free online courses, called MOOCS, in partnership with Coursera, the Silicon valley-based platform with over 5 million users.
There will be over 30 sites to begin with in countries like India, China, and Bolivia. Topics include English, science, technology, engineering, business, and U s. civics.##
And the embassy is following up with a business plan competition for local students, with an#ipad#Mini as the prize.
Alejandra is working on a website that gathers data about rural areas in Bolivia.####I ve been fascinated with MOOCS
It uses proprietary algorithms to reduce false alarms. Lockheed touts the##field -and-forget##technology as providing maximum coverage at minimal costs,
Earlier this year, a former Lockheed martin subcontractor made headlines for attempting to sell on ebay for $10 million#an early 2000s prototype of the surveillance rock before Lockheed pulled the plug on the project.
Included in the package were hundreds of pages of detailed development instructions, two years of emails with Lockheed and some hardware##but no rock.##
#Google hopes to cure death with its new health startup Calico Google is planning to launch a new company with the absurdly ambitious objective of extending our lives. alicois the name of the company
Google gave exclusive access to Time magazine for a story on the new venture. Underscoring the scope of Google ambition,
the cover of Time asks, an Google solve death? That, in a nutshell, is the goal of Calico.
Sounds like a joke, but it not. On Google+,Google CEO Larry page wrote, K so youe probably thinking wow!
That a lot different from what Google does today. And youe right. But as we explained in our first letter to shareholders,
there tremendous potential for technology more generally to improve people lives. So don be surprised if we invest in projects that seem strange
or speculative compared with our existing Internet businesses. And please remember that new investments like this are very small by comparison to our core business.
Levinson is current the chair of Apple board. He has the blessing of Apple CEO Tim cook to start this new Google-y company.
In a release Cook said, or too many of our friends and family, life has been cut short
On Google+he says, t still very early days so there not much more to share yet.
expect it to use its core data-handling skills to shed new light on familiar age-related maladies.
That why Google is doing self driving cars, and balloons floating in the air with Internet connections. Google which boatloads of cash,
and limitless ambition sees itself as the only company willing to take big risks like this. not proposing that we spend all of our money on those kinds of speculative things,
says Page in an interview with Time, ut we should be spending a commensurate amount with
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA September 18, 2013 Google today announced Calico, a new company that will focus on health and well-being, in particular the challenge of aging and associated diseases.
Google CEO said: llness and aging affect all our families. With some longer term, moonshot thinking around healthcare and biotechnology,
And here his Google+entry: I excited to announce Calico, a new company that will focus on health and well-being, in particular the challenge of aging and associated diseases.
That a lot different from what Google does today. And youe right. But as we explained in our first letter to shareholders,
or speculative compared with our existing Internet businesses. And please remember that new investments like this are very small by comparison to our core business.
Art and I are excited about tackling aging and illness. These issues affect us allrom the decreased mobility
And Arthur Levinson is also on Google+with an announcement: You may have seen the news (http://goo. gl/Kjre4q) that Google
and I will be starting a new company focused on health, aging and well-being, called Calico.
When I served on Google board,+Larry page and I got to know each other wellnd when he and Bill Maris approached
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