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Jul 5, 2012Janna Anderson, Lee Rainie
Corporate responsibility: How far will tech firms go in helping repressive regimes?
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Cameron Scott, PCWorld
Jul 5, 2012
Internet experts are divided over whether technology companies will cooperate in the coming decade with repressive regimes that seek to limit or monitor individual Internet use, according to a study released Monday by the Pew Research Center and Elon...
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Donna Tam, CNET
Jul 5, 2012
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Jonathan Grudin, principal researcher at Microsoft, responded to the survey, pointing out that Western governments also want to monitor and restrict protesters. He said he hopes market pressures will keep firms from kowtowing to the governme...
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Michelle Maltais, Los Angeles Times
Jun 29, 2012
When will the mantra "home, sweet home" shift to "home, smart home"?
For decades from about the 1950s, many expected that it would happen in the 21st century. In fact, it was a preoccupation expressed in books, amusement park exhibits, TV shows an...
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Jun 29, 2012Janna Anderson, Lee Rainie
Experts think tech-enhanced homes, appliances, and utilities will spread. But those systems are complex and so far there is low public demand, so they advise: Don’t expect to see the ‘Home of the Future’ by 2020.
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Winda Benedetti, msnbc.com
May 18, 2012
Imagine a future in which you earn badges and achievements at every turn. Meanwhile, companies are constantly encouraging you to level up your life as a way to draw you in. Perhaps you earn a special badge as you run the treadmill at the gym or you l...
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May 18, 2012Janna Anderson, Lee Rainie
Game mechanics like rewards and feedback loops are gaining ground in digital life and many experts think they will spread widely to key domains like education and health by 2020. Others worry about a darker side.
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Somini Sengupta, New York Times
Apr 28, 2012
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In London, travelers can buy train tickets with their phones — and hold up the phones for the conductor to see. And in Starbucks coffee shops here in the United States, customers can wave their phones in front of the cash register and without ev...
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Samantha Murphy, Mashable
Apr 17, 2012
Experts believe that cash and credit cards could be a thing of the past by 2020, a new study suggests.
A new study conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center revealed...
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Apr 17, 2012Aaron Smith, Janna Anderson, Lee Rainie
In a Pew Internet/Elon University survey, internet experts predict that payment with mobile devices will be commonplace by 2020—although a number of potential hurdles and holdouts stand in the way
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