Technology Trends

In this section we include any trending topics. Currently there is a lot of buzz around cloud computing and mobile computing.

Fast News Nation: Why Social Media Almost Works As a News Source

Fast News Nation: Why Social Media Almost Works As a News Source

Social media is becoming an increasingly common source of breaking news. But while it gets points for being fast and interactive, accuracy is often an issue.

What Do Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) Mean for Education?

What Do Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) Mean for Education?

MOOCs are offering a brave new option at a time when traditional college degrees have lost a little of their shine. Learn more about them here.
Video: Sugata Mitra on the Cloud-Based Schools of the Future

Video: Sugata Mitra on the Cloud-Based Schools of the Future

Dr. Sugata Mitra, an educational researcher and professor of educational technology at Newcastle University, took to the stage at TED2013 to explain his goals for a "school in the cloud," and what that he calls Self-Organized Learning Environments (SOLE)
Video: Drew Conway and Jake Porway on Data Without Borders

Video: Drew Conway and Jake Porway on Data Without Borders

This talk from the 2011 Strata Conference in New York looks at how big data can be used to solve big problems.
Video: Kate Crawford of Microsoft on Big Data Vs. Data With Depth

Video: Kate Crawford of Microsoft on Big Data Vs. Data With Depth

Principal researcher at Microsoft Research Kate Crawford makes the case that while big data is essential to many business applications, there’s more than one way to interpret many of the results.
Video: Mike Olson, CEO of Cloudera, on Hadoop and Future Research Possibilities

Video: Mike Olson, CEO of Cloudera, on Hadoop and Future Research Possibilities

The Hadoop analytics platform has some significant limitations involving speed and complexity, but industry leaders are working to change that.
It's Cloudy In the Cloud

It's Cloudy In the Cloud

Cloud computing is both a new and exciting way of using our technological resources in the most efficient way possible and a reminder that all innovation usually brings a downside.
Video: Ray Kurzweil on 'Exponential' Tech Advancement

Video: Ray Kurzweil on 'Exponential' Tech Advancement

At last year’s SXSW event, eminent IT guru Ray Kurzweil spoke about continued advances in technology and how they can be predicted. View the video here.
Will Bitcoin Win the Race to Become an International Currency?

Will Bitcoin Win the Race to Become an International Currency?

In an age where banks are not looking as trustworthy, many are wondering if Bitcoin can take their place.
INFOGRAPHIC: What Happens to Electronic Waste?

INFOGRAPHIC: What Happens to Electronic Waste?

Unraveling SoLoMo and the Future of Search

SoLoMo is a mashup of the terms "social," "mobile" and "local." Find out more about what it means - and why people are talking about it.

(Big) Data's Big Future

Data-centric innovation is likely to drive business in a few key ways. Here we take a stab at futurism.

Will Computers Be Able to Imitate the Human Brain?

The notion of The Singularity has been hotly debated for years. Will robots rule the world? Find out what both sides of the debate have to say.

5 Things To Know About Cloud Pricing

If you're looking to move your company to the cloud, here are five things you should know about cloud pricing first.

INFOGRAPHIC: How 2,405,518,376 Internet Users Changed the World

There are now more than 2 billion people online building new communities and sharing information. And the bigger this group gets, the more change they can create.

Private Cloud: A Step-by-Step Guide for Enterprise

Discover the steps that needs to be carried out to build a private cloud in an enterprise.

Why Quantum Computing May Be the Next Turn on the Big Data Highway

If we are going to be able to make sense out of all the data that we are accumulating, we'll need a faster way to process it. Quantum computing provides a possible solution.

Warp Speed to Biotech Utopia: 5 Cool Medical Advancements

These five developments seem to be straight out of science fiction, but they're moving toward medical reality - and beyond

Data Visualization: Data That Feeds Our Senses

When displayed visually, data can be transformed from a raw, unassimilable material to something that feeds our minds - and our visual senses.

How Big Data's Getting Smaller

How to collect and analyze big data is only one side of the equation; the other is how to understand it. Here are some ingenious ways that new tools are making big data smaller.

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