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smartercities:

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Cities | Sustainable Cities Collective

1. Be Proactive. There’s much any city can do today. Even without sufficient budget or authorization from ‘senior levels’ of government, every city has a full menu of things that can be carried out immediately,/

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Mobile Devices Now Make Up About 20 Percent of U.S. Web Traffic - Ina Fried - Mobile - AllThingsD:

Mobile Web browsing continues to take off, with smartphones and tablets accounting for 20 percent of Web traffic in the U.S. and Canada, according to a new report.

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INTRODUCING THE NOKIA SENSING X CHALLENGE « Wireless Sensor Networks Blog:

A $2.25 MILLION GLOBAL COMPETITION TO REVOLUTIONIZE DIGITAL HEALTHCARE

Envision a future where everyone has access to affordable, personalized healthcare through sophisticated sensing technologies that put you in charg… Read full post »

Step into the Smarter Planet Time Machine!

For a little Friday Fun, try one of these three settings:

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Highlights from the 2012 Global CEO Study given by from IBM thought leaders. Outperforming CEOs see the world getting more and more open, and driving the need for richer connections among employees, customers and business partners.

Newly launched Better Life Index

There is more to life than the cold numbers of GDP and economic statistics – This Index allows you to compare well-being across countries, based on 11 topics the OECD has identified as essential, in the areas of material living conditions and quality of life.

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Spanish Government Deploys Robotic Fish to Monitor Maritime Pollution

Currently the port relies on divers to monitor water quality, which is a lengthy process costing €100,000 per year. The divers take water samples from hundreds of points in the port, then send them off for analysis, with the resu… Read full post »

8bitfuture:

Startup company MatterPort has shown off their 3D scanner, able to rapidly create maps of rooms by scanning the device around the space.

While the scanner is still under development, the company won’t say how much it will go on sale for except it will be “18 times cheaperâ€

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Watch the replay of the interactive vPanel — Embracing the Connected Economy — and learn more about the forces reshaping the business landscape via the 2012 IBM Global CEO Study.

Technology is now driving more organizational change than any other force — even the economy. New connections are br… Read full post »

Social media as important as face-to-face, say CEOs | Management Today:

Social media as important as face-to-face, say CEOs

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Social media is set to become one of the most important forms of customer interaction, according to a new IBM study of more than 1,700 CEOs/… Read full post »

CEOs Are Finally Warming Up to Social Media | Mashable:

CEO’s are finally embracing social media’s role in engaging business and customers, according to a recent IBM Global CEO Study.

For businesses, social media is currently the least-utilized method for connecting with their audiences. The h… Read full post »

ibmsocialbiz:

THE days of chief executives leading organisations from the comfort and privacy of their corner offices are over, according to an IBM study that has found social and online media is fundamentally changing how companies engage with staff and customers.  Full article . 

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DARPA Launches Program to Industrialize Genetic Engineering

DARPA has launched a program called called “Living Foundries,â€designed to apply the conventions of manufacturing to living cells, Wired Danger Room reports.

DARPA has awarded seven research grants worth $15.5 million to six different com… Read full post »

The World Wide Open: Embracing a connected economy :

ibmsocialbiz:

Technology is now driving more organizational change than any other force — even the economy. New connections are bringing great expectations. The view that technology is primarily a driver of efficiency is outdated, and CEOs now s

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Peter Korsten and Saul Berman of IBM discuss the growing role that partnering plays for industry leaders. Despite the hurdles, more organizations are deciding to partner to expand their capabilities tap into new sources of revenue and pump up their ability to innovate.

Catch the replay of the Dynamics of Disruptive Innovation vPanel webcast, part of the launch of the 2012 IBM Global CEO Study.

“Innovating together with your partners is a win-win for both. At Shell, we not only deal with energy, we also need to focus on challenges such as water and food as they’re all interlinked. That’s why driving innovation together, also across industries, is extremely important.†- Quote by Pe… Read full post »

Join us today for a live, interactive vPanel discussion around key issues connected to the 2012 IBM Global CEO Study. And be part of the dialogue with your questions and comments via Facebook and Twitter.

Date: Wednesday, May 23

Time: 12-1pm ET

Place: GBS Video Studio, http://www.livestream.com… Read full post »

ibmsocialbiz:

Treating customers as individuals? IBM CEO Study says that means call centers should spend more time on phone instead of measuring how quickly a rep can get off the phone. More videos here. 

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IBM 2012 Global CEO Study: How to understand customers (by IBMIBV)

IBM CEO Study Program Director Anthony Marshall reveals the top ways that CEOs are depending on to get to know and serve their customers better.

IBM leaders including Perter Korsten, Marc Chapman, Anthony Marshall and Saul Berman discuss how CEOs see their organizations getting more and more open, both in terms of how the work internally, how businesses are managed and the role of social technologies in connecting with customers.

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almiron:

IBM’s newest CEO study, which canvassed over 1700 CEOs from around the world, reports that CEOs see social media growing to 57% of their important customer interactions from 16% today.http://seb.tl/ME3umH #domainnames

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ibmsocialbiz:

Inside the head of a CEO from the UK (by IBM UK Research). Find out what CEOs from all over the world think here. 

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Sample some of the brief videos highlighting the 2012 IBM CEO Study.

And join us tomorrow for a live, interactive vPanel webcast.

Date: Wednesday, May 23

Time: 12-1pm ET

Place: GBS Video Studio,  http://www.livestream.com/newintelligence

Save the Date: Add the event via Facebook or use the RSVP tool… Read full post »