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THE FUTURE OF CLOUD SERVICES

By Guest PostNovember 7, 2014Technologyaws, bela hausmann, cloud services, future, Google, health issue, health of babies, infant health, janet currie, kohlenstoffkreislauf, las vegas, michael greenstone, michelle patterson, Microsoft, mikrobiomforschung, nevada, north american, salesforce, schloeppnerbrunnen moor, schwefelmikroben, sprint, verizon

There is still quite a bit of interest in cloud services, and still no small demand for them. Due to this, there’s been a rush by all manner of service providers, both old and new, to provide cloud offerings to hungry customers. Indeed, of the roughly 20,000 North American service providers, just about 20 percent of these offer cloud services at this time, and this number is expected to grow sharply over the next few years. Yet at the same time, there will be a lot of attrition among these providers, if only because many of these organizations are only regional in nature, and offer only a small array of products — most of them just one or two.

At least that’s what Ashar Baig, a research director at Gigaom predicts. He provided his view on the near future and the recent past of cloud services at the recent ITEXPO in Las Vegas, Nevada. (more…)

Von Thailand bis Tahiti

By Guest PostMarch 30, 2014Environmentbuy sex, chilli pflanze, deutschland, Dubai, earth hour, felix fornoff, golden gate bridge, great barrier reef, Japan, las vegas, neil malamuth, san francisco, schwebfliege, sexually coercive, sudan, tahiti, Thailand, wwf

Neue Rekorde bei globaler Klimaschutzaktion Earth Hour / 162 Länder und 7.000 Städte rufen zum Schutz des Planeten auf

Berlin – Von Thailand bis Tahiti, vom Vatikan bis Las Vegas und von der Internationalen Raumstation bis in den Sudan – am Samstag fand die achte WWF Earth Hour unter Rekordbeteiligung statt. Um ein Zeichen für den Schutz des Planeten zu setzen, schalteten jeweils um 20.30 Uhr Ortszeit Millionen Menschen und über 7.000 Städte in insgesamt 162 Ländern die Lichter aus. Während der „Stunde der Erde“ erlosch die Beleuchtung zahlreicher symbolträchtiger Bauwerke und Orte, darunter die Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, der Petersdom im Vatikan, der Las Vegas Strip, der Burj Khalifa in Dubai oder der Tokyo Tower in Japan. Höher als je zuvor fiel auch die Teilnahme in Deutschland aus – 160 Städte und Gemeinden folgten dem Aufruf des WWF. (more…)

Yahoo Unveils New Products and Experiences for Smartphones, Web, Tablet and TV at CES 2014

By Guest PostJanuary 8, 2014Technologyalex van buren, ces, ces 2014, consumer electronics show, julia bainbridge, las vegas, managing editor, marissa mayer, new products, rachel tepper, sarah mccoll, smartphones, tablet, tv, web, web editor, Yahoo, yahoo ceo, yahoo smart tv, yahoo tech

LAS VEGAS — Today at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Yahoo! Inc. unveiled new products and media sites across smartphones, tablets and the web, as well as a new suite of advertising technology to help advertisers, publishers and partners get more return from their online advertising campaigns.

In a keynote address, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer discussed the company’s vision to make the world’s daily habits inspiring and entertaining. Yahoo executives were joined onstage by Yahoo’s new Global Anchor Katie Couric; Yahoo Tech vice president of editorial David Pogue; celebrity talent including SNL‘s Cecily Strong and Keenan Thompson; as well as John Legend, Grammy-Award-winning artist and a member of Yahoo’s 2013 On the Road tour. (more…)

UCLA doctors test stem-cell therapy to improve blood flow in angina patients

By Guest PostNovember 24, 2013Healthali nsair, angina patients, angioplasty, blood flow, cd34 protein, coronary bypass, heart attack, heart in 3d, heart muscle, heart transplant, jonathan tobis, las vegas, marty greenfield, phase 3, pluripotent cell, rubine gevorgyan, stem cell injection, stem cell therapy, ucla doctors, william suh

Clinical trial evaluates treatment for patients who haven’t responded to other FDA–approved procedures

Marty Greenfield lives with crushing pain every day due to angina, a condition that is caused by an inadequate supply of blood to the heart. He has suffered a heart attack, and a coronary bypass procedure and angioplasty have provided little relief. His doctor referred him to UCLA to be considered for a heart transplant.

Dr. Jonathan Tobis, a UCLA clinical professor of cardiology, performed an angiogram and angioplasty on Greenfield, 64, but found that the patient was not a candidate for a heart transplant because his heart muscle function was still good. (more…)

IBM, STMicroelectronics and Shaspa Advance Smarter Home Initiative

By Guest PostJanuary 8, 2013Technology1933, 3d, batteryless, bruce anderson, carbon dioxide, chicago world fair, cloud enabled electronics, cloud platform, co2 level, data, ecosystem, electronics exhibition, energy efficiency, forecast, gui, home gateway, human motion, ibm, ibm cloud, ibm worklight, industry standard, internet of things, ipv6 network, it efficiency, las vegas, mobile application platform, mobile device, monitoring, multiple user interfaces, new era, oliver goh, osgi, parks associates, physical gestures, preset scenarios, save energy, shaspa, smart home, smarter home initiative, stih416, stmicroelectronics, system on chip, temperature, time based, value add services, voice recognition

Cloud computing enhances control of “Internet of Things” in the home to help manage heating, lighting, security and more via multiple user interfaces including gestures and voice recognition

LAS VEGAS, CES – 08 Jan 2013: IBM, STMicroelectronics and Shaspa today announced a collaboration to tap cloud and mobile computing for manufacturers and service providers to provide innovative ways for consumers to manage and interact with their homes’ functions and entertainment systems using multiple user interfaces such as voice recognition and physical gestures for a smarter home.

A “smart home” brings networking functions together, creating a gateway that connects a television, computer or mobile device with smart meters, lights, appliances, plugs and sensors within the home as well as services from outside. Parks Associates forecasts that more than 8 billion devices will be connected on the home network by year-end 2015.[1] (more…)

State-Mandated Planning, Higher Resident Wealth Linked to More Sustainable City Transportation

By Guest PostOctober 13, 2012Environmentanna mccreery, columbus, ecosummit 2012, environmentally friendly, income, index, las vegas, los angeles, metropolitan area, new orleans, ohio, per capita, pittsburgh, population density, public transit, seattle, socioeconomic factor, solo commuter, span, state university, sustainability, time, transportation ecoefficiency, transportation practice, transportation system, US, wealthier

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Transportation practices tend to be more environmentally friendly in wealthier metropolitan areas located within states that mandate comprehensive planning, new research suggests.

The study involved an examination of 225 U.S. metropolitan areas between 1980 and 2008 to gauge how sustainable their transportation practices were and determine what kinds of socioeconomic factors appeared to influence those practices. (more…)

Groundwater Depletion in Semiarid Regions of Texas and California Threatens U.S. Food Security

By Guest PostMay 31, 2012Environmentaustin, bridget scanlon, byron tapley, california, central us, central valley, fruit, grace satellite, grain basket, groundwater depletion, groundwater level, high plains, irrigated agriculture, irrigating crops, lake mead, las vegas, NASA, semiarid region, south dakota, southern wyoming, storage, texas, texas panhandle, university of texas, us food security, vegetable basket, western kansas

AUSTIN, Texas — The nation’s food supply may be vulnerable to rapid groundwater depletion from irrigated agriculture, according to a new study by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and elsewhere.

The study, which appears in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, paints the highest resolution picture yet of how groundwater depletion varies across space and time in California’s Central Valley and the High Plains of the central U.S. Researchers hope this information will enable more sustainable use of water in these areas, although they think irrigated agriculture may be unsustainable in some parts.

“We’re already seeing changes in both areas,” said Bridget Scanlon, senior research scientist at The University of Texas at Austin’s Bureau of Economic Geology and lead author of the study. “We’re seeing decreases in rural populations in the High Plains. Increasing urbanization is replacing farms in the Central Valley. And during droughts some farmers are forced to fallow their land. These trends will only accelerate as water scarcity issues become more severe.” (more…)

Release of New 4G Phones a Milestone for Windows Phone, Nokia Partnership

By Guest PostApril 9, 2012Technology3G, 4g lte, amoled, carl zeiss, ces, China, ecosystem, free time machines, ghz snapdragon, htc titan, jo harlow, las vegas, megapixel camera, Microsoft, milestone, mobile phone, nokia lumia 900, pc magazine, s2 processor, tech blog, terry myerson, windows phone, wireless technology, zdnet

*AT&T today launched two new 4G LTE-capable Windows Phones – the sleek, award-winning Nokia Lumia 900 and the HTC Titan II. The launch is an important milestone for partners Microsoft and Nokia, and an AT&T spokesman said the Lumia 900 will be a centerpiece of its spring advertising campaign.*

REDMOND, Wash. – April 9, 2012 – AT&T today launched two new devices, the Nokia Lumia 900 and the HTC Titan II, the first Windows Phones available on the mobile operator’s speedy 4G long-term evolution (LTE) network.

The launch is a milestone for Microsoft and partner Nokia, and also for AT&T, which is giving the award-winning Lumia 900 top billing as one of the centerpieces of its spring retail and marketing campaign. (more…)