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Oleg Batluk

Save Yourself From the Digital Zombie Apocalypse and Get Outdoors | TakePart - 0 views

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digital zombie American Academy of Pediatrics Social CIS new normal

shared by Oleg Batluk on 18 Dec 15 - No Cached
  • my attention monopolized at that moment by an electronic screen.
  • offers endlessly updating possibilities.
  • for many children growing up today, digital reality is the only reality.
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  • It is addictive
  • children grow up not caring about the natural world.
  • The list of physical and social maladies associated with sedentary behavior—an almost inevitable corollary of time spent on electronic devices
  • American Academy of Pediatrics used to recommend that parents limit screen time to less than two hours a day for children over the age of two
  • digital reality as the new normal
  • Make shutting down the devices a family thing.
  • Oleg Batluk on 18 Dec 15
     
    Self-limitation from digtal monopoly to save kids from mental and physical deasess should become a family thing
  • Oleg Batluk on 18 Dec 15
     
    Self-limitation from digtal monopoly to save kids from mental and physical deasess should become a family thing
Vladimir Antonov

After Investing In A Local Services Startup, Google Turns Around And Builds A Competito... - 1 views

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Technology Clash of Titans Economy centralization Big Data Digital Monopoly No Middle Man

shared by Vladimir Antonov on 12 Feb 16 - No Cached
  • Google is working to create a new product in the home services market
  • Calif.-based technology giant is working on an offering through its ads team that will allow customers to connect with roofers and repairmen and put it in direct competition with Thumbtack and Amazon.com
  • As Buzzfeed reported, there will likely be some integration with Google Ad Words, which will likely create targeted ads for users searching for certain services that will allow them to receive direct quotes.
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  • This isn’t the first time that Google’s investing has created a possible conflict of interest. In February, Bloomberg Businessweek reported that Google was developing an Uber competitor in anticipation of the launch of its self-driving cars. The search company, through its venture capital arm Google Ventures, had previously invested $258 million in the ride-sharing service in Aug. 2013, with Google chief legal officer David Drummond taking an Uber board seat
  • Google is extremely wary of the expansion of the vertically-integrated tech giants into other spaces, said sources, and it’s not staying still with Amazon announcing its entry into a local services market that some experts estimate does more than $400 billion in business every year.
  • Vladimir Antonov on 12 Feb 16
     
    Big tech companies expansion // to be added to the 'clash of giants' trend
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