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вертолёт будет использоваться в качестве личного городского транспорта.

компактнее, чем обычный вертолёт

European travel planner platform GoEuro has today announced a $45 million Series B round, led by Goldman Sachs

It’s more fitting to think of GoEuro as a long distance version of another European transportation startup

While maintaining its pan-European travel focus, GoEuro does also support worldwide air travel routes

Uber is gearing up to pilot a new ride-sharing service in Seattle called uberHOP, in an attempt to get “more butts into the backseats of fewer cars

With uberHOP (pictured above), the app will match you with a driver as well as other people going the same way as you. You’ll receive directions on where to jump into the car, and then get dropped off at a pre-determined spot

unable to separate reality (or as "real" as the online world can be, cartoon or otherwise) and the fictional world of advertising.

Dr. Domingos' recent article in the Wall Street Journal paints a utopian scenario where consumers are able to wrest control of the personal information stolen by big business and use it to create "digital models".

we really need to ask if creating millions of digital models to remove us even further from face-to-face interaction is the right thing to do.

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.

определяются особенности привлечения к ответственности

информационных посредников (интернет-провайдеров, хостинг-провайдеров), меры по защите гражданских прав, требование о применении которых может быть предъявлено информационному посреднику (удаление информации, ограничение доступа к ней)

интернет-провайдер не несет ответственности, если он не является инициатором передачи и не определяет получателя материала

Sociologists from Public Opinion Foundation (FOM), avoid using the term “middle-class”, explaining that a mechanical transfer of terms used in most developed countries standards only distorts the picture. Other researchers claim that if the middle-class does not exceed 25%-30 % of the population (the highest figures obtained for Russia), it is useless to discuss the phenomenon, since this figure is around 60% and over in developed societies! It is not just a matter of statistics; it means quality difference for middle-class role in society in general and its consumer aspect in particular.

‘The Russian middle-class is growing not due to entrepreneurs and people from free business, but due to government employees or state corporations. Furthermore, gradually this tendency is becoming more vivid and changing the mentality of what the middle-class is

Their research suggests that the whoosh-ing sound of a can opening may make a drink seem fizzier, for example, or that the yellow hue of 7Up can make the soda taste more lemon-y.

new version of Cadbury's chocolate bar was similarly rejected by consumers when the company changed the classic rectangular chunks to curved segments. The chocolate bar was made exactly the same way that it always has been, but a big change in the way it looked made people think that it tasted drastically different

He's also working with a cancer hospital to experiment with the ways that plating, lighting and sound could counter the metallic taste and nausea that often accompanies chemotherapy.

The largest size (2500 watt) could provide enough power for a small house (though would obviously need backing up). The 1000 is good for RVs and boat owners, the Agustssons say, while the smallest 50 watt one is right for USB devices and laptops. The turbines can also back up electric cars when the grid isn't available.

Few doubt that our future — both immediate and long term — will be heavily impacted by robots

A pair of Oxford researchers recently estimated that 47 percent of the total U.S. employment is at risk of being eliminated.

On the other end of the spectrum, Mercedes announced it is trading out some of its production robots for human labor — the machines could not keep up with the increasing options for customization

Snap Counsellors, an account on the messaging app, is helping teens speak up about relationship abuse

Snapchat’s self-destruct feature makes it ideal for a helpline. All messages get deleted within 10 seconds.

It also allows the Stories feature to be used to send out images and videos to encourage victims to come forward.

The Obama administration has called for a new era of "personalized medicine," which relies on collecting a vast amount of genetic information from American volunteers to bolster the development of genetics-based treatment.

. Medical schools did not pay much heed to genetics until relatively recently

Studies have also found that most patients don't actually change their behavior for the better once they learn about a genetic predisposition to a disease. But he also argues that primary care physicians shouldn't simply ignore genetics.

Для поколения 22-26 лет деньги в работе ценностью не являются

Для них главной ценностью в работе является реализация

пойми меня кто я и выведи меня туда, где я буду реализован

Образовательные учреждения плохо адаптируются к направлениям развития рынка труда

«проклятье родителей». Родители уговаривают детей идти учиться на некогда хлебные должности типа бухгалтера, тем самым программируя молодежь на безработицу через 10-15 лет

отсутствия профориентации

Лучше других себя чувствуют отрасль информационных технологий и интернет.

Работодатели вынуждены это делать, иначе специалистов перекупят иностранные компании. Российский программист за рубежом — такой же бренд, как балалайка или матрёшка.

от людей старше 50: на работу их не берут из-за возраста… — Да, в России есть такой стереотип.

Основатель хантингового агентства Pruffi Алёна Владимирская запускает новый проект Fynd для привлечения кадров из-за рубежа.

Считаю, что российские учёные и специалисты должны возвращаться и работать на Родине», отметил Мамут

работа в России именно сейчас для многих кандидатов рассматривается как челлендж

Skillaz

HR departments post a vacancy on the platform with questions, and job seekers respond in video format. The service creates a video interview, which the employee can watch at any time and either refuse the candidate or mark the interview as "liked."

it provides services not only for employers but also for job seekers

If you read the latest headlines, it seems like more and more of young new hires are not working out.

They spend half the workday on their devices

they often don’t seem to appreciate that they are entering a pre-existing scene

Баланс между работой и личной жизнью сегодня занимает одну из лидирующих позиций в списке требований, предъявляемых соискателями к работе

Россия по этому параметру находится на первом месте с конца.

овышением конкуренции на рынке труда о личном комфорте многие готовы забыть