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Maria Gurova

Якунин предложил потратить триллионы на «Транс-Евразийский пояс развития»: Го... - 0 views

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  • Чтобы стать цивилизационным центром на евроазиатском континенте, России нужно реализовать масштабный проект под названием «Транс-Евразийский пояс развития» (ТЕПР).
  • западные страны навязывают России чуждые ей ценности, в частности, развитие экономики ради улучшения количественных показателей. В рамках такой модели развития Россия теряет присущие ей духовность и нравственность, отметил глава РЖД
  • руководитель монополии отмечал, что финансово-экономический кризис, через который сегодня проходит мир, является в том числе кризисом нравственным. По его словам, создание нового геополитического экономического кластера, которым может стать «Транс-Евразийский пояс развития», позволит преодолеть этот кризис
  • Maria Gurova on 03 Aug 15
     
    developing road infrastructure as a way to fight for the Russian moral values and standards of living 
Irina Marchenko

G20's Young Entrepreneurs are Increasingly Interested in Digital Technologies but not H... - 0 views

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  • Irina Marchenko on 05 Aug 13
     
    The recommendations summarized in a final Summit communique primarily focus on the following: *Need to develop digital infrastructure. Young entrepreneurs are the most active group in terms of both starting up businesses and using the latest digital technology to help run the business and optimize business processes; *Importance of developing educational programs for entrepreneurs, advancing the entrepreneurial culture, and streamlining government funding for "green" technology studies; *Need to ease the tax burden in the fields of scientific-technical programs and social entrepreneurship, namely the taxes imposed on employers and employee income tax; *Access to funding for startups and emerging companies. Ensuring funding on easy terms, changing banking requirements, developing rules for new forms of funding, including cross border online platforms, investors' and entrepreneurs' networks.
Maria Gurova

These are the top-earning YouTube stars of 2015 according to Forbes | The Verge - 1 views

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  • The financial magazine has published its first ever list of top earners on the video platform, with the irrepressible Felix Kjellberg (better known as PewDiePie) heading the charts with pretax earnings of $12 million,
  • most of these individuals’ income comes from advertising such as sponsored videos and previews, although four of those on the list also have book deals, while a few even offer their own product lines.
  • Maria Gurova on 15 Oct 15
     
    The fact that Forbes made an official ranking of income of the YouTube celebrities is an indication that this is an actual economic driver. The numbers might not be accurate at this point of time, as there's no infrastructure to track income individuals' receive through this type of monetisation, but this is only a matter of time  
Maria Gurova

The Movie Theater Of The Future Is All About Big Screens And Big Data - 2 views

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  • With huge-flat screen TVs becoming more affordable — and more original TV content being produced — cinemas have to step up their game to keep pace in the arms race with home theaters. That’s why theater chains are coming out with better food, reclining chairs, and more supersized screens like Imax to take full advantage of the special effects in many tentpole blockbusters.
  • The theater, which opens to the public Friday night, now has a lobby that’s part of the show (and soon, a camera-based audience data gathering tool to go with it), and a cinema equipped with the showpiece Barco Escape, which combines three screens in a U-shaped pattern that gives the viewer almost a cockpit-type perspective of the action.
  • “The Maze Runner” and its sequel, “Maze Runner: Scorch Trials,” were the first — and only — two films with scenes optimized for Barco Escape, but with dozens of Imax films coming out every year, there needs to be a much broader pipeline of content to compete with other large format
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  • Hoddick said he wants to develop three additional films this year, then eight in 2017 and then 12 a year after that
  • The Barco Escape costs exhibitors $100,000 with an additional fee per movie.
  • there are currently 21 Barco Escape theaters in the world — 16 in the United States, two each in Europe and China, and one in Mexico.
  • the plan is to have more than 100 by the end of this year, and 1,000 within three to five years. Oh, and they want an additional 1,000 just in China, soon to be the world’s biggest movie market — and one where Imax is in the process of opening hundreds of its own screens
  • Hoddick said while Barco Escape is only for 2D films at this point, he imagines it’s only a matter of time before 3D comes to the platform
  • it’s currently about 4 percent more expensive to produce a movie for Barco Escape, because the work has to happen in post-production, Hoddick said new cameras from manufacturers including Sony that can film in the 7:1 aspect ratio necessary for the medium will slash costs significantly
  • the theater will soon install a camera-based surveillance system to analyze demographics and customize which “lobby dominations” go live — think superhero trailers going up when a crew of high school kids walks in
Maria Gurova

How The Internet Of Everything Is Helping Humankind | Tae Yoo - 0 views

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  • The good news is that the citizens faced with this disaster reaped the benefits of enhanced mass communications and early warning systems -- clearly the power of the Internet being used for social good.
  • citizens already turn to social media for disaster updates to supplement traditional governmental and agency sources. Taken a step further, imagine an app that enables disaster victims and relief workers to view a shared map and see where all the rescue and aid efforts are situated in real time.
  • Technology is getting smaller, faster, cheaper and more powerful every day. With this phenomenon, sensors in almost everything become the norm -- in our cars, machinery and infrastructure. This evolution, paired with the power of cloud computing and big data analytics, makes it possible for both humans and inanimate objects to communicate valuable information.
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  • Recognizing that while technology in and of itself does not save lives, the intelligent use of technology does.
anna_nelidova

Exclusive: Wal-Mart seeks to test drones for home delivery, pickup | Reuters - 2 views

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  • anna_nelidova on 05 Nov 15
     
    After conducting indoor tests of small unmanned aircraft systems Wal-Mart applied for permission to test drones outdoors for home delivery, curbside pickup and checking warehouse inventories.
Maria Gurova

Russia Wants People to Road Trip from New York to London (via Moscow) - 1 views

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  • Russian Railways wants to build one, as part of a massive road and rail project that would stretch from New York to London by way of Canada, Alaska, Russia, and continental Europe.
  • The plan is called the Trans-Eurasian Belt Development, and Russian Railway president Vladimir Yakunin proposed it earlier this year.
  • A 520 mile stretch of road would carry travelers — and, presumably, trade goods — west from the Canadian border, through Fairbanks and Nome, to the shores of the Seward Peninsula.
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  • On the other hand, Yakutin may be a plausible successor to Russian president Vladimir Putin, and the two are said to be close personal friends.
  • Even if the TEBD never breaks ground, the idea lends itself to all sorts of speculation. You could, in theory, one day make it from the northern tip of Scotland to the southern tip of Chile using a combination of roads and railways.
  • Maria Gurova on 03 Aug 15
     
    and when you look at the same subject from outside of Russia that might seem like a Transformative scenario rather then Market or Fortress 
Anton Vorykhalov

REDEF ORIGINAL: By Obsessing Over the Present, Big Media has Forgotten its Past and End... - 0 views

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  • By Obsessing Over the Present, Big Media has Forgotten its Past and Endangered its Future (But it’s Not Too Late)
  • When it comes to digital-era investments, Disney has certainly been the most active of the major media companies (though IP represents more than 80% of total outlays). Over the past decade, the House of Mouse has bought the largest YouTube Multi-Channel Network (Maker Studios), a mobile gaming company (Playdom), several multi-media storytelling platforms (Marvel, LucasArts, Pixar), become Vice’s largest outside shareholder, doubled down on technology-driven theme park experiences (MagicBand, VR), established an annual fan expo (D23), formed an accelerator program with TechStars (Disney Accelerator) and launched an ever-expanding sandbox video game at the cost of more than $125M (Disney Infinity)
  • For the past 20 years, television networks have reaped more than $1T inflation adjusted revenues and $300B in net cash flow thanks to what was sown throughout the 1980s and early 1990s (most cable networks took years to hit cumulative net profits, with several market leaders accumulating hundreds of millions in losses doing so). But the harvest is coming to an end. Crop rotation is not a waste; it’s an essential investment in forward productivity.
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