"Cloud Computing and its Impact on Library Services"

Based on a seminar by a vendor, so there is a bit of emphasis on their product.

"A look at various cloud computing markets by revenue, along with top research firms' predictions of the trends to watch."

This Cambridge study suggests that predicting "friends" based on actual places that people visit, could supplement existing friend prediction systems in social networks.

"There's been a lot of discussion lately about Google+ and why it will render Twitter obsolete.". This article presents the opposite side of the coin.

"The results, she says, support a growing belief that people are using the Internet as a personal memory bank: the so-called Google effect. What surprised Sparrow most was not people's reliance on nonmemorized information but their ability to find it."

Call a friend in another city or a foreign country, and ask them to Google something at the same time as you. The results will be different... "The result is a "filter bubble", which he defines as "a unique universe of information for each of us", meaning that we are less likely to encounter information online that challenges our existing views or sparks serendipitous connections. "

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