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Telephone landlines will disappear from the workplace within five years, and personal computers are also likely to go, according to a survey of senior IT officers that also found doubts about the tablet computer's long-term prospects.

Une étude en souscription sur la prospective de la mobilité dans les villes moyennes françaises a été lancée en janvier 2010 à l'initiative de Futuribles International et du laboratoire Ville MobilitéTransport de l'INRETS (aujourd'hui IFSTTAR, Institut français des sciences et technologies des transports, de l'aménagement et des réseaux).  

"Crowdfunding is supporting inventions which might otherwise have limited economic prospects, including gadgets appealing to narrow markets, hobby kits, and a 4,000-pound spider robot that can seat two (see "10 Emerging Technologies: Crowdfunding"). Perhaps most of all, it has become a fertile outlet for self-described "makers" such as Silver, who says his goal is to create "a more democratic world where everyone modifies their own space.""

This report presents the results of an investigation of experts' views on digital competence for all, commissioned by the Joint Research Centre's Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (JRC‐ IPTS). The objective of this investigation was to provide another perspective on what it means to be digitally competent today, in addition to reviews of literature 4 and current frameworks for the development of digital competence, 5 all of which constitute part of the wider IPTS Digital Competence Project (DIGCOMP). Some common ground exists at a general level in defining digital competence in terms of knowledge, skills, and attitudes, which may be hierarchically organised. However, this does not provide the clarity needed by teachers, employers, citizens - all those who are responsible for digital competence development, be it their own or other people's  ‐ to make informed decisions. Further work is needed to create a common language that helps to enhance understanding across the worlds of research, education, training, and work. This will make it easier for citizens and employers to see what digital competence entails and how it is relevant to their jobs and more generally, their lives. 

"Consumers have a seemingly insatiable thirst for mobile data. New devices-powered by better, faster software-and an ever-expanding selection of apps continue to enhance the user experience. Telecommunications companies with spare network capacity have done their part to boost demand with device subsidies, faster networks, and all-you-can-eat pricing plans. But coming capacity constraints in many markets complicate prospects for continued profitable growth. Smart companies will get ahead of the curve by shifting their strategies from promoting data use to maximizing the economic value they can extract from the massive demand already on the horizon. Managing capacity and value, rather than cost, will be the deciding challenge of the future."

LinkedIn offre pourtant aux entreprises de nombreux moyens de communication à l'attention de leurs collaborateurs actuels et potentiels mais également auprès de leurs publics cibles (prospects, clients, experts, blogueurs, etc.).

"In response to a Congressional directive to inquire whether broadband "is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion," the FCC concluded in its Sixth Broadband Deployment Report that between 14 and 24 million Americans still lack access to broadband, and the immediate prospects for deployment to them are bleak."

In a major development on Tuesday, a dozen highly ranked universities said they had signed on with Coursera, a new venture offering free classes online. They still must overcome some skepticism about the quality of online education and the prospects for having the courses cover the costs of producing them, but their enthusiasm is undimmed.

BT Wi-Fi is the exclusive hot-spot provider for the London 2012 Olympics, and a promise made in 2011 to have some 500,000 Wi-Fi hotspots across the capital has been met. The celebration for meeting this target was to deploy new wi-fi hotspots along 27 miles of the River Thames. The hotspots are a mixture of commercial deployments, and BT Total/Infinity customers offering access via the partner Fon. Though while the number of Fon sites is increasing, oddly in the TV advertising for BT Infinity it is neglected for the risky prospect of sharing a private Wi-Fi key with pretty people you don't know very well.

"Qu'Internet soit là pour rester n'est plus une nouveauté mais bien une réalité indiscutable. En ce sens, les entreprises et les institutions doivent elles-mêmes profiter de l'occasion pour communiquer de façon plus humaine, transparente et proche avec ses prospects. Les secteurs de la consommation, du commerce et du tourisme évoluent avec confiance, monopolisant tous les regards dans le grand bal du 2.0. Toutefois, les organismes liés à la santé restent dans l'expectative, attendant le bon moment pour entrer en scène."

Sous le titre « transfert de pouvoir », Eric Scherer, responsable de la prospective au groupe France Télévisions et auteur du livre « A-t-on encore besoin des journalistes ? » (PUF, 2011), estime que « 2012 marque la fin d'un cycle et la disparition progressive d'un monde ». Car, ajoute-t-il en citant Alec Ross, un expert américain de l'administration Obama, « le basculement de pouvoirs le plus important à l'œuvre actuellement ne se passe pas entre l'Occident et l'Asie, les Etats-Unis et la Chine, le Nord et le Sud, la Droite et la Gauche, mais entre les institutions et les individus, grâce au numérique".

"Une fois par an, TEDxParis rassemble des esprits brillants dans leur domaine pour partager leurs idées et leurs passions avec le monde. Cette année, sa thématique est une date, qui sonne comme un futur à explorer : 2030. L'organisateur de l'évènement, Michel Lévy-Provençal, l'a fait remarquer en parlant de sa fille nouvelle-née : les enfants nés en 2012 auront 18 ans à cette date. Mais quel futur préparons-nous à cette génération ?"

"Georges Nahon delivered a very inspiring keynote today before our panel of bloggers in which he shared his vision with regard to what is happening in IT in general, and in the Valley in particular. I will begin my account of Georges's visionary presentation by detailing his conclusions. As I always do, I have taken detailed notes of the pitch and they are made available at the end of this piece. If there is one thing that should be remembered from that pitch is that the Web is everywhere and in everything that will be happening in the future. Something which established players don't like according to the Head of Orange Silicon Valley. However, Nahon insisted on the fact that it won't be the same Internet we used to know."

The Institute for the Future (IFTF) is an independent nonprofit research group. We work with organizations of all kinds to help them make better, more informed decisions about the future. We provide the foresight to create insights that lead to action. We bring a combination of tools, methodologies, and a deep understanding of emerging trends and discontinuities to our work with companies, foundations, and government agencies. We take an explicitly global approach to strategic planning, linking macro trends to local issues in such areas as: Work and daily life Technology and society Health and health care Global business trends Changing consumer society The Institute is based in California's Silicon Valley, in a community at the crossroads of technological innovation, social experimentation, and global interchange. Founded in 1968 by a group of former RAND Corporation researchers with a grant from the Ford Foundation to take leading-edge research methodologies into the public and business sectors, the IFTF is committed to building the future by understanding it deeply.

"Augmented Reality, or AR, involves the projection of information onto our physical landscape through some form of assistive device, such as the heads-up displays (HUDs) used in many aircraft, the use of a mobile device with a camera to photograph a location and add information or the upcoming Google Goggles, which promise a wearable AR experience. "

L'édition 2012 de la conférence  « Le Web », qui a lieu à Paris du 4 au 6 décembre, a pour thème l'Internet des Objets (IoT, Internet of Things). En français, IdO... Pour expliquer l'importance du sujet, les responsables de l'événement  avancent un chiffre : en 2020, 50 milliards de machines seront connectées à Internet.  Puis ils citent Michael Nelson, professeur au département Technologie, Culture et Communication de l'université Georgetown (à Washington) : « essayer de déterminer la taille du marché de l'Internet des Objets, c'est comme si, en 1940, on avait essayé de calculer le marché futur des matières plastiques. A l'époque, il était difficile d'imaginer qu'un jour, le plastique  serait partout."

In 2001, when the World Economic Forum first published  The Global Information and Technology Report (GITR),  the dot-com bubble had just burst; there were fewer than  20 million mobile phone users in all of Africa; and Apple  Inc.'s product line was confined to Macintosh computers.  That Report presented an optimistic view of the future,  highlighting the transformational potential of information  and communication technologies (ICT) in advancing the  progress of global society and business. In the decade  that followed, Booz & Company has witnessed firsthand  the realization of that potential in its work with clients and  communities worldwide and through its long-standing  involvement with the GITR. Today there are more than  500 million mobile phone subscribers in Africa, and  Apple is the world's largest company in market capitalization, producing iPhones, iPods, and iPads along with  Mac computers. Despite the strides the sector has made  since the technology bust in 2001, however, we believe  we are only just beginning to feel the impact of digitization-the mass adoption by consumers, businesses, and  governments of smart and connected ICT. Success in the digitization world-where competitors from Shenzhen to Schengen can emerge seemingly  overnight-requires policymakers and business leaders  to go back to the drawing board to identify and build  "right-to-win" capabilities in their spheres of influence.  Digitization is more than a matter of access. Our recent  research shows that digitization multiplies the impact of  connectivity, creating substantial incremental value in  terms not only of job creation and economic growth, but  also of societal well-being and government transparency.  Today, more than 70 percent of the world's citizens live in  societies that have just begun their digitization journeys.  As the individuals and enterprises in these societies  continue to progress in developing their own digitiza

T oday's global economy is forcing executives, governments and consumers  to adopt a new way of thinking. The financial crisis and deep recession that  ended in 2010 caused a seismic shift that has reshaped the global business  landscape. No longer can companies rely on credit-fuelled domestic markets  for growth. Indeed, the need for households, banks and governments to regain  their balance will dampen growth opportunities in many advanced economies.  Instead, we are seeing the emergence of what has been called a "new normal  economy" characterised by several key factors discussed below. 

C'est le spécialiste de l'e-éducation Gavin Dykes qui a conclu notre journée « Quelle école pour demain ? ». Il a porté une vision positive sur la nécessité d'intégrer le numérique à l'école, non pas pour faire une école numérique, mais bien parce que l'outil permet de répondre à de nombreuses problématiques d'aujourd'hui pour construire l'école de demain.