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"A survey has found 60% of mobile phone users have now downloaded and used a travel-related smartphone application."

Over the past several years, I've been writing about how government data is moving into the marketplaces, underpinning ideas, products and services. Open government data and application programming interfaces to distribute it, more commonly known as APIs, increasingly look like fundamental public infrastructure for digital government in the 21st century. What I'm looking for now is more examples of startups and businesses that have been created using open data or that would not be able to continue operations without it. If big data is a strategic resource, it's important to understand how and where organizations are using it for public good, civic utility and economic benefit.

"Pour travailler depuis ces nombreuses années avec les jeunes générations, nous pouvons au contraire affirmer que celles-ci sont en effet si bien habituées à l'environnement des NTIC qu'elles sont bien plus curieuses de picorer dans les usages que d'en comprendre les défis. Et ce d'autant plus que ceux-ci se sont largement complexifiés : en 1996-1999, il n'était pas si complexe de créer des sites internet, des applications ludiques au regard d'aujourd'hui. Et ce mouvement n'est pas fini car l'innovation s'accélère et se renouvelle sans cesse. En revanche, dans un mouvement inverse, l'accès à l'information n'a jamais été aussi immédiat, avec une facilité souvent illusoire, et les moyens d'accès à l'information (tablettes, iPhone...) n'ont jamais été aussi intuitifs et simples à utiliser. La génération "Petite Poucette", pour reprendre l'expression de Michel Serres, baigne dans le numérique et a, en effet, une grande capacité à collecter de façon collaborative et à juxtaposer des informations hétérogènes. Pour autant, "Petite Poucette" possède rarement le recul et la vue d'ensemble nécessaire, l'esprit critique qui lui permettraient de distinguer et hiérarchiser les sources d'information. Elle a perdu, par rapport à la génération qui la précède, une forme de curiosité et de désir de comprendre nombre de questions scientifiques et techniques : en témoigne par exemple la désaffection actuelle pour les études d'ingénieur."

""802.11ac is an extension for pure mainstream Wi-Fi," said Sean Coffey, Realtek's director of standards and business development. "It's evolutionary. ... You're not going to see dramatically new use cases." 802.11ac is a development of the current 802.11n standard, producing improved performance on the same 5GHz frequency bands. Some routers using the 802.11ac have already been deployed, and the experts on the panel agreed that it will become commonplace by early 2013. By contrast, 802.11ad adds 60GHz connectivity to the previously used 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies, potentially providing multi-gigabit connection speeds and dramatically broadening the number of applications for which wireless can be used."

"IBES is an interdisciplinary research institute that aligns research and industry interests to drive innovation in broadband applications for the benefit of society. A central feature of the Institute is the active involvement of industry through the Industry Partner Program."

"Avec l'arrivée des technologies mobiles, les responsables de petites entreprises sont d'accord pour dire qu'elles peuvent jouer un rôle important dans leur croissance future mais ils aimeraient des applications spécifiques à leur activité."

a tablette va t-elle remplacer l'ordinateur ou en être complémentaire ? Quoi qu'il en soit, des applications prometteuses se font jour dans la santé, la vente et la distribution.

High-speed affordable broadband  connectivity to the Internet is  essential to modern society, offering  widely recognized economic and  social benefits (Annex 1). The  Broadband Commission for Digital  Development promotes the adoption  of broadband-friendly practices and  policies for all, so everyone can take  advantage of the benefits offered by  broadband.  With this Report, the Broadband  Commission expands awareness  and understanding of the importance of broadband networks,  services, and applications for  generating economic growth and  achieving social progress.  It has been written collaboratively,  drawing on insightful and thoughtprovoking contributions from our  leading array of Commissioners and  their organizations, foremost in their  fields. This Report is structured around  four main themes which can  help us to realize the potential of  broadband 

In the coming years, mHealth-the provision of health services enabled by mobile  communications-will revolutionize the way healthcare is delivered. From text  message campaigns disseminating information on healthy lifestyles to the use of  smartphones as medical devices capable of diagnostics and remote monitoring,  mobile technology will permeate every aspect of global health systems. In the  process, this technology will cut the costs associated with provision while  maintaining and improving quality of care and reaching patients for whom access to  healthcare has until now been limited.   However, a number of barriers need to be broken down before mHealth can begin to  transform health systems and service delivery. Moreover, a diverse range of  stakeholders must collaborate in order for mHealth applications to be adopted on a  wide scale.  For this reason, Telenor Group commissioned The Boston Consulting Group to study  the potential impact of mobile services on healthcare over the coming years. This  report summarizes the findings of the study, which focused on 12 markets that  Telenor serves

Dernière application mobile de l'office du tourisme de la région de Québec. Critique très positive d'un site français.

Gamification is the concept of applying game-design thinking to non-game applications to make them more fun and engaging.

In a major new development in the world of health IT, the Data Privacy Lab in the Institute of Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University will soon unveil a health record bank (HRB) that allows anyone to own and manage a complete, secure, digital copy of their health records and wellness information with a free account. This is the first time that a prominent academic institution is hosting an HRB for use by the general public and communities nationwide. The service, called MyDataCan, is a secure and trustworthy technical infrastructure for receiving, storing and facilitating consumer-controlled access to personal information, including medical data. Its design is extensible to cover various forms of personal data, customizable through third-party applications, and benefits from a multimillion-dollar investment by Harvard.

Think of Google Drive as a file system underneath Google Docs, but integrated with all the other Google services. All Google users get 5GB of storage for free. If you're a heavy Google Docs and Gmail user, Drive is probably best for you. If you use Office and Outlook, SkyDrive makes sense. Dropbox doesn't have the lock-in effects, but it also doesn't have the advantage of its own stack of applications. Then again, third-party apps that use Dropbox are great. It's up to you and your colleagues.

The recurring theme at the TedMed conference earlier this month was the application of Moore's Law to health care. As Robin Carey noted after the conference on Social Media Today, the idea that Moore's Law could be driving health care innovation "has given American medicine a sense of inevitable optimism."

Dozens of state law-enforcement agencies and universities have been flying and experimenting with drones throughout U.S. airspace, according to Freedom of Information Act requests obtained by advocacy group Electronic Frontier Foundation. The data highlights widening applications of drones in domestic skies and the growing interest in unmanned technology in research laboratories.

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