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"Every business needs to "go digital." Data about customers, competitors, suppliers, and employees are exploding. Ninety percent of all data were created in the past two years. By 2016, there will be 3 billion Internet users globally, and the Internet economy will reach $4.2 trillion in the G-20 nations."

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 

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. 

In working across the globe and working with multiple carriers deploying new, more robust broadband networks, Strategic Networks Group consistently comes up against the notion that once the network is built, adoption will naturally follow.  "Build it and they will come" is a school of thought that expresses the great hope that potential subscribers will naturally adopt, however this notion goes against what we have always known about technology adoption. Meanwhile, broadband is broadband for many consumers and businesses - who do not see the difference, nor what is possible with ultra-fast broadband (e.g. fiber / Fiber-to-the-Home). On the other hand, organizations like US Ignite are forming to promote "Next generation Applications," specifically new applications in education, healthcare, clean energy, public safety, and workforce development, including advanced manufacturing. These require the ultra-fast broadband connectivity which the networks being rolled out today will provide. And before we get to "Next generation applications," consider the bandwidth required to support online collaboration so critical to being competitive in a 21st century economy.

"Longtemps en avance dans le secteur des télécommunications, la France est aujourd'hui en retrait dans le domaine du numérique. Ce rapport de Terra Nova, présenté aujourd'hui dans Les Echos et préfacé par Jacques Attali, appelle à définir une véritable stratégie de développement du numérique à l'échelle nationale. Il décline plusieurs propositions pour mettre à profit les perspectives économiques offertes par cet outil, renforcer à travers lui les solidarités et valeurs collectives, préserver l'intérêt général par la régulation."

"Pour en connaître davantage sur l'univers du NET et dynamiser vos outils de communication WEB. Lors de l'activité, en plus de pouvoir mieux connaître et échanger avec nos 33 experts locaux présents dans des kiosques, vous recevrez de l'information utile qui vous aidera à mieux adapter votre environnement d'affaires au monde du NET. Présentés par des spécialistes utilisant un langage clair, six (6) ateliers traitant de sujets variés et actuels vous seront offerts lors de la première édition de ce Rendez-vous du Web."

"Calories, tension, sommeil, productivité… Collecter ses données personnelles, les analyser et les partager fait désormais partie des nouveaux usages. Retour sur le « Qualified Self », porte ouverte à une meilleure gestion de son corps… et à un nouveau business. "

For the past few decades, hopeful automobile owners made decisions based on gas mileage, vehicle size and leather interior. Now, a projected 62,400 Americans will choose to purchase an electric vehicle in 2012. The cheapest highway-legal EV starts around $30,000 for the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, but competitors such as Ford, Chevrolet and Nissan are all vying for a higher range and lower cost.

"Google's long-running fight to digitize the world's written works has closed two more chapters, but the story hasn't quite reached the end. Despite stakes that include millions of dollars of ad revenue for Google versus the potential loss of revenue and royalties for publishers and authors, however, the epic saga's climax is turning out to be surprisingly muted. There are three parts to this story so far, with Google Books the protagonist (or antagonist, depending on your point of view) at the center of all of them. Following two separate court decisions this week and last, two of those parts are now concluded, leaving only one more thread of the tale to wrap up."

While there are more than 7,000 business incubators around the world, very few focus specifically on education technology. In fact, only in the past few years has there been major growth in the number of these highly-focused incubators. Part of this increased attention is an outgrowth of a mission to genuinely help education. Yet these kinds of incubators are also thriving simply because edtech is a solid investment, as the education technology market is poised to grow by leaps and bounds in the coming years. A handful of successful startups have already come out of these edtech incubators, but as the number and variety of these incubators grows worldwide, the ranks of edtech superstars likely will, too, which could have major ramifications for the future of education. Here, we highlight just a few of the edtech incubators that are making waves in the world today, a list that's sure to grow rapidly over the next decade.

"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 ?"

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In my latest book, Foresight 20/20: A Futurist Explores the Trends Transforming Tomorrow, I devote an entire chapter to how 3D printing will transform not only the manufacturing sector but everyday life.

'édition des Tendances des réformes dans les télécommunications de cette année contient dix chapitres qui portent sur différentes questions juridiques et réglementaires qui apparaissent avec la généralisation du large bande et le développement de l'économie numérique: 

"he international 'digital divide' is closing as a steady fall in worldwide costs of telephone and broadband Internet services has enabled a number of developing countries to expand their access to information and communication technology (ICT), the United Nations telecoms agency says in a report released today. Measuring the Information Society 2012, produced by the UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU), says that developing countries now account for the "lion's share" of market growth in the mobile sector, according to an ITU press release detailing the report. The report also shows that the ICT sector has not only become a major contributor to economic growth, but is especially so in developing countries, where global exports of ICT goods accounted for 20 per cent of their merchandise trade in 2010, compared to 12 per cent world wide. "While prices in developed economies have stabilized, those in developing countries continue to fall at double-digit rates," ITU stated in a news release on the report. But, ITU said, the digital divide - generally defined as the difference in levels of ICT access between developed and developing countries - remains significant."

The aim of the report is to promote the sharing of best practices adopted by PPP broadband projects, whether they have been used to provide broadband access nationally, regionally, or in rural areas. The purpose of the document is not to focus on the approach followed by any single PPP broadband project, or to promote any one project, but to provide an overall view of the best practices implemented among all the projects. These best practices have been identified as beneficial for future PPP broadband projects, and which, if followed, should deliver successful outcomes.

In a little over 20 years, the use of the Internet has become ubiquitous. Access to the Internet at increasingly higher connection speeds, is assuming a key role in guaranteeing both economic prosperity as well as social cohesion. The European Commission ("EC") has therefore set out an ambitious programme for increasing the accessibility of Internet provision in Europe under its Next Generation Access ("NGA"), a programme with ambitious roll-out targets that include improving download speeds so that all EU citizens will have Internet access at 30 Megabits per second ("Mbps") by the year 2020 and that 50% of households will have the ability to access the Internet at speeds of 100 Mbps or more. NGA will be key to the development of a European economy that is smart, sustainable and inclusive

"Speed, instant gratification, accessibility - these are a few of the appealing hallmarks of digital technology. It's no coincidence that we love our smart wireless devices: Humans are a notoriously impatient species, born with a preference for immediate rewards."

The eight articles that the New York Times published this week in a special Science series on health information technology called "The Digital Doctor" covered everything from advances in imaging technology to the psychological impacts of a wired society. The articles are well worth a read. One story, on the "ups and downs" of electronic health records (EHRs), examined doctors' and nurses' experiences as EHRs become more wide-spread because of the U.S. government's multi-billion dollar EHR adoption incentive program. What I found interesting in the Times story was the admission by some of the fiercest advocates for EHRs, like Dr. David Brailer, the first national coordinator for health information technology, that, "The current information tools are still difficult to set up. They are hard to use. They fit only parts of what doctors do, and not the rest."

"Le laboratoire mobile de BMW a fait étape à Berlin et a mis au point une carte des rues que les personnes à vélo peuvent enrichir en indiquant la praticabilité et l'accès aux commerces des rues qu'ils parcourent."