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S Trend Briefing covering "10 Crucial Consumer Trends for 2013"

S Trend Briefing covering "10 Crucial Consumer Trends for 2013"
The INTERNET OF CARING THINGS means connected objects that serve consumers' most important needs: physical and mental wellbeing, safety, security, oversight of loved ones, and more. You're probably already familiar with the innovations that have blazed an early CARING trail. The Nest smart thermostat*, NIKE fuelband and Fitbit, for example. But now, as consumer demand and technological capacity converge, the INTERNET OF CARING THINGS will evolve in exciting new directions. Check out the examples below – divided into five categories of CARING – for a glimpse of these... * Indeed, just after we first wrote about the INTERNET OF CARING THINGS in December 2013, Google placed a USD 3.2 billion bet on it with their purchase of Nest Labs.

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10 Simple Steps To Increase Your Digital Influence What if you could shortcut the time it takes to be known as a thought leader or an expert or get elected to a position of authority and power or chosen for that important job that you want so desperately. Just imagine when you wrote a book that it immediately sold in the thousands and maybe even appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list. Social media is sometimes viewed as just another way of communicating… and yes it is… but it is so much more than that if start to scratch its surface and dive in and start to leverage its power to spread your content globally and amplify the results.

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How Technology is Changing Marketing November 26 2012 223 Flares Twitter 170 Facebook 17 Google+ 11 LinkedIn 24 inShare24 Buffer 1 223 Shares × Public relations and marketing are no longer about Media Advisories and Press Releases. Yes, it’s still a large part of what communicators do (no matter what you call that news release). But marketing today is more about keeping up with the times.

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20 Tech Trends That Will Define 2013, Selected By Frog Yes, it’s already that transitional time when our current year ends and another begins, and today and tomorrow are quickly changing hands. Rather than look back at significant trends of the past 366 days (2012 was a leap year, remember?), we asked a wide variety of technologists, designers, and strategists across Frog’s studios around the world to take a look to the future. The near future, that is. “Near” in that 2013 is not only upon us, but also “near” in that these technologies are highly feasible, commercially viable, and are bubbling up to the surface of the global zeitgeist. We believe you’ll be hearing a lot more about these trends within the next 12 months, and possibly be experiencing them in some form, too.

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