The report ranks 145 countries on their ability to close the gender gap in four fundamental areas: Read more in Agenda WeForum
economy
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Traditional work is dying.By 2040, the American economy will be “scarcely recognizable,”freelancers now make up 34%—that’s 53 million people—of the U.S. workforce, learn more in fastcompany Why Freelancers Will Change The economy By 2040 By Vivian Giang was last…
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Germany and Italy, two of the “oldest” nations in the world, after only Japan, are already where the U.S. will be in 2050: a fifth of the population in each country is age 65 or older. learn more in pewsocialtrends…
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If your business wants better interaction with its customers, wants to improve the customer’s experience with your brand, or simply wants to further open the lines of communication between your business and your customer, it’s time to invest in APIs.…
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For the first time in decades, the U.S. is no longer the largest economy in the world, and China has become number one, the International Monetary Fund says. learn more in foxnews China surpasses U.S. to become largest world economy…
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energy & eco
El Hierro, is to become the first island on Earth to be fully powered by renewable energy by Adriana Hamacher
11 July 2014Views: 2,025El Hierro has tackled the inconsistencies associated with wind power with an ingenious closed-loop wind/hydroelectric system. Excess power from the five wind turbines will be used to pump water to a reservoir in the crater of a nonactive volcano learn…
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Half of the world’s population is now under the age of 25, and 1.8 billion people are between the ages of 10 and 25. This is the largest youth generation ever to exist. Yet few well-being measures and metrics focus…
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Press reports of Texas completing new transmission lines for wind describe an energy boom with a difference—this is carbon-free wind energy. The grid operator in Texas, Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), says agreements are already done for 7,500…
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The Sharing Economy is a topic that has been garnering a lot of attention lately — from startups embracing the collaborative model to consumers embracing the age old “sharing is caring” philosophy when it comes to vacation rentals, like AirBnB,…
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talk the trends
The Top 10 Future Tech Trends From 5 Top Venture Capitalists by Robert Hof
20 February 2014Views: 1,038The only thing people in Silicon Valley like to do more than talk about the future of tech is to invent it. Tonight they settled for the second-best thing, in the form of the popular Top 10 Tech Trends dinner.…