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How to predict the future

Martin Raymond: “Everybody misunderstands futurology. It isn’t about predicting as such, it’s more about analysis of data”
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More at BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15483792

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Traffic woes call for better analytics

Some 8,042 drivers and public transport users in 20 cities were surveyed this year, the fourth time the commuter pain index has been compiled. Five of the cities–Bangalore, Beijing, New Delhi, Shenzhen and Singapore–are from Asia.
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More at ZDNet
http://www.zdnetasia.com/traffic-woes-call-for-better-analytics-62301984.htm

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Only about half of smartphone owners use phone’s GPS for directions

That’s according to new research from the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Only about 35% of U.S. mobile phones are smartphones, and the survey found that overall, just 28% of U.S. adults actively take advantage of location-enabled services on their phones.
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More at CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/09/07/location.services.gahran/

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New System Measures Border Crossing Times

The Texas Transportation Institute’s Center for International Intelligent Transportation Research has just completed a project that electronically measures the crossing time for commercial vehicles at the border.
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More at KFOX14
http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/29086829/detail.html

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How mobile devices are changing community information environments [Pew]

A new report from the Pew Internet Project examines the use of mobile information resources and the utilization by age groups.

View report at:
http://pewinternet.org/~/media/Files/Reports/2011/PIP-Local%20mobile%20survey.pdf

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Where Can I go Via Public Transit

Mapnificent shows you areas you can reach with public transport in a given time.  The application, developed by Stefan Wehrmeyer provides a mashup of transit data and mapping to provide users with a useful tool and mobility coverage map, for a number of cities in the United States.

Mapnificent from Stefan Wehrmeyer on Vimeo.

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