Article: Surprise! VMware will join OpenStack

Trend: cloud

Comment: collapsing standards in the orchestration space

Surprise! VMware will join OpenStack
http://gigaom.com/cloud/surprise-vmware-will-join-openstack/

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Article: PCs still slowing, and Windows 8 won't change that soon, says IDC

Trend: the rise and fall of the Redmond empire

Comment: Another nail

PCs still slowing, and Windows 8 won't change that soon, says IDC
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57499556-92/pcs-still-slowing-and-windows-8-wont-change-that-soon-says-idc/

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Article: How 3 Big Enterprises Are Building Their Own Internal iPad Apps

Trend: mobile.

Comment: now includes a reference architecture

How 3 Big Enterprises Are Building Their Own Internal iPad Apps
http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2012/08/how-3-big-enterprises-are-building-their-own-internal-ipad-apps.php

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Article: How eBay Turned Around a Dying Business

Trend: leadership

Comment: fascinating

How eBay Turned Around a Dying Business
http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/08/how-ebay-turned-around-a-dying-business-secret-word-mobile.php

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Article: How Microsoft and Netflix Lost their Way

Trend: leadership

Comment: fascinating article 

How Microsoft and Netflix Lost their Way
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/08/how_microsoft_and_netflix_lost.html?awid=4775443664590003224-3271

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Article: Social media & social change

Trend: social

Comment: social change and an infographic!

Social media & social change
http://holykaw.alltop.com/social-media-social-change-infographic?tu3=1

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Article: Amazon Glacier: Archival Storage for One Penny Per GB Per Month

Trend: cloud 

Comment: archival storage for a penny.  Omg.

Amazon Glacier: Archival Storage for One Penny Per GB Per Month
http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2012/08/amazon-glacier-offsite-archival-storage-for-one-penny-per-gb-per-month.html

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Article: We dare you to take a real vacation

Trend: the changing nature of work 

Comment: kettle, pot.... Pot, kettle.

We dare you to take a real vacation
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/21/travel/true-vacation/index.html

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Article: Media Companies, Seeing Profit Slip, Push Into Education

Trend: changing media content distribution models

Comment: from films and magazines and onto textbooks... 

Media Companies, Seeing Profit Slip, Push Into Education
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/technology/discovery-invests-in-digital-textbooks-in-hopes-of-growth.html

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Article: Oracle Makes More Moves To Kill Open Source MySQL

Trend: open source wars

Comment: brutal

Oracle Makes More Moves To Kill Open Source MySQL
http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/18/oracle-makes-more-moves-to-kill-open-source-mysql/

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Article: Google’s Dremel Makes Big Data Look Small

Trend: big data 

Comment: the future of 

Google's Dremel Makes Big Data Look Small
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/08/google-dremel-versus-hadoop/

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Article: Employee Retention Alert: 5 Facts To Know About Your Millennials

Trend: the changing nature of work

Comment: outnumbered by millennials!

Employee Retention Alert: 5 Facts To Know About Your Millennials
http://www.causecast.com/blog/bid/147887/Employee-Retention-Alert-5-Facts-To-Know-About-Your-Millennials

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Article: An Unexpected Encounter

Trend: cool

Comment: uhm, I invented the computer

An Unexpected Encounter
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/08/11/An-Unexpected-Encounter/

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Article: How Does Enterprise Solve “The Dropbox Problem” ShareFile Provider Citrix Speaks

Trend: cloud

Comment: what to do about file sharing 

How Does Enterprise Solve "The Dropbox Problem" ShareFile Provider Citrix Speaks
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2012/08/07/how-does-enterprise-solve-the-dropbox-problem-sharefile-provider-citrix-speaks/

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Article: Why Google's Nexus 7 And Microsoft's Surface Tablets Will Beat The iPad

Trend: tablet wars

Comment: oh my

Why Google's Nexus 7 And Microsoft's Surface Tablets Will Beat The iPad
http://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2012/08/08/why-googles-nexus-7-and-microsofts-surface-tablets-will-beat-the-ipad/

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Article: Report says iPad users are more affluent than Kindle folk

Trend: tablet wars

Comment: iPad owners loaded, now with more infographics!

Report says iPad users are more affluent than Kindle folk
http://www.geekwire.com/2012/comscore-study-shows-ipad-users-affluent-kindle-users/

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Article: IDC: Android and iOS now power record 85% of all smartphones shipped, as RIM hits 3-year low

Trend: mobile wars

Comment: the rise of android

IDC: Android and iOS now power record 85% of all smartphones shipped, as RIM hits 3-year low
http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2012/08/08/idc-android-and-ios-now-power-record-85-of-all-smartphones-shipped-as-rim-hits-3-year-low/

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Article: Here’s how Simple took a crappy situation and turned me into a life-long customer

Trend: pay models

Comment: the completely online bank.

Here's how Simple took a crappy situation and turned me into a life-long customer
http://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2012/08/06/heres-how-simple-took-a-crappy-situation-and-turned-me-into-a-life-long-customer/

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Article: An investment fund that makes trades based on superstitious beliefs

Trend: ai

Comment: creating an ai that has a rabbits foot.

An investment fund that makes trades based on superstitious beliefs
http://boingboing.net/2012/07/29/an-investment-fund-that-makes.html

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