{"id":6703,"date":"2011-05-17T16:05:34","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T21:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhgrealestateblog.com\/?p=6703"},"modified":"2024-12-30T11:12:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T16:12:50","slug":"the-report-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/the-report-53\/","title":{"rendered":"The REport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/11680-nasa-shuttle-launch-endeavour-emotions.html\">Blast off!<\/a> In what is being described as \u201cpicture perfect,\u201d NASA\u2019s Endeavor finally launched after weeks of delay.\u00a0 In the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/thetwo-way\/2011\/05\/16\/136358026\/rep-giffords-reaction-to-shuttle-launch-good-stuff\">words of<\/a> U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, whose husband is the commander, \u201cgood stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Can the roots of social media be traced back to Tupperware\u00ae?<\/p>\n<p>According to trend forecasters Reality Check Inc., the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-1385623\/Did-Tupperware-invent-social-networking-Fifties-parties-Facebook-claim-plastic-container-company.html\">1950\u2019s-era Tupperware Party<\/a>, with its gathering of like-minded friends to socialize and shop, is being compared to an early form of <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/2011-05-11\/news\/29532187_1_tupperware-party-facebook-and-twitter-containers\"> social networking<\/a> akin to the effect of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/05\/05\/business\/media\/05adco.html?_r=1&amp;ref=todayspaper\">Facebook.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">E-mail and social media applications, it seems, are now a part of many people\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2011\/05\/12\/smartphone-apps-bed\/\">morning routines.<\/a> After shutting off the alarm, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.t3.com\/news\/1-in-3-people-use-an-app-before-they-get-out-of-bed?=56475\">35 percent of Americans<\/a> surveyed said they use an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediapost.com\/publications\/?fa=Articles.showArticle&amp;art_aid=150487\">Android or iPhone application<\/a> while still under the covers, with eighteen percent logging onto Facebook.\u00a0 How quick are you to check status updates in the morning?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Once out of bed, the research firm ComScore finds <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/technology\/2011\/05\/about-1-in-5-smartphone-owners-use-check-in-services-foursquare-gowalla-facebook-places-google-place.html\">more than 17 percent of smartphone users<\/a> are posting to location-based check-in services.\u00a0 Despite the good publicity these services have enjoyed in the past year or so, this <a href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-1023_3-20062640-93.html\">research<\/a> concludes that location-based activity is still \u201cthe province of the early-adopter crowd rather than a mainstream mobile activity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A few stories that offered a potential glimpse into the high-tech future caught my attention this past week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.seattlepi.com\/transportation\/2011\/05\/12\/will-nevada-be-the-first-state-for-googles-self-driving-cars-mashable\/\">Google<\/a> is lobbying the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2011\/05\/12\/google_nevada_driverless_cars\/\">Nevada<\/a> government to make it legal for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/travel\/travelnews\/8513551\/Google-lobbying-to-legalise-self-driving-cars.html\">driverless vehicles.<\/a> The company claims that these cars &#8212; guided by a laser rangefinder, radar and camera sensors &#8212; are actually safer than those driven by humans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Another story centers on researchers in Canada who developed a prototype for a <a href=\"http:\/\/bits.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/05\/11\/next-up-in-technology-paper-computers\/\">flexible computer<\/a>.\u00a0 In other words, a device that \u201clooks and feels like a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hml.queensu.ca\/paperphone\">small sheet<\/a> of interactive paper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Robot cars and paper-thin computers\u2026who would have thought!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It\u2019s that time of year again, when television network executives make their selections for the Falls season\u2019s new shows. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748703864204576315240324571266.html\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> <\/em>reports that 500 pitches for potential television shows are brought to the table each year.\u00a0 For a look at how the \u201cUpfront\u201d process actually results in a handful of fall premiers, I found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/bastard-machine\/foxs-fall-schedule-bang-bang-188633\">this article<\/a> of great interest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/articles\/146384\/20110516\/lady-gaga-twitter-facebook-justin-bieber-fame-just-dance-poker-face-time-forbes.htm\">Lady Gaga<\/a> has broken another social media record.\u00a0 On Saturday, the songstress reached <a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/entertainment\/post\/2011\/05\/lady-gaga-racks-up-10-million-twitter-monsters\/1\">10 million followers on Twitter<\/a>, becoming the first to reach this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/faster-forward\/post\/lady-gaga-hits-10-million-twitter-followers\/2011\/05\/16\/AFl9gr4G_blog.html\">milestone.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blast off! In what is being described as \u201cpicture perfect,\u201d NASA\u2019s Endeavor finally launched after weeks of delay.\u00a0 In the words of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, whose husband is the commander, \u201cgood stuff.\u201d Can the roots of social media be traced back to Tupperware\u00ae? 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