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Recently watched the documentary film ''The Great Hack'' which was pretty good I think as it raises important questions about the endless personal data we provide online as individuals and internet users of web platforms and consumers-contributors of social media. Questions about who owns our personal data, who has access to these data, how third parties exploit our online data in order to benefit economically, create political campaigns and target people strategically.  I believe that the film spurs an ongoing conversation for the hot topic about US elections-facebook-Cambridge Analytica-Russia but at the same time it can also manipulate your view to look through the lense and the filters of the film in order to agree with the narrators.  -Stathis Kassios

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- Wearable technology (like Google Glass) merging with more fashion companies to go mainstream for consumer brands. - Smart machines will proliferate (like IBM Watson).  - Internet of everything (IoE). Expect internet to conquer everything, cars, housing devices, plant watering systems and not just your laptop. - Apps make the world go round! Millions of applications easily searchable hitting your screens every day. The long tail of mobile apps and free competition will decide on who monetizes or not the idea behind the application. Tailored apps for all needs and human desires will be filling Apple Store and Google Play. - 3D Printers will turn entire industries upside - down and will disrupt all current lines of manufacturing, production, logistics, etc. Companies can benefit from cost efficient prototyping through 3D printing. - Crowdfunding. Take the story of Pebble Smartwatch which was backed by 85,000+ people through Kickstarter:  https://getpeb...

More & more companies around the world (small, medium, big) will be moving to public clouds (social media) to embrace new marketing tactics, expand their customer base, save money on huge budget marketing campaigns. Various organizations will have to deal with preserving, supporting & maintaining their Big Data in Clouds. Big data, as the innovative bridge empowering the connection between businesses & their customers. Current social media firms, will focus on mobility. They will spend resources trying to generate additional sources of revenues through mobile ads. Monetizing mobility, as the big bet. More people will be going online via mobile or portable devices than their desktops. Patent wars (Apple vs Samsung), will probably continue in 2013 among tech giants, settling lawsuits, chasing after media exposure, increasing industry fragmentation. Patent wars exhaust rivals, add market share & value to the winner. Visual platforms like Instagram, Flickr, Pinterest...

In our times, there has been a mass production of global products and services. Some economists prefer the terms, product goods & services goods. The first industrial revolution and the second industrial revolution, focused on mass manufacturing and developing the aforementioned. The third industrial revolution, taking place in the 21st century, is all about integration of products & services. We have big data, digital manufacturing (take 3D printers for example), adaptive services. These three, are technological ''enablers'', offering customization of the services and goods that are being offered to us thus affecting global supply & demand chain management. Producing goods and services at this point becomes indistinguishable. The outcome of the third industrial revolution, generates great economic advantages to the industrialized countries, where the consuming customers are at the same time co-producers. Old business models are being replaced by rapid,...