Author : Ted A. Henken
Publisher :
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 49,50 MB
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 9781683402022
"This volume argues that recent technological developments are reconfiguring the cultural, economic, social, and political spheres of Cuba's Revolutionary project in unprecedented ways"--
Author : MAX EDITORIAL
Publisher : Max Editorial
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 18,94 MB
Release : 2024-07-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1779718349
William Henry Gates III, nacido en Seattle en 1955, demostró desde temprana edad una aptitud excepcional para la tecnología. A los 13 años ya programaba ordenadores y, junto a su amigo de la infancia Paul Allen, fundó Traf-O-Data , su primera empresa. Esta primera experiencia encendió la pasión de Gates por la informática y sentó las bases de lo que se convertiría en Microsoft. En 1975, Gates y Allen fundaron Microsoft, con el objetivo de democratizar el acceso a los ordenadores personales. El sistema operativo MS-DOS de la empresa revolucionó la industria y se convirtió en el estándar para la mayoría de las PC. Bajo el liderazgo visionario de Gates, Microsoft lanzó productos innovadores como Windows, Office e Internet Explorer , dando forma a la forma en que el mundo interactúa con la tecnología. Con el éxito de Microsoft, Gates y su esposa Melinda dedicaron gran parte de su fortuna a la filantropía, a través de la Fundación Bill y Melinda Gates. La fundación se centra en cuestiones globales como la pobreza, la salud y la educación, utilizando el poder de la tecnología para promover el desarrollo humano. Gates también defiende la idea de un "capitalismo con propósito", donde las empresas asumen la responsabilidad de resolver problemas sociales y medioambientales. Descubra mucho más...
Author : Klaus Schwab
Publisher : Crown Currency
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 22,15 MB
Release : 2017-01-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1524758876
World-renowned economist Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, explains that we have an opportunity to shape the fourth industrial revolution, which will fundamentally alter how we live and work. Schwab argues that this revolution is different in scale, scope and complexity from any that have come before. Characterized by a range of new technologies that are fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds, the developments are affecting all disciplines, economies, industries and governments, and even challenging ideas about what it means to be human. Artificial intelligence is already all around us, from supercomputers, drones and virtual assistants to 3D printing, DNA sequencing, smart thermostats, wearable sensors and microchips smaller than a grain of sand. But this is just the beginning: nanomaterials 200 times stronger than steel and a million times thinner than a strand of hair and the first transplant of a 3D printed liver are already in development. Imagine “smart factories” in which global systems of manufacturing are coordinated virtually, or implantable mobile phones made of biosynthetic materials. The fourth industrial revolution, says Schwab, is more significant, and its ramifications more profound, than in any prior period of human history. He outlines the key technologies driving this revolution and discusses the major impacts expected on government, business, civil society and individuals. Schwab also offers bold ideas on how to harness these changes and shape a better future—one in which technology empowers people rather than replaces them; progress serves society rather than disrupts it; and in which innovators respect moral and ethical boundaries rather than cross them. We all have the opportunity to contribute to developing new frameworks that advance progress.
Author : Robert Campbell
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 40,44 MB
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1780633092
Academic and professional publishing represents a diverse communications industry rooted in the scholarly ecosystem, peer review, and added value products and services. Publishers in this field play a critical and trusted role, registering, certifying, disseminating and preserving knowledge across scientific, technical and medical (STM), humanities and social science disciplines. Academic and Professional Publishing draws together expert publishing professionals, to provide comprehensive insight into the key developments in the industry and the innovative and multi-disciplinary approaches being applied to meet novel challenges.This book consists of 20 chapters covering what publishers do, how they work to add value and what the future may bring. Topics include: peer-review; the scholarly ecosystem; the digital revolution; publishing and communication strategies; business models and finances; editorial and production workflows; electronic publishing standards; citation and bibliometrics; user experience; sales, licensing and marketing; the evolving role of libraries; ethics and integrity; legal and copyright aspects; relationship management; the future of journal publishing; the impact of external forces; career development; and trust in academic and professional publishing.This book presents a comprehensive review of the integrated approach publishers take to support and improve communications within academic and professional publishing. - Brings together expert publishing professionals to provide an authoritative insight into industry developments - Details the challenges publishers face and the leading-edge processes and procedures used to meet them - Discusses the range of new communication channels and business models that suit the wide variety of subject areas publishers work in
Author : Jonathan McMillan
Publisher : Zero/One Economics Gmbh
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 35,57 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Banks and banking
ISBN : 9783952438503
In this thought-provoking book, Jonathan McMillan dissects banking to reveal its inner workings. He cuts through the complexity of modern finance and explains how banking almost crashed our financial system. Banking is broken, and McMillan reveals why we can no longer fix it. The digital revolution turns out to be the game changer that calls for the end of banking. But McMillan refrains from merely pointing out flaws. Building on economic research and a rigorous analytical approach, he goes on to provide an innovative blueprint for a modern financial system. The End of Banking transforms our understanding of the financial system. It identifies the root cause of today's problems with banking and presents a solution that stands out against existing reform proposals.
Author : John B. Thompson
Publisher : Polity
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 32,73 MB
Release : 2005-03-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0745634788
The book publishing industry is going through a period of profound and turbulent change brought about in part by the digital revolution. What is the role of the book in an age preoccupied with computers and the internet? How has the book publishing industry been transformed by the economic and technological upheavals of recent years, and how is it likely to change in the future? This is the first major study of the book publishing industry in Britain and the United States for more than two decades. Thompson focuses on academic and higher education publishing and analyses the evolution of these sectors from 1980 to the present. He shows that each sector is characterized by its own distinctive ‘logic’ or dynamic of change, and that by reconstructing this logic we can understand the problems, challenges and opportunities faced by publishing firms today. He also shows that the digital revolution has had, and continues to have, a profound impact on the book publishing business, although the real impact of this revolution has little to do with the ebook scenarios imagined by many commentators. Books in the Digital Age will become a standard work on the publishing industry at the beginning of the 21st century. It will be of great interest to students taking courses in the sociology of culture, media and cultural studies, and publishing. It will also be of great value to professionals in the publishing industry, educators and policy makers, and to anyone interested in books and their future.
Author : Benjamin Roseth
Publisher : Inter-American Development Bank
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 42,19 MB
Release : 2018-06-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 159782335X
This book is about the smallest unit of public policy: the government transaction. Government transactionsrequesting a birth certificate, registering a property, or opening a business, for exampleare the way that citizens and companies connect with the government. Efficient transactions enhance the business climate, citizen perception of government, and access to crucial public programs and services. In Latin America and the Caribbean, however, government transactions are often headaches. Public institutions rarely coordinate with each other, still rely on paper, and are more concerned about fulfilling bureaucratic requirements than meeting citizens needs. Wait No More empirically confirms a reality known anecdotally but previously unquantified and offers a path to escape the bureaucratic maze.
Author : Ted A. Henken
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 36,97 MB
Release : 2022-09-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1683403657
A wide-ranging examination of the ways digital technologies are impacting Cuba’s Revolutionary project The triumph of the Cuban Revolution gave the Communist Party a monopoly over both politics and the mass media. However, with the subsequent global proliferation of new information and communication technologies, Cuban citizens have become active participants in the worldwide digital revolution. While the Cuban internet has long been characterized by censorship, high costs, slow speeds, and limited access, this volume argues that since 2013, technological developments have allowed for a fundamental reconfiguration of the cultural, economic, social, and political spheres of the Revolutionary project. The essays in this volume cover various transformations within this new digital revolution, examining both government-enabled paid public web access and creative workarounds that Cubans have designed to independently produce, distribute, and access digital content. Contributors trace how media ventures, entrepreneurship, online marketing, journalism, and cultural e-zines have been developing on the island alongside global technological and geopolitical changes. As Cuba continues to expand internet access and as citizens challenge state policies on the speed, breadth, and freedom of that access, Cuba’s Digital Revolution provides a fascinating example of the impact of technology in authoritarian states and transitional democracies. While the streets of Cuba may still belong to Castro’s Revolution, this volume argues that it is still unclear to whom Cuban cyberspace belongs. Contributors: Larry Press | Edel Lima Sarmiento | Olga Khrustaleva | Alexei Padilla Herrera | Eloy Viera Cañive | Marie Laure Geoffray | Ted A. Henken | Sara Garcia Santamaria | Anne Natvig | Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Arechavaleta | Mireya Márquez-Ramírez, Ph.D.| Abel Somohano Fernández | Rebecca Ogden | Jennifer Cearns | Walfrido Dorta | Paloma Duong A volume in the series Reframing Media, Technology, and Culture in Latin/o America, edited by Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste and Juan Carlos Rodríguez Publication of the paperback edition made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Author : Lamelo Varela, Carles
Publisher : Editorial UOC
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 23,86 MB
Release : 2016-12-04
Category : Computers
ISBN : 8491163700
La forma de consumir televisión está cambiando a gran velocidad. Las narrativas transmedia, el consumo en dispositivos móviles, la gamificación, las llamadas «segundas pantallas», la implicación con redes 2.0 y la audiencia social representan un reto, pero también ofrecen enormes posibilidades para los creadores de contenidos audiovisuales. El concepto de televisión basada en el broadcasting cede su protagonismo a los contenidos con implicación en social media y concepción transmedia. Este libro nos acerca a las nuevas rutinas productivas y al diseño de estrategias acordes con este nuevo paradigma comunicativo, y lo hace combinando los referentes académicos con aportaciones directas de la industria de la comunicación y el análisis de casos de éxito para ofrecer a los lectores la posibilidad de comprender en qué medida está cambiando el audiovisual, los espectadores y las dinámicas sociales en torno a la televisión.
Author : Scott Ligon
Publisher : Watson-Guptill
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 28,78 MB
Release : 2011-07-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 0823008339
There’s no question that applications like Photoshop have changed the art world forever. Master digital artists already use these tools to create masterpieces that stretch the limits of the imagination—but you don’t have to be a master to create your own digital art. Whether you’re a beginner who’s never picked up a pen or paintbrush, or a traditional artist who wants to explore everything a digital canvas might inspire, digital artist and arts educator Scott Ligon guides you and inspires you with clear instructions and exercises that explore all the visual and technical possibilities. Featuring the work of 40 of the finest digital artists working today, Digital Art Revolution is your primary resource for creating amazing artwork using your computer.
