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Collaboration is on a crash course with Social and Search. This is gonna be a wild ride: (Reuters) - Facebook and Google Inc ( GOOG.O ) are separately considering a tie-up with Skype after the web video conferencing service delayed its initial public offering, two sources with direct knowledge of the discussions told Reuters . Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has been involved in internal discussions about buying Skype, according to one of the sources. Another source said Facebook had reached out to the Luxembourg-based company about forming a joint venture. Google has also held early talks for a joint venture with Skype, the second source said.  If there was ever a time to resurrect talk about the 'semantic web', it is now. But don't look to the W3C for inspiration, they are taking too narrow a view.  Read on... While 'Big Data' has been a hot button for venture capitalists and the trade press, there have been several years of progress ...

Minority Report meets social media... 3 from B-Reel & B-Reel Films on Vimeo . The future is here for CSRs.  Interesting implications for the Citrix's, Skype's and Cisco's of the world. (@Adrian, Marco - thanks for today's innovation inspiration ;-)

Limey: a deregatory term? Not at all! According to Wikipedia (which is always right, right?)... "In 1749, the Scottish surgeon James Lind discovered that citrus foods helped prevent scurvy , a particularly deadly disease in which collagen is not properly formed, causing poor wound healing, bleeding of the gums , severe pain, and death. [ 5 ] In 1753, Lind published his Treatise on the Scurvy , which recommended using lemons and limes to avoid scurvy , which was adopted by the British Royal Navy . This led to the nickname Limey for sailors of that organization." Blimey! Speaking of which, the term 'Blimey' is a euphimism derived from the phrase 'god blind me'. More here:  http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/102137.html

One of four scenerios describing city life and transport in 2040. Megacities on the move - Renew-abad from Forum for the Future on Vimeo .