The Future: Less Work, More Robots?

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A recent article in the Washington Post by technology entrepreneur, Vivek Wadhwa says that, “the future will allow the human race to live longer and healthier and that robots will drive our cars, manufacture our goods and do our chores.”

In the not so distant past this type of talk was considered science fiction.

However, this really got me thinking. Google is already well past the conceptual stage with their “self-driving cars,” Amazon.com is experimenting with Drones to deliver our goods and Apple just hired some 10,000 robots to build the next iPhone. You can get almost anything delivered to your home including groceries and laundry pickup and delivery that has been available for years.

In the broadcasting business we have watched the paradigm shift of fewer people because of more technology.

What does all of this mean?

It will be up to us to work harder by educating ourselves to learn how to keep up with the technology and be more creative using it. So the future may not mean the end of hard work, we may just spend less time working because being creative isn’t necessarily as time consuming as 40-50 hour workweeks with robots doing the heavy lifting.

What do you think?

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 ─Jeff Wald, Mobile Generated News®, Los Angeles

No Lines for Amazon Fire Smartphone, Lukewarm Reviews and a Disappointing Quarter for the Company

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The Amazon Fire Smartphone goes on sale today and, of course, the sales figures will not be in for awhile. What is in are the reviews of the device and although most reviewers applaud some of the innovations, the phone may be a dud.

Adding to Amazon’s problems is a second-quarter loss wider than even the direst expectations, as the company suffers from ambitious introductions of new products and services.

Back to the Fire Phone… the phone gets very hot. That’s not why they called it the Fire but the name fits! These other negatives outweigh the ambitious design: High price, average performance (the processor struggles to keep up) and shorter battery life than expected. The major negative? The Fire uses a version of Android designed to block the “Google Play” App Store. Given the limited offerings from the Amazon App Store, this may turn off many potential buyers. Without having the eco system of Apple and mainstream Android, this phone may be a huge disappointment.

For many of these reasons Mobile Generated News® decided to design our App for the Apple iOS first because of Apple’s high standards, consistency and continuity.

Given it’s limitations, would you buy an Amazon Fire Smartphone?

At Mobile Generated News® we always want you to be informed of the latest technology, and want news consumers to be able to interact with local media for free. We believe that contributing to the news cycle is essential to our democracy. Most often, viewers do not get to control what they see on the news. Now, the MoGN App enables news enthusiasts to have a say in the content they see on their televisions, web sites and newspapers. We are trying to enhance the human experience when it comes to news. Download the Mobile Generated News App and become a Citizen Journalist! If you are out and about and see news, weather or sports happening, send in your Breaking News. If you have a story or opinion that’s worth sharing, record it and send it in as well!

Search for Mobile Generated News in the Apple App Store. And, you will see all of our related affiliate Apps.

The Univision-Mobile Generated News Apps were just released. In addition, you will find the Mobile Generated News App for Nationwide coverage; Entravision-Mobile Generated News App and Serestar-Mobile Generated News App.

All of the MoGN Apps are currently available in English and Spanish.

And, stay tuned for new affiliates joining the Mobile Generated News® Network team. Start contributing today!

Remember, if it is newsworthy, we will post it nationwide and you will see it on the MoGN "Newsfeed" distributed to Broadcast Stations, Newspapers, Web Sites and news organizations across the United States and soon around the World.

Mobile Generated News®. Empowering the NEXT generation.

─Jeff Wald, Mobile Generated News®, Los Angeles

Hello Amazon? Why a New Smartphone?

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So Amazon has joined the Smartphone wars.  Introduced today in Seattle, The fire PHONE.  It has a 4.7 inch screen, LCD HD display, claims to have a brighter screen that is better outdoors and a Quad-core 2.2GHz processor. Amazon also says it has a 13MP camera with image stabilization.

It also has a feature called Firefly.  Firefly uses the camera to recognize books, DVDs, phone numbers, QR Codes, CDs, URLs, games and bar codes.  It recognizes over a hundred million items and finds them in its database. 

So what’s the big deal that could make this phone a stand out game changer? 

Dynamic Perspective.  It gives the display a 3-D look, so as you move the phone, the picture on the display moves with you much like the moving animated backgrounds work on the iPhone 5s.  Dynamic Perspective works on photos, maps, the web browser and e-books.  The fire PHONE uses 4 additional cameras with infrared capability to guide the Dynamic Perspective screen orientation.

But even with all of these creative new features, will consumers find practical uses for them? And, can Amazon compete in the App arena given Apple’s huge inventory of available Apps?

The fire PHONE looks very cool.  Now we’ll need to hear from the tech geeks as to whether they are impressed to make this new Amazon product a contender.

Is it an iPhone killer?

Let us know what you think.  If you have an opinion worth sharing, you can do so through the Mobile Generated News App.

At Mobile Generated News®, we want news consumers to be able to interact with local media for free. We believe that contributing to the news cycle is essential to our democracy. Most often, viewers do not get to control what they see on the news. Now, the MoGN App enables news enthusiasts to have a say in the content they see on their televisions, web sites and newspapers. We are trying to enhance the human experience when it comes to news. Download the Mobile Generated News App and become a Citizen Journalist!  If you are out and about and see news, weather or sports happening, send in your Breaking News. If you have a story or opinion that’s worth sharing, record it and send it in as well!

Search for Mobile Generated News in the Apple App Store. And, you will see all of our related affiliate Apps.

The Univision-Mobile Generated News Apps were just released.  In addition, you will find the Mobile Generated News App for Nationwide coverage; Entravision-Mobile Generated News App and Serestar-Mobile Generated News App.

All of the MoGN Apps are currently available in English and Spanish with French language coming soon!

And, stay tuned for new affiliates joining the Mobile Generated News® Network team in 2014. Start contributing today!

Remember, if it is newsworthy, we will post it nationwide and you will see it on the MoGN "Newsfeed" distributed to Broadcast Stations, Newspapers, Web Sites and news organizations across the United States and soon around the World.

Mobile Generated News®. Empowering the NEXT generation.

─Jeff Wald, Mobile Generated News®, Los Angeles

Amazon plans to have your package at your door before you click “buy”

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Amazon wants to ship your next package before you decide you want it and the company believes it knows what you want.

In December, Amazon gained a patent for “anticipatory shipping.” Essentially, the plan aims to cut delivery time by shipping packages to distribution centers or keeping them on trucks close to a recipient’s address. The company will use analytics to figure out what products will be popular in specific regions. Those analytics include previous orders, product searches, wish lists, shopping-cart contents, returns, and even how long an Internet user's cursor hovers over an item.

Amazon said the new shipping method could work well in instances of book releases or products that customers will want on the day that they are released. This patent comes after an announcement from Amazon that the R&D team has been looing into the prospect of having a package in the hands of a customer in less than 30 minutes thanks to an unmanned aerial vehicle.

The latest news from Amazon further illustrates a trend of a company’s necessity to service its customer before the customer even knows what he wants. At Mobile Generated News®, we try to teach a news viewer how contributing to the news cycle is certainly a positive.  Most often, viewers do not get to control what they see on the news.  Now, the MoGN App enables news enthusiasts to have a say in the content they see on their televisions, web sites and newspapers. We are trying to enhance the human experience when it comes to news.  Download the Mobile Generated News App and become a Citizen Journalist!  If you are out and about and see news happening, send in your Breaking News.  If you have a story or opinion that’s worth sharing, record it and send it in as well! 

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And, stay tuned for new affiliates joining the Mobile Generated News® Network team in 2014.   

Remember, if it is newsworthy, we will post it nationwide and you will see it on the MoGN "Newsfeed" distributed to Broadcast Stations, Newspapers, Web Sites and news organizations across the United States and soon around the World.

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─Andrew Kallick, Mobile Generated News®, Los Angeles

Are you a Cyber Monday Shopper?

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Retailers are counting on today (& many tomorrow) to boost their sales online.   News reports say that sales are up from last year because of the convenience and people wanting to avoid the crowds.  Amazon.com and Ebay are seeing very high traffic levels today.

In my own non-scientific survey, there are some great deals out there.  If you want an Android tablet I’ve seen them for as low as $59.  But beware!  These cut rate tablets have very limited features.  Many of them have only 4GB of storage which is considerably less than even a minimum 8GB smartphone.  You will wind up buying extra storage - if the Tablet has a USB port.  If all you care about is checking your email, surfing the web, using Skype, playing games and you have a Wi-Fi connection, they are a bargain.

The biggest selling items so far seem to be HDTV’s with a 60-inch Vizio priced at $898.  A smaller 39” LG HDTV is available from NewEgg for under $300.

There are also great deals on Smartphones from AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint.  All seem to be Android models such as the Samsung Galaxy Note II and 3 along with the HTC One.  Sorry, no iPhone deals that I’ve found.

For Gaming, Microsoft’s X-Box One’s One-dayBundle is still available with about $50 off the retail of this pricey console or about $700.

So don’t delay if you’ve got a Christmas List to fill.  And during your online experience today, download the Mobile Generated News® Apps and upload your story about your Cyber Monday deal of the day or any other newsworthy subject.

─Jeff Wald, Executive Director, Mobile Generated News®, Los Angeles

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