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What happens when Microsoft imagines the future? An impressive video showing how trends, customer challenges and emerging technologies might converge to improve everyone's life. This video, produced by Microsoft Office Labs and called "2019", was presented at the Wharton Business Technology Conference by Microsoft’s Business Division president Stephen Elop. If you are interested on the subject, you can take a peek on more detailed videos for different activities at the Office Labs website.

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Who better than the CEO of Odeo (Twitter creators) to explain the cause for the growth of Twitter:

Amen.

The people at pinchmedia has done a terrific job of compiling Apple App Store statistics. The following presentation has a lot of useful insights for all involved in building iPhone apps:

After Gapminder (back in 2006), I've just found UUworld, a free tool for Mac (Pro costs $49):

UUorld (pronounced "world") provides an immersive mapping environment, high-quality data, and critical analysis tools. Great explanations are unfortunately scarce, but UUorld makes them easier to achieve through interactive four-dimensional maps

Very interesting for social, geographic and demographic studies.