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Newspapers cease to exist. One of the effects of social media, mobile phone apps and the pervasive internet is the end of newspapers by 2020 as futurist Ross Dawson has predicted.
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The fall and rise of social media. Like many innovations social media was greatly hyped and now we’re seeing the backlash of it being oversold. Over the rest of the decade organisations are going to figure out how to use social media services effectively and profitably without hype.
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Reinventing entertainment. Apps and connected machines are going to change consumer behaviour and nowhere is this more notable in the entertainment industries which are being revolutionised by tools like Google Glasses and social media.
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The fight for control of the mobile payments system. An upshot of the app economy is the question of who processes, and makes money, from online payments. The battle between banks, credit card companies, telcos and software companies is going to be a major business story of the decade.
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Mobile apps redefining service industries. The mobile phone app is currently booming but the real effects of these mobile services will be felt on industries as diverse as the taxi industry to the mining and agricultural sectors.
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Nano-technology. The 3D printing is happening alongside biological engineering. By the end of the decade, we’ll be able to print our own skin. By 2030, we’ll be printing replacement body parts like heart valves.
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3D printing. One of the most exciting, and business changing, technologies is 3D printing which allows you to print a coffee cup at your desk, help robots construct new buildings and a give a little boy a set of fingers.
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Flatter organisations. A consequence of those faster decisions is the need for less management. Organisations need to be flatter in order to process information faster unless they want to risk nimble competitors seizing business opportunities.
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The Internet of machines. Those robots and computers are talking to each other which speeds up business decisions and will strip layers of management from organisations.
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Robots taking our jobs. Probably the biggest change that is affecting our businesses is how machines are taking over tasks ranging from window cleaning to inventory management. Anyone with a transaction based job or business will be having a forced career change before the end of the decade.
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DECEMBER. PAGDIWAGA FESTIVAL. December 8 Palawan.This is the Tagbanuas’ feast of thanksgiving for a bountiful rice harvest along with food offerings to deities and departed kin. The rite involves men and partaking of rice wine with the spirits. After the harvest, the Tagbanuas gather in the house of the babaylan or the priestess whom the spirits speak to.
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DECEMBER. GIANT LANTERN. Month-long Philippine Christmas Village, San Fernando, Pampanga.This is a lantern showcase where lanterns measuring 14 to 18 feet in diameter delight spectators with their kaleidoscope patterns
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NOVEMBER. SANDUGUAN FESTIVAL. November 15 Calapan, Oriental Mindoro.This festival reenacts the first contact between the natives of Mindoro and traders from China.
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NOVEMBER. PINTA FLORES. November 3-5 San Carlos City.This festival is marked by a streetdancing involving the pintados or dancers with tattoos or flowers on their body.
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OCTOBER. IBALONG FESTIVAL. 2nd week Legaspi City.This festival is based on Ibalong, a Bicol epic showcasing legendary superheroes Handiong and Baltog
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OCTOBER. HALARAN FESTIVAL. 1st week Roxas City.This festival highlights the performance of the history and culture of Capizeños during pre-Hispanic times.
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SEPTEMBER. SARAKIKI FESTIVAL. September 1-8. Calbayog City.The festival features street dancers dressed as cocks swaying to the beat of ancient Samareño instruments.
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