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Competition to Hire On-Demand Economy Workers Heating Up

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The article chart below shows the impact of these efforts on the prices of common Google adword search terms related to the on-demand economy. With so many on-demand economy companies being formed and basing their business models on the use of contract labor, it will be interesting to see if provider demand starts to exceed supply.

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Coworking at a Growth Inflection Point

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  The chart below shows the number of Google search hits for the term "coworking"   Yes, you don't want to read too much into Google search data, but we've found it to be a good indicator of trend directions. .  This is illustrated by several clear signals.   .   

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Mobile and P2P Payments Options Exploding

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Google : The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is teaming up with Master Card and Citibank to embed Near Field Communications (NFC) technology into the Android operating system.  Visa card holders to send and receive funds from other Visa cardholders anywhere in the world. 

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Forecast Lessons from Past Small Business Trends Lists

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.  Either way the trend had been around quite a while in 2008 when we said it was "taking off" due to the iPhone's recent success and the expected 2008 release of Google's Android.  "  This is because large banks, credit card companies and Google are pushing mobile payment systems based on NFC. 

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Quantum Computing Getting Closer

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There's also been a number of other recent quantum computing breakthroughs and companies like Google, IBM, Microsoft and others are investing heavily in the space.   The bad news is quantum computers will be able to easily crack even the most advanced and complex forms of security encryption.  So are the Chinese.

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