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Google's Shadow Workforce

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Bloomberg's Inside Google's Shadow Workforce covers the use by Google of what they call TVCs, or “temps, vendors and contractors" According to the article about half of Google's workforce is comprised of TVCs.    We've recently covered a number of studies confirming this. . 

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Mary Meeker's Annual Internet Trends Report

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Venture Capital firm Kleiner-Perkins released the 2016 edition of Mary Meeker's annual Internet Trends report last week (Meeker is a partner at KPCB).    Meeker's annual report is hugely popular, well worth reading and full of interesting data. Or, as the report says, the "easy growth is behind us" 2.

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Seems Like Everyone is Jumping Into Food Delivery

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Google Maps is allowing users to place local delivery orders. The chart below, from BI Intelligence's recent report THE ON-DEMAND MEAL DELIVERY REPORT  (paid subscription required), shows why food delivery is attracting so much interest. They report that : half of U.S.

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Small Businesses Turn to Their Accountants & Each Other for Advice

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We were somewhat fascinated that the survey asked about Google. Kudos to Google for developing their brand to the point where people think of turning to Google for advice instead of what they really do - pointing to places where people can get advice. Surveys have traditionally asked about turning to the Internet for advice.

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Corporations Starting to Embrace Digital Nomads

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And 3rd, this didn't happen at Google or Facebook or some tech startup. million report having traditional jobs. This means the senior team at GE is now aware of digital nomads. It happened at GE, a traditional manufacturing firm.  million American digital nomads. Of these, about 3.1   This is starting to change.

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Global Interest in Coworking Booming

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Key quote on from their article on their study of Google Trends data related to the search term "coworking": The worldwide searches for the term “coworking” on Google have reached their current peak this March. According to analysis by Deskmag, global interest in coworking is booming and at all time highs.

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The Rise of Wearable Computing

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Most of the hype is due to Google Glass , which is being worn below by VCs Marc Andreessen, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, Bill Maris, managing partner at Google Ventures, and John Doerr, general partner of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. By the way, am I the only one who thinks Marc Andreessen may be an conehead?

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