The Millenials are the next generation growing up in America ranging from adolescent to approaching 30.   The Pew Research Centre will address a number of questions with reports to be published year long.

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This  AARP and Microsoft sponsored study  Boomers and Technology: An Extended Conversation   started off in May 2009 with events in a number of American cities.  The reports looks at how boomers use technology now and are likely to use it in the future.

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This World Bank report  published last week  can be downloaded directly.  You will find an overview as well. 

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A new international gateway for world government information  has been recently launched by the Guardian newspaper  to coincide with the launch of data.gov.uk.   Using the world government data gateway enables you to search for United Kingdom, United States, Australian and New Zealand government information at one place.

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The following blogs were voted “best business blogs of 2009″.  They are categorised by subject and also by country.  Worth looking at.

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Morgan and Stanley have recently published their December 2009 report on the state and progress of mobile internet.  There are three reports available in pdf format.  “The Mobile Internet Report Setup” , “The Mobile Internet Report Key Themes” and “The Mobile Internet Report”

They claim “The mobile Internet is ramping faster than desktop Internet did, and we believe more users may connect to the Internet via mobile devices than desktop PCs within 5 years.”

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This is a new exciting and very important organisation which was launched recently in Wellington.  Springboard’s   role is to encourage “the next generation of New Zealand directors and promotes age diversity around the board table”.

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This is a good practical guide for conducting interviews, whether it be for a new employee or a new contractor or supplier.  It talks about the need to prepare thoroughly, the use of open-ended questions and then finally, how to rank and compare the interviewees.

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This practical Australian guide has been designed to help beginners put up their own website.

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This Wall Street Journal article discusses the increasing number of companies who are using twitter to “target social-media-savvy job hunters and convey an innovative image.”  Cites the economic advantages and mentions that recently over 4,000 responses were received in response to a job advertisement by Intercontinental.

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