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Hello everyone, So I'm staying at Newark airport for one night and there are three Marriott's I'm interested in..
I'm a bit confused on which one I should stay in, All three are in reach of my price point and we are staying there with two adults and two kids. I personally am just looking for which one is the best out of all three of them. Our flight lands at night time (Around 10 PM) and we just are staying a couple of hours 'til the AM and eating breakfast.. It's going to be a easy in and out..
SOLVED - I will just go to the Marriott airport hotel which is the closest one and than on the way back.. Go to the Ren hotel hopefully.. I may switch it up and stay at the Ren and the Marriott on the way back.. Just depends on who has the room we want for a good price
iaskquestions - Go for the Newark Liberty Int'l - it's so close you'll almost walk there, and after a long flight, it's nice to be that close. Everything else about this property is good too from my 3 recent stays.
iaskquestions, no question - go with the Marriott at the airport
* I normally choose Renaissance over Marriott, but this one isn't a fair contest.
ssindc is spot on. The Marriott is really the closest and you don't need a shuttle, its a short walk and has a nice lounge. I also love then Renaissance, but it is a shuttle ride away, the lounge is great and the team there is fantastic. The Fairfield in is also a shuttle away, but the suite rooms are large and have a separate sofa that converts to a bed, with 2 TV's, a small fridge and microwave and a decent breakfast.
If you have two kids and don't mind the shuttle ride, then I would go with the Fairfield, simply because of the suites feature and more room. You don't say how old your children are, but if they are young enough the sofa bed will be easy for them. And the breakfast there has a waffle maker (always a hit with my kids who are 14 and 11).
I will be staying at the Fairfield in a few weeks as we arrive from Orlando late one evening then fly onto the west coast the next day and I have stayed at each of these properties so often my family deferred to me on where to stay. Since we are 4, and have a teen and tween, the extra room made the decision easier (along with waffles).
At the Marriott and renaissance, you can get a rollaway, but I think they only allow one per room (fire code), so that could be an issue if there are four of you. I seem to recall that the Renaissance has some rooms with a convertible sofa bed in the room, so I would check that out, even call the hotel to see what they have to offer.
Good luck and safe travels
I don't have any status as I just signed up for Marriott rewards yesterday, But I heard Fairfield is the lowest tier in the Marriott hotel system.. Is the Renaissance better and more up than the Marriott hotel? I don't care much about the walk as I'm okay taking the extra steps to get to a nicer hotel. We're only getting a 2 Double bed room or 2 queen room, We may add a couch for 50 bucks.. And we had a typo.. We actually have 3 adults and one kid... But one of the adults is pretty much similar to a kid, He's still in Freshmen college..
(It's only for a couple of hours also as we get there late..)
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I will say that the beds at the renaissance and Marriott are better, (at least the king, and I assume to double as well). The Fairfield bed isn't as good, as it is a lower quality chain in the family. The pillows at the Ren and Marriott are available as feather or foam, whereas at the Fairfield are foam only. The toiletries at the two hotels are better than those at the Fairfield.
So, its up to you and the comfort factor may be the biggest difference. If you don't mind the extra $50 for the better hotel, then go for it, but if you don't have gold or platinum status there is no free breakfast, whereas at the Fairfield, it is included.
Its really the old adage, you get what you pay for. There is a reason, for example, that Oreo's taste better than the generic "equivalent." Its still 2 chocolate cookie with the cream center, but to some of us, there is a taste and quality difference. Same for Marriott's.
Hope that helps
Is there any difference besides price from the marriott and the ren?
Generally speaking Ren is about the same quality and price as Marriott FS, but there are exceptions. On the whole, I likeRen, just a bit more than Marriott, but there are many exceptions.
What are some of the exceptions?
Well, iaskquestions, you've asked a very broad question.
Here's a diverse data dump answer to your question, with lots of additional information and insights: Which Marriott brand do you frequent the most? [If you have not figured it out yet, the site is a treasure trove of good information, but if you can find it!!!]
As I indicated initially (above), my family chooses Renaissance whenever possible - both domestic and abroad, because we like the properties, and they have been very (very) good to us. Having said that, I think it would be difficult to empirically prove that Renaissance is any better or worse than the full service (FS) Marriott line.
BE FOREWARNED: much of the information on this site is colored by user status. In other words, many of us react positively to brands that treat platinums well and offer special services or perks (like lounge access, upgrades, breakfast, snacks, drinks, etc.) Conversely, you will find that many heavy users on this site resent and/or avoid, for example, (1) Courtyard, because it does not offer free breakfast to platinums, and/or (2) Residence Inn, which offers only 1/2 as many points per dollar when compared to the rest of the enterprise. One might assert that these features don't necessarily make a hotel chain better or worse, but they do impact the travel habits of Marriott's best and most committed long-term customers.
Forget it! It's to hard to choose, We'll just go to the Marriott airport hotel and on the way back home..we shall hopefully go to the Ren.. (Or the other way around.. that would be dictated by who has the room we want..)
Thank You, many people are saying the Marriott and the Ren are good choices, Thanks for everything guys!
P.S. Sorry for the bolding, My iPad was glitched..
I Have stayed many times at full service Marroitt and it always worked well
Great insight here!! Thanks jerryl, stelzer001, ssindc & dansplan!! I'd also like to welcome you to the forum, iaskquestions! As you can see this is a great spot to come find out Insider information on the Marriott Rewards program and the various Marriott properties! Looking forward to hearing more for you. Be sure to let us know which hotel you end up choosing.
If you have an early departure requirement, check, in advace, to find out the breakfast hours of the three hotels. One might start serving early enough for you and 1 might not!


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The Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians is still waiting for a decision on its proposed off-reservation casino in California. The Bureau of Indian Affairs issued the final environmental impact statement for the Barstow Casino and Resort more than two years ago. The tribe was hoping for an answer by the end of 2016, The Desert Dispatch reported. "They are reviewing the application in the BIA in Sacramento and we think they are going to be pretty close to being done there," attorney Heather Sibbison told the paper. "Then they will make a recommendation to the central office in Washington." The tribe is pursuing the casino under the two-part determination provisions of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. The law gives the state governor the final say over the project even if the BIA approves it. But a new state court decision has cast doubt on the authority of the governor to concur with off-reservation casinos. That could pose another hurdle for the tribe going forward. "The ruling that the governor lacks authority to grant off reservation gaming directly affects Los Coyotes' proposal in Barstow," Cheryl Schmit of Stand Up for California, the group that secured the court decision, told The Dispatch. The casino would be located on 23 acres in Barstow, where it enjoys local support. The site is about 118 miles from the Los Coyotes Reservation. Read More on the Story:
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This is the part of USD 4.2 billion (about Rs 20,160 crore) additional fund that India is seeking over and above the permissible annual grant to the country.
"We have sought additional World Bank funding over and above what is normally admissible every year additional to the extent of USD 4.2 billion. Of that USD 3 billion has been sought for the recapitalisation of the banks over the period of about two years," Department of Economic Affairs Secretary Ashok Chawala said in a post interim-budget conference.
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We liked everything about this place. It is a beautiful Riad in the middle of the Medina. Mel and her staff are absolutely wonderful. Every morning they serve you a spectacular breakfast with selfmade yoghurt, pancakes, eggs, fresh fruit and lots of other yummie food. The rooms are nicely decorated with lots of space and a fireplace. The entire staff will go out of their way to help you, from walking you to restaurants to helping you organize excursions. Also make sure to have dinner there at least once. Thank you for making our stay with you so special Mel, Peanut, Simo, Ilham and Hanane. We will miss you and will most definitely be back.
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Our stay at Riad Green Mango exceeded all expectations. The riad is down a side street around a 5/10 minute walk from the Jemaa el-Fnaa square and once found is such a lovely surprise. Beautifully decorated and relaxing, a perfect oasis from hectic Marrakesh. The staff were excellent, very friendly and made us feel looked after and at home. Would definitely recommend the Hammam treatment which takes place in the riad, very relaxing and good value. The food in the riad is also excellent and definitely should be tried at least once, the breakfast included was large and also delicious.
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Riad Green Mango offers an outdoor hot tub and is located just a 10-minute walk from Jamaâ El Fna Square. The rooftop terrace offers a mountain view and there is also a spa with a traditional hammam and massage rooms..
Each air-conditioned guest room features a seating area and an elegant decoration. Some of the rooms also offer a fireplace. Bathrobes and slippers are provided in the en suite bathrooms.
A continental breakfast is served every morning, and it can be taken on the terrace or on the patio. Traditional Moroccan meals can be prepared upon request.
You can relax in 1 of the living rooms while using the free Wi-Fi access. With a 24-hour reception, the riad also has a concierge service.
Menara International Airport is a 17-minute drive from this riad and the Royal Palace is a 10-minute walk away.
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This is our guests' favorite part of Marrakesh, according to independent reviews.
This property is also rated for the best value in Marrakesh! Guests are getting more for their money when compared to other properties in this city.
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I scolded my father for beating my mother.
Is 'scolded' correctly used?
Yes, you can say that.
I'm sorry, but there is nothing natural about that. A man beating his wife is a horrible thing and well beyond something you are "scolded" about. You are scolded for not turning in your homework on time or forgetting to take the trash out in time for trash day. "Gee, Dad, you really shouldn't have broken Mom's ribs, given her that black eye, and split her lip" just doesn't cut it. "You are a disgusting and foul human being who takes out your aggressions on someone physicially weaker than you and I'm calling the police now to put your sorry ass in jail" might be right, but that's hardly a "scolding"!
Not under any circuimstances in my culture.
Note the word comes from the Icelandic skālda, which means:
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This is the definition of 'scold': AskOxford: scold
This is the etymology (it was originally a noun):Online Etymology Dictionary
Normally, parents scold children. As you saw from the definitions people gave, it can be a fairly mild invective or a nasty harangue.
But, as we see in every culture, sometimes the kids do indeed criticize, berate or talk back to the parents, even scolding them. So, you can say it, because it is not inherently incorrect, in the way this is: "I have always tried to raise my parents with good manners". That is an impossibility, but scolding parents is not.
If you would like a more natural example of a daughter scolding her father - let us pretend that the father has been told by his doctor that he needs to eat less fattening food and reduce the amount of salt. Now, his teenage daughter comes home to find her father eating a super-size serving of fast food French fries.
"Dad! I can't believe you're eating those! Remember what the doctor said. We need you to eat more healthful food, not those fries!"
In my culture, acceptable forms of "scolding" by children for their parents come when the children are old enough to be aware of what good decisions are, and when it's in the parent's best interest, as the example above.
If a six-year old child "scolds" his mother for not giving him what he wants for breakfast, that's called "being a brat" and I would find it utterly unacceptable.
I agree that "scolding" when used in the context of someone being beaten is not strong enough.
I had a serious discussion with my father for beating my mother.
I made it very clear to my father that beating my mother is unacceptable.
I informed my father that I will not stand for him beating my mother again.
These might be better suited, so use the scolding in a sentence with a child's behavior.
Well of course, I agree a scolding sounds rather light for the crime of beating a family member, but I felt Elaine's question was hypothetical, and was intended to elicit whether scolding, by a child toward a parent, was inherently incorrect, which I feel it is not. Clearly no one has been beating anyone, among us, and we're merely talking about the verb "scold" as it relates to the inverted child-parent context.


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Mehr erfahrenDas perfekte Wochenende! Ideal für Angeln und Surfen oder einfach nur Entspannen. Günstig in der Nähe der nur Angelpier in Atlantic Beach! 2 Schlafzimmer, 1 Bad, direkt am Strand! Jedes Zimmer verfügt über 2 Queensize-Betten. Schlafen 8. Große Familie weg. Dachgeschoss. Aussendusche. Tolle Aussicht auf den Ozean. Pine Wood rustikale Wände. Veranda mit Rocker. Malerisch. Rustikal. Kommt mit TV, Kabel, Wireless Internet, DVD. Atemberaubende Aussicht auf das Meer vom Wohnzimmer und Terrasse. Privaten Gehweg zum Strand. Nicht rauchen. Keine Haustiere.
We had a wonderful weekend in Morehead City for the Crystal Coast Music Festival. Proximity to the circle (the location of the concert) and the Tackle Box Tavern were great! Both rooms were plenty large and the beds comfortable. Kitchen was well equipped and spacious. Overall a great experience. They were having problems with the grill during our stay but with that working there would be nothing to complain about the property!
You can't beat the views from the porch - even watching the rain coming in was a pleasure. Dolphins swimming by, waves breaking, pelicans fishing. Clean, well stocked, comfortable. Easy access to the beach, and to everything in Atlantic Beach. Definitely recommend
We booked last minute and we're thrilled that there was a beachfront dog friendly property available. We were a little worried before arriving but it turned out to be nice, clean and comfortable. Open the blinds and it's very bright! The deck is the best part plus the very short walk to the beach is worth the slightly higher price. We took me advantage of the Island Grille being in walking distance and will definitely stay again. It could use a grill and washer and dryer but since we knew we didn't mind. We liked the cornhole set!!
Simple beach cottage, bathroom needs an update. Would be nice to have a washing machine or an outdoor grill. But its nevertheless absolutely a 5 star because it has this beautiful location directly at the beach and at a calm street without any traffic. Very relaxing, perfect for family with kids. Even in the main summer season this area is not overcrowded. In summary for this price its a great value for the money and I would go there again.
This ocean front beach cottage is clean and neat and so close to EVERYTHING - a great place to relax and vacation! You can walk to the Island Grille (make reservations!) and on a clear day you can see the Cape Lookout Lighthouse from the 2nd floor porch! The owner is very helpful and the price is perfect - I recommend this beach house to everyone.
Loved it, simple yet beautiful. Right on the beach. Owners were extremely cooperative made my stay easy. There was cable and a DVD player so when we were tired we got to enjoy TV before bed. There was everything we needed for cooking. Plenty of room for my family. Definitely going to stay there next year and every year for our vacation.
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28 Nov 2016 -
24 Mär 2017
2 Nächte Mindestaufenthalt
477 €
für 2 Nächte
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932 €
1.513 €
Off Season
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2 Nächte Mindestaufenthalt
684 €
für 2 Nächte
311 €
1.202 €
2.134 €
Peak Season
3 Jun 2017 -
25 Aug 2017
Anreisetag: Samstag 7 Nächte Mindestaufenthalt
1.409 €
für 7 Nächte
1.409 €
5.864 €
Off Season Fall
26 Aug 2017 -
24 Nov 2017
2 Nächte Mindestaufenthalt
684 €
für 2 Nächte
311 €
1.202 €
2.134 €
Haustier-Gebühr | 93 € + Steuern |
Cleaning Fee | 56 € + Steuern |
Steuern | 11,75% |
* Ungefährer monatlicher Preis. Der tatsächliche Preis wird von den genauen Tagen Ihres Aufenthalts abhängen.


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by Federico Vellani Spring 1996/Vol 3, no 1 I would like to tell your American readers something about the
F.G.I.F. (Italian 18xx train gaming association), its activities,
and its methods developed in five years of competitive 18xx gaming. The Percentage The Double-Turn Tournament The Single-Turn Tournament The Elimination Tournament The Tournaments The Championships Some less important championships (1835 and 1856) are organized
with a single tournament. The Absolute Championship The General Rating Each winner gets a score determined by multiplying the F.T. of
the tournament won by another factor. (F.A. - Year Factor) which
every year increases by 10% (the F.A. for 1991 was 100, then 110,
121, 132, 146, etc.). So if one wins an F.T. 4 tournament in 1995,
he/she gets 146x4-584 points in the C.G. The winner of each Championship
gets a similar score but the F.T. is fixed every season depending
on the importance of the event (this season every Championship
gets a 4 F.T.), while the winner of each match gets a score depending
on the year (12 in 1993, then 13, 15, etc.). Every year a special 4 F.T. event is held among the best five
players on the C.G. (the "Top Five"), while the first player on
the C.G. receives the honorific title of "Master of the Iron Horse"
(this derives from the Latin "Magister Equitum"). 18xx PBM Cdf? The Italian Way of 1830 Gaming (Editor's Note: I replied that I thought the American/Canadian
style of play encourages bankruptcies, etc) The F.G.I.F. allows each player to use every kind of playing aid,
as long as, it does not slow the game now does it disturb the
other players. Almost all the people use a more or less sophisticated
pocket calculator, a sheet of paper, and a pencil. The amount of money contained in a particular treasury (personal
or corporate) is not secret, and a player can always ask how much
money another player or corporation has (this usually does not
happen more than a couple times during a single match). Our tournaments are open to all the people who want to play, without
anything like your "open" level, but the players not included
in the C.G. (the ones that have never won an official match) are
evenly divided among the tables. This sometimes can cause some
distortion in a match result, but helps in the rapid building
up of a newcomer's capability. Home | The Manifest | All Aboard | Train Gamers Gazette Questions or comments? Email email@example.com. The contents of this Web Site are copyright © 1998 by The Train
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On Italian 18xx Gaming
Each player gets in each game a score (percentage) based on his/her
final properties compared to the match winner: if in a particular
game the match winner has a final score of $8,716, each of the
other players receives a percentage of his/her final score divided
by 8,716 and multiplied by 1,000, while the winner gets a percentage
of 3,000 minus the percentage scored by the second player. We
think this is a good way to compare different matches.
Most of our 18xx tournaments are organized with the "double-turn"
formula: we have a first turn of matches followed by a second
(with the players shuffled as much as possible), then we sum the
percentage of each player in each turn, and the player with the
highest sum of percentage wins.
Some minor events have only a single turn, and the winner is the
player with the highest percentage.
The tournament held at the National Gaming Convention is usually
organized as a single turn tournament, but the best five players
play a final match.
Our sixth gaming season (October 95 to September 96) will have
a total of eight tournaments. The average 1830 tournament is attended
by about 15-20 players, but some have had as many as 36.
The most popular games (1830 and 1849/50 Sicily) have a multi-tournament
championship, in which each players gets a score according to
his/her position in each tournament (25 points to the winner,
then 19, 14, 10, 7,5,4,3,2, and 1 for the tenth) multiplied by
a factor (F.T. - Tournament Factor) determined by the attendance
at the tournament (1 when there are less than 7 players, 2 from
7-12, 3 from 13-18, 4 from 19-24, 5 from 25-30, 6 from 31 upwards.
At the end of the season each player receives a score determined
by his/her position in each Championship (20 points to the winner,
then 11, 7, 4, 2, and 1 for the sixth). The player with the best
score wins the most important F.I.G.F. title.
The General Rating (C.G.) includes all the players with at least
one victory in an official match.
This has been the most important activity of the F.G.I.F. during
the first years, but it is now rapidly ending its useful life.
I think it will be completely replaced by a more modern PBEM activity
from the next season on.
Cavalli di ferro & facce di bronzo (Iron Horses & brazen faces)
is our official fanzine, with about nine issues every year. Written,
of course, in Dante's language.
We know you usually complete an 1830 match in less than four hours,
but nobody in Europe is able to understand how you can accomplish
this, as we usually complete an 1830 game in six or seven hours,
and our British, Dutch, and German friends all have a similar
score. Do you have some particular "house rule" that helps in
shortening the game?
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UKIP – the biggest threat to the Cambridge tech industry
I've always tried to keep my blog apolitical, criticising politicians from all parties equally. But, given the seriousness of the rise of UKIP, I'm suspending my impartiality for a week. Why? Put simply, I believe that Nigel Farage's party is the biggest threat to face the UK (and in particular Cambridge) tech sector for many years.
First off, I don't seriously believe that UKIP will garner enough MPs in the 2015 election to be part of a coalition. But what it has done is to shift the debate sharply to the right in two key areas (immigration and the EU), causing the Tories to talk about curbs on the free movement of workers and set a date for an in/out EU referendum. And given that the Tories are likely to be a central part of a future coalition that is potentially very damaging.
Aside from the general business problems that limiting immigration and leaving the EU would bring, it would hit Cambridge and the startup tech scene in four distinct ways:
1. Education
Many of the highly skilled individuals currently working at or building tech companies originally came from overseas to study in Cambridge. It is already more difficult to get a student visa, and making it harder will simply put off the brightest and the best, who will head elsewhere. And every clever student who goes elsewhere diminishes the wider Cambridge academic population and impacts its reputation and attractiveness to new students.
2. Skills
Pretty much every Cambridge startup I've worked with has an incredibly diverse workforce, with employees from every corner of the world. They've chosen to come here, or have remained after study, and helped build amazing success stories with their skills. These are incredibly sought after and mobile people – limiting entry for them to the UK will mean they simply go elsewhere.
3. Entrepreneurs
Charles Wang, the founder of US software company Computer Associates once had a policy of only employing first or second generation immigrants in management roles. Wang himself was born in Shanghai and moved to New York when he was 8 years old. His reasoning was that immigrants had drive, entrepreneurialism and a desire to make something of themselves. Given they often arrived with nothing, they had no safety net, unlike established citizens who had never faced the dangers of real failure. Wang's view is limited – I know plenty of driven, successful entrepreneurs from stable British families, but he has a point. Limiting immigration removes these potential entrepreneurs and the benefits they bring to their adopted country when it comes to jobs, taxes and the wider economy.
4. Ideas
A tech cluster like Cambridge isn't about individuals, no matter how skilled they are. It is about how they interact together and share and develop ideas, based on their own knowledge and experience. Diversity is key – if you bring together a group of people with similar backgrounds and experience you're unlikely to get the range of ideas that comes from a wider group. Ideas play off each other and grow – take away diversity and you severely weaken the idea gene pool.
In answering my points, critics may well make one of two arguments. Firstly, that we'll still let in the best, most skilled people – it is the jobless benefit seekers that we want to turn away. That may be true but will they want to come to a country that appears so unfriendly to outsiders? And, how do you spot the entrepreneur or Nobel Prize winning physicist to be? They could be the yet-to-be-born child of immigrants that initially came over here to work in agriculture or to escape persecution in their home country.
Secondly, people will point to the US, which has restrictive immigration policies, yet the biggest tech/entrepreneur sector in the world. The difference is that the US is a country built on immigration, with a culture that rewards risk-taking and encourages people to try again after failure. We still don't have that attitude in the UK, and we need free radicals to act as a catalyst to help change things.
The last 20 years have seen a huge expansion in the Cambridge tech scene, driven by the combination of ideas, skills and experience of people from many different backgrounds. Cutting off or limiting the flow of entrepreneurs, workers, students and researchers from outside the UK would completely change this energy and dynamism. It would still survive, but would be weaker, more insular and less exciting. That's why it is important to tell politicians of all parties that we want to encourage responsible immigration and EU membership to build a successful Cambridge tech sector that benefits us all.
Smartphones will eat the world
Commentators are full of predictions that software will eat the world, with jobs, industries and traditional means to doing things swept away by the rise of technology. From automated journalism to connected cars, the claim is that we're undergoing a transformation in how we work, live and play.
Software is revolutionising the world around us, but I'd contend that there's a much more disruptive factor impacting our lives – the smartphone. It essentially provides an always-on, easy to use, ubiquitous interface with all of the software around us. Without it we wouldn't be able to access the power of technology. So, rather than software eating the world, I'd pinpoint 9 ways that smartphones are making a meal of it:
1. Health
Smartphones have the ability to monitor our vital signs and transmit information to doctors and medical staff in real-time. Whether it is using in-built or external, Bluetooth equipped sensors, smartphones will disrupt the health industry. Apple's new focus on building a health ecosystem is just part of this trend, which can either be seen as a force for good or as allowing intrusive snooping on our most private moments. On the plus side patients can be monitored remotely, allowing them to remain at home rather than going into hospital for certain conditions, but confidentiality of data remains a worry. What if your insurance company could access your health data and amend your premiums accordingly?
2. Taxis and transport
Companies such as Uber and Lyft are radically changing the taxi market by removing the overhead (justified or otherwise) of traditional operators. Anyone can become a taxi driver – all they need is a car and a smartphone (which can also serve as your GPS, so you don't need the Knowledge to direct you to the right place). This does raise potential issues about safety, vetting and insurance, hence the bitter battles being fought between traditional cab drivers and the new upstarts.
3. Marketing
At no point in human history has so much data been available about individuals. The combination of 'free' services such as Google and Facebook that hoover up our personal information and preferences, with the geolocation data from a smartphone mean that companies have the ability to understand more about their consumers than ever before. The challenge for marketers is twofold – they need to ensure that they have real, informed consent from consumers when handling their private data, but at the same time have to evolve the skills to sift through this big data to deliver personalised marketing that drives engagement. The traditional model of campaigns that take months to plan and implement is rapidly going out of the window – if marketers can't adapt they risk being sidelined by ever cleverer algorithms.
4. Payments
There is something impressive about a pile of cash – even if it is just one pence pieces. But carrying it around is another story. Replacing pounds and pence with the ability to tap to pay even the smallest amount with your phone promises to turn us into a cashless society. And it also removes the need for a wallet full of credit, debit or loyalty cards. All you'll need to do is select how you want to pay on your phone and the software will handle the transfer. Could we see traditional banks and financial services companies replaced by Apple Money – or even currencies swept aside by electronic dosh? It is certainly possible, hence Apple's move into the sector with the iPhone 6.
5. Telephones
It may be difficult to remember, but when they began, mobile phones were for making phone calls or sending text messages (and playing Snake if you had a Nokia). Now the number of calls made and received is a fraction of before, as people move to messaging, email and free voice over IP services such as Skype. Many of us already pay more for our smartphone data plans than for calls and texts – meaning that mobile phone (and landline) operators will need to evolve new services if they are to be part of the smartphone future.
6. Toys
Growing up in an analogue world, toys and games were very straightforward. Now traditional toys are evolving to embrace both full on mobile gaming (think Angry Birds) and half way houses where the physical meets the virtual. Software such as Skylanders combines playing pieces containing electronic chips with fully fledged games to give a radically new experience. And this is just the beginning. As immersive technologies such as Google Glass and Oculus Rift gain traction we'll find it difficult to tell reality and gaming apart. How long before people embed chips in themselves to become part of the latest smartphone game?
7. Utilities
Buying power is a necessary evil – and the battery life of smartphones does mean we'll always need electricity to recharge them. Mobile devices, combined with sensors and the Internet of Things provide the ability to monitor and adjust how we use power. From turning smart thermostats up or down, to only switching on lights when the smartphone user is in the vicinity, they can change energy use. Taken a step further, consumers could cut out the energy company and use their smartphone to buy power directly from smaller producers, adding flexibility and potentially bringing down prices.
8. Insurance
The problem with insurance premiums is that they are based on averages, rather than knowledge of your individual circumstances. The data within a smartphone, either directly monitoring your movements, or linked to a sensor in your car, provides a deeper context around your behaviour and habits. Used properly this can help better judge the risks of insuring individuals – but again used incorrectly it will cause a privacy backlash.
9. Pub quizzes
As a Trivial Pursuit expert (and part of the reigning village quiz team champions) there's nothing I like better than the chance to show off my knowledge. But how can pub quizzes survive in an era when Wikipedia can be accessed from your smartphone in milliseconds? Short of holding quizzes in exam conditions, with no toilet breaks where people can sneak off to check answers on the internet, cheating is going to become rife, making my carefully assembled general knowledge useless.
Research shows that the majority of us access the internet more through mobile devices than traditional PCs. And 20 per cent of young American adults admit to using their smartphones during sex. We look at our phones constantly, panic if they are out of sight for a minute and feel bereaved if they are lost or stolen. If it is true that software is eating the world, the smartphone is the knife, fork and plate responsible for the repast.
Paranoid Android
This is not a good time for the paranoid to be on the internet. In the wake of the first set of revelations from Edward Snowden, more is emerging about the extent of online eavesdropping by the security services on both sides of the Atlantic. According to Snowden British intelligence agency GCHQ showed off the ability to monitor YouTube video views, Facebook 'likes' and Blogger visits in real-time to its US colleagues back in 2012. The programme, named Squeaky Dolphin, even had its own logo (though looking at the design, I don't think the spies should give up their day jobs quite yet).
Even worse, spooks have been accessing smartphone data while people play Angry Birds, enabling them to get hold of user's personal information. Presumably the game was picked due to its global popularity, rather than being a cunning ruse by GCHQ and the NSA to enable staffs to play it during work time.
And in an unrelated story, a security company has found an internet-enabled fridge that has been hacked and is now sending spam. This is particularly worrying given the rise of the Internet of Things, with more and more devices and appliances around us connected to the web. Essentially each of these is a small, but powerful computer, often without the same level of security and protection than you see on a PC or tablet. Being able to hijack a fridge is one thing, but as the Internet of Things spreads, more sinister opportunities arise – remotely controlling smart cars or switching on and off hundreds of air conditioners to bring down a power grid are all possibilities.
Taking these stories together leads to two concerns in my mind. Firstly, internet privacy. I think most people understand the need to collect information on identified threats to public safety, provided due legal process has been followed. What Snowden seems to have uncovered is technological spying that has gone mad – exactly what you'd expect if you put a large bunch of very intelligent geeks in a room, give them all the resources they need and exonerate them from any qualms of conscience by saying it is in the national interest. So what happens to information that is found online that is not linked to terrorism but minor, non-criminal misdemeanours? GPS data that shows an MP was with his mistress when he should have been elsewhere or evidence of unsavoury (but not illegal) internet activities for example. The nature of technology means this information is unlikely to disappear, but will sit on servers somewhere, with no guarantee that it won't be pulled out in the future.
Secondly, security concerns have the ability to derail the Internet of Things. As Google's recent purchase of Nest shows, market momentum is increasing. But if people add the worry of security issues to privacy concerns they are less likely to embrace the opportunities that the Internet of Things offers when it comes to increased efficiency and energy saving. After all, I don't want GCHQ to know what's in my fridge – or burglars to know when I'm away on holiday.
There's been a lot of talk from politicians about reining in the security services and that needs to be formalised to reassure the law-abiding – instead of enabling spying, the tech industry should be focusing its intelligence on improving the actual security of the devices and applications that control our lives.
The end of work?
The world of work has changed immeasurably over the last ten years, not just in the UK but across all developed countries. Repetitive, process driven jobs have been automated, with technology replacing paper-based workflows. In many cases this has led to a hollowing out of sectors and companies, with the remaining workforce split between menial roles and higher level management.
And these changes are accelerating. A report in The Economist points to new technological disruption in the workplace, driven by computers getting cleverer and becoming self-learning. Lightweight sensors, more powerful cameras, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, big data and advances in processing power are all contributing to helping computers do brain work. Innovations such as driverless cars and household robots don't require human intervention to operate, and can do more than traditional machines.
Research from Oxford University suggests that 47% of today's jobs could be automated within the next 20 years. Many of these roles are in previously 'safe' middle class professions such as accountancy, the law and even journalism.
So, this begs two questions. What skills do people need if they are going to thrive in this new world – and are we teaching them to children quickly enough?
The employees of the future will require skills that complement machine intelligence, rather than mirror it. Empathy, the ability to motivate, and being able to think outside the box will all be needed. Essentially soft skills, backed up by specialist knowledge that is based on experience that cannot be replicated by machines. Professions such as therapists, dentists, personal trainers and the clergy are all seen as being relatively safe from replacement by robots. Interestingly entrepreneurs often possess these talents, so expect them to thrive as they use technology such as the cloud to bring their innovations to market quickly.
As a knock on effect, the will be a change in the size of companies people work for. Before the Industrial Revolution most people worked either for themselves or in small organisations (the village carpenter and his apprentice for example). Industrialisation required scale, so vast mega companies grew up. These won't disappear, but the number of people working for them will shrink dramatically as intelligent machines take over. We'll move to a larger proportion of the population being self-employed, providing their services on a personal basis.
Looking at education, schools will also need to change. Pupils need to understand the world around them, so they have to be taught a certain number of facts and dates, but rote learning of what made the British Empire great is going to be useless for a large proportion of people's careers. What is needed is to teach skills for learning and adapting, thinking for yourself and how to motivate and show empathy to others. Essentially, children starting school today will be going into careers that may not even exist yet – so lifelong learning and flexibility are critical.
The predictions of the havoc that technology will cause to the world of work may be overstated – just because something is technically possible, it doesn't mean it will quickly become mass market. And governments, worried about massive social change, are likely to step in to mitigate the worst impact through legislation. But changes are coming, and we need to think more like entrepreneurs and less like machines if we're going to thrive.
Hubs, bridges and the discovery of America
There can be a tendency in Cambridge to think that innovation ends at the city limits, and particularly that we've got the monopoly on tech startups in East Anglia.
Proof positive that this isn't the case was on show last week at SyncNorwich, where more than 300 entrepreneurs, developers and members of the Norwich tech cluster talked about their diverse successes. This included market leaders such as FXhome, which produces special effects software for both Hollywood blockbusters and amateur filmmakers, Liftshare.com, the world's most popular car sharing site and mobile interaction/payment firm Proxama. A whole host of newer startups, such as targeted mobile advertising company Kuoob, music community site SupaPass and educational software provider Wordwides (set up by a 16 year old) also talked about what they could offer.
There's obviously been lots of activity in Norwich for quite a while (FXhome has been going for 10 years and Liftshare.com for 15), but what the evening did was give outside endorsement to the cluster. Mike Butcher from Tech Crunch came along and it gave everyone present belief that they were on the right road and that they should be shouting about it. In the days since, I've seen emails offering co-working spaces and there's even a cluster name (Silicon Broads) being bandied about, along with a startup map.
Norwich isn't the only cluster rising to prominence across Europe – the growth of cloud-based technologies, new agile development methodologies and a focus on entrepreneurship mean they are springing up everywhere. Some people see this as a bad thing – they point to the size of Silicon Valley and wonder how hundreds of disparate European cities can compete or scale. But as Butcher pointed out, the Valley has a 60 year head start and what is needed is to build bridges between the different hubs – after all takes 2 hours to drive from London to Norwich (or Cambridge), the same time to get from one end of Silicon Valley to the other.
What Europe needs to do is to use the nimbleness of having multiple centres to its advantage and turn disparateness into diversity. I'm reminded of the story of the 'discovery' of America. At the same time as Christopher Columbus was touting his plans around the courts of Europe, the Chinese Emperor was assembling a great fleet to explore the same area. Given the scale and backing put into the expedition it would have been likely that the first non-native settlers in the present day United States would have been Chinese, not European. However the Emperor died and his plans died with him – there was no alternative power that could take them on. In contrast Columbus, originally Genoese, travelled round Europe for years until he found a backer in the Spanish monarchy. The result? The world we know today.
So it is time that European startups (and political leaders) stopped dreaming of a single super hub that on its own can rival Silicon Valley. It'll never happen and what we need to do is build bridges between the enormous variety of hubs across Europe. Making everyone aware of what is going on up the road (or further afield) is crucial to driving collaboration, unlocking opportunities and building a successful pan-European tech ecosystem that can break down barriers and silo working and deliver jobs and growth.
Taxing times for tech companies
Very few of us like paying tax, but there's a fine line between legitimately reducing your tax bill and actively avoiding paying the tax that is due. And at a time of austerity where everyone is tightening their belts, there's obviously a push by governments to close loopholes and maximise the revenues they receive.
Given their high profile and obvious success Starbucks and Amazon have both been the subject of widespread condemnation of their tax avoidance methods, and I've covered Starbucks inept PR response in a previous blog. Google was up before a House of Commons Select Committee last week (for the second time), backing up its claims that, despite revenue of £3 billion in the UK, all its advertising sales actually take place in the lower tax environment of Ireland. Google boss Eric Schmidt has countered that the company invests heavily in the UK with its profits, including spending £1 billion on a new HQ that he estimates will raise £80m per year in employment taxes and £50m in stamp duty.
Apple is the next company caught in the public spotlight, with CEO Tim Cook appearing before a US Senate committee that had accused it of 'being among America's largest tax avoiders'. Meanwhile, the loophole that sees Amazon and other big US ecommerce companies avoid paying local sales taxes is being challenged by a new law passing through Congress, with estimates of between $12 and $23 billion extra being collected.
Given the close links between Google and UK politicians (Ed Miliband is appearing at a Google event this week and Schmidt is expected to meet David Cameron on his current UK trip), the cynical view is that this is a lot of sound and fury, signifying nothing. But it does create an image problem for the companies involved, particularly at a time when we're all meant to be in it together.
Obviously the most popular thing for companies to do would be to re-organise their tax affairs so that they meet the spirit as well as the letter of the law. But that's not likely to happen given the enormous sums at stake. Instead expect increased calls for global tax reform (so that the organisations involved don't have to operate the way they are currently 'forced' to) and a slew of feel good announcements that demonstrate the level of investment and support for the UK economy by the companies concerned. Being ultra cynical perhaps the whole tax situation explains the huge support by big tech companies for Tech City – it is simply an elaborate way of diverting attention from their financial affairs…………..
California Dreaming
There have been innumerable attempts to understand and replicate how Silicon Valley has become the centre of the tech industry – with Tech City being the latest one in the UK. What is the secret sauce that makes California in particular and the US in general such a fertile breeding ground for innovation?
It's something I've often wondered about, so it was great to hear a first hand account of a learning journey to Silicon Valley. Speaking last week at CamCreative, Liz Weston of Weston Marketing talked about what she'd learnt on an organised trip that saw her visit the likes of Google, LinkedIn, Salesforce.com and Stanford University. She shared four big lessons from the tour:
1 The difference between an opportunity and an idea
Everyone has a different take on what makes an idea viable, from an addressable market to a strong founding team, but the big difference between the UK and US is the willingness to have a go, fail and come back stronger. If we can change attitudes in the UK to say it is better to try and then fail rather than fail to try at all, it will radically shift how companies operate for the better.
2 Four key opportunities for business development
Execs in Silicon Valley outlined the environment, security, human health and digital/infrastructure as key markets for growth. Anything that reduces complexity in these areas and makes people's lives easier has potential. Probably not a surprise to most people but worth bearing in mind when pitching any business ideas to investors.
3 Look at the relationship between the customer and your product/services
It isn't about the technology per se, but finding an emotional trigger with your customers. Serve a purpose and do it in a way that delights your customers and turns them into your advocates. So, in the same way that when Orange launched in the UK it positioned itself as the cool brand you wanted to be part of, LinkedIn offers the chance to be part of a cloud of intelligence, rather than simply positioning itself as a jobs site.
4 The importance of innovation
Next year's revenue won't come from this year's cash cow. So everyone in the business needs to be innovating – which can involve changing people's mindsets. Encourage ideas and capture them – while they may not be immediately useful, they could be in the future.
I'm sure most people have either heard or tried to put into action some of the lessons above. For me, the main takeaway (and potentially the big difference between the US and UK) is always be open, always be learning and don't be afraid to take risks. This may not be Silicon Valley's secret sauce but it is a better way to run a business.
Growing some bulls
There's a continual complaint that the UK simply doesn't produce the numbers of heavyweight tech companies that the US spawns. And looking around, the pattern seems to be true – for every ARM, Sage or CSR in the UK, you could name a dozen similar size companies in the US.
While some of this is gap is obviously down to relative population sizes are there any other factors holding back UK entrepreneurs? This was one of the issues discussed at last week's Enterprise Tuesday event in Cambridge by an entertaining group of speakers, including company founders and Cambridge Angels, Sherry Coutu, Andy Richards, Robert Sansom and David Gill, managing director of the St John's Innovation Centre.
The key factor is the ability to scale – the UK creates exactly the same number of startups, per capita, as the US – but only half of them successfully scale up compared to their US rivals. There are plenty of reasons for this – from an inbuilt British fear of change to an inability to cross the chasm
and appeal to the mass market. It seems that for too many UK companies the choice between scaling themselves or selling out is weighted towards the exit option. While this releases investment capital back into the system and gives entrepreneurs the chance to begin again, it has created (in the words of a US VC quoted by Andy Richards) an industrial veal farm in Cambridge, with prized startups nurtured and pampered ready for the inevitable early death/exit.
The UK in general, and Cambridge in particular, has shown that it can grow dominant tech companies, so now is the time for the government and tech ecosystem to encourage entrepreneurs to take a step back, aim higher than an early exit and build businesses that can scale. Given the UK has the ideas we need to move from farming veal calves to growing some bulls……….
Don't believe the e-reader hype
There's currently a press frenzy about the death of the printed book, driven by the rise of the tablet/iPad and Amazon's recent announcement that it is selling more e-books than paperbacks. Commentators are beginning to prophesise rampant e-book piracy and publishers going the way of the record industry in the brave new digital world.
But if you take a closer look you'll see we're nowhere near a digital tipping point, particularly in the UK. While Amazon is selling more e-books on the Kindle in the US than paperbacks, the margin is not that great (105 e-books vs 100 print books). However as pointed out in PaidContent, in the UK we're nowhere near that yet. Amazon is selling more e-books than hardbacks (by a factor of 2 to 1), but not paperbacks.
Add in that the revenue for each e-book is much lower, and you'll see that while e-books are having an impact, digital isn't yet reaching market dominance. The PR behind this reminds me of Amazon's claim that more people bought e-books last Christmas Day than hard copy books – eye catching as a headline, but hardly surprising as new Kindle owners added content to their toys. How many book lovers spend Christmas buying physical items that won't be delivered for a week at least?
I'll admit I'm biased but I think there's a way to go before e-books take over. Screen technology needs to improve further and usability has to take into account the mass market, rather than early adopters that are happy to fiddle with technology. So don't believe the hype – the physical book will be alive and well for years to come.
Related articles
- Sales of Kindle books outstrip print books (i-programmer.info)
- Amazon UK selling twice as many e-books as hardbacks (telegraph.co.uk)
- Amazon and Waterstones report downloads eclipsing printed book sales (guardian.co.uk)


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