Google and Smithsonian partner so visitors spend less time lost, more time learning | VentureBeat. Google adds 17 Smithsonian Museums to the 10,000 indoor maps they already have. Both parties will continue to work together to increase the level of exhibit detail and map features.
Gartner Predicts 2012 IT Spending Growth Slows
Gartner’s newest IT spending forecast shows the march to digitalization slowing — on pace to reach $3.628 trillion in 2012 and $3.786 trillion in 2013. That is only an estimated 3 percent and 4.4 percent increase compared to the the $3.523 trillion spent last year in 2011, which was 7.9 percent growth compared to 2010….
Corporate Volunteers using Professional Skills
”It’s a win-win-win situation,” says Claire Johnson, a PhD student at the University of Adelaide who is researching corporate volunteering. She believes companies are turning away from sponsorship in favour of corporate volunteering. ”I think people can be cynical about sponsorship. The idea that the company can give money to a group and get advertising…