COMMENTARY BY PAUL SPARROW
Talking About Radically Different News Future
Four new technology advances are poised to fundamentally change the nature of information distribution: The Internet of Things (IoT), location tracking, wearable computers and the semantic web. All four, writes Paul Sparrow, senior VP at the Newseum, are already being implemented in a variety of commercial and governmental applications. When they merge and become part of the communications system, he notes, they are going to bring profound changes to our daily lives and to the very nature of news.
