Book review: ‘Age of Context’ captures pulse of new tech
New book, out today, identifies ‘five forces’ animating modern culture
Title: “The Age of Context”
Pages: 248
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release date: Sept. 25, 2013
Every few years someone comes along and pulls the camera back to reveal a wider view of the technological changes coursing through the business world and larger culture. Robert Scoble and Shel Israel have done just that with their new book, “The Age of Context: Mobile, Sensors, Data and the Future of Privacy” (paperback, self-published).
The authors nicely contextualize what they call the “five forces” in what amounts to a technology megatrend: mobile, sensor devices, social media, big data and location-based technologies. These forces add up to a formidable package, one that deserves scrutiny far beyond the boundaries of greater Silicon Valley, where much of the action takes place.
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