Stephen Spielberg’sMinority Reportcaptured the imagination of many in the technology space. The film made some bold predictions about technology and even though it was released nearly 10 years ago in 20002, we are seeing some things from the movie start to come true right in front of our eyes today. Technology has always moved quickly but we are entering an age where computing power and our own intelligence is at an all time high and that is accelerating the pace of change....

When you’re working in any sort of time-sensitive environment, having real-time communication is paramount. Here at TNW we’ve tried a number of different options for working across distances while still keeping that face-to-face communication. For the past two weeks, and moving forward, our solution isConvofy. Convofy is a work platform that will be very familiar to anyone who usedFriendFeedand its group functions. But where FriendFeed groups were great for real-time communication, they lacked in providing much more than that....

In the past fortnight my company’s use ofYammerhas dropped from dozens of posts daily to pretty much zero. We’re a medium sized business of 160 people spread across 3 locations plus a collection of client sites – our need to connect hasn’t changed, our platform has. We’ve recently rolled out the first iteration of enterprise social features to our own internal management portal. The portal – known as the Collaborative Platform – has been in use for a number of years....

Back in June weintroducedyou toFounder2Be, a matchmaking service for entrepreneurs looking to get a startup off the ground. Now the site is taking things a step further with the launch of premium accounts. Following a similar model to LinkedIn, premium ‘Pro Plan’ accounts introduce features such as an ad-free experience, a ‘see who has visited your profile’ feature and dedicated support with fast response times. As we explained in our previous report, Founder2be users create profiles, sharing information like their location; skills; availability; previous projects; startup and fund-raising experience; ability to contribute seed funding, and co-founder preferences....

You might remember a few weeks ago when Canadian-based mentorship and collaboration companySproutergave wordthat it was closing its doors in the early part of August. While many of us in the technology world were surprised and disappointed to say the least, it appears that the Sprouter story might not yet be over. We got word this morning that Sprouter is up to…something. We’re not entirely sure what, yet, but here’s what we’ve been told:...