I’m no a prophet or anything like that, but here are my predictions / wish list for this upcoming year:
TECHNOLOGY
- Cloud Computing & Virtualization will double in usage by businesses.
- Mobile & web analytics will play a larger role in business intelligence.
- Consumer’s consumption of digital media (music, movies, games, etc…) will be at an all-time high. More networks will broadcast TV shows & sports online, in real-time. Netflix will have full online distribution.
- Traditional media publishing (printed newspapers/magazines) outlets will continue taking several hard losses & 25% will close up shop or go online distribution only.
- Online education for schools & universities will see a new highs in terms of students, profits & the technology wars will really heat up in this arena.
- Adobe will establish itself as THE ubiquitous media platform.
- General consumers realize augmented reality == FAIL. Don’t get me wrong I think AR has a number of applications for the military and other occupations, but I think for the general consumers its fluff.
MOBILE
- An eBook Reader that does more than just read PDFs for the price of a Cadillac.
- Multi-touch, personal mobile devices (i.e. iPhone & Droid) will continue to grow & dominate the market.
- Google will release its GPhone (Android of course).
- Apple will see a nice growth in sales of iPhone & computers this year & Apple will open its doors to other service providers (about damn time).
- There will be less concern with desktop operating systems (Mac OS X & Windows 7) and more focus on operating systems that can do that same tasks from the convenience of your hand.
