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Monday, January 5, 2009
Best tech trends of ‘08 and a look at ‘09
In yesterday’s paper, we ran a story listing what were (in my view), the top five tech trends of 2008 and what five technologies to look for in 2009 might be.
Of course, a list like this covers an awful lot of ground and must overlook a lot of trends that were certainly important just to keep it to five.
With unlimited space, I might have talked about coworking, electronic voting, the ascension of Netflix to multiple streaming platforms and online shopping.
But I’m a lot more curious about what you readers have to say. What were your top five tech trends of 2008 and what are your predictions for ‘09?
If case you don’t have time to read the whole article, here’s a tiny version of mine:
Trends of 2008:
- Cloud computing — your stuff, online.
- App stores — cell phones grow up, get programs.
- Social networks — Twitter and Facebook continued growing.
- Hybrids — gas prices spiked and people got interested.
- Screens — cheap displays meant more content on more screens.
And my picks for stuff to watch in 2009:
- Netbooks
- Off-site storage
- Smarter TVs
- New media gets more competitive
- Air/gesture-based computing/gaming
What do you think? Get to prognosticating!
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