The 2011-year’s technology industry brought us so many surprises and adventures. The year brought huge Internet IPO’s, such as LinkedIn’s IPO of $352.8 million and Pandora’s raising of $234.9 million dollars for its initial public offering. Off the topic of money---Steve Jobs died! 2011 also brought us Apple’s iPad 2 and Google+ social network. With the New Year just beginning I want to take a look at some of the predictions for 2012. These predictions concern tech and industry issues.
The first prediction I want to cover is the matter of social media losing its sizzle. “Revenues from social media have not lived up to the promises, and the vast majority of those thousands of startups are either dying or on the ropes” (Wadhwa, 2011). Many believe the Facebook will quickly face the same fate as MySpace.
The second prediction is an explosion of the tablet market. The prediction of these tablets includes a market driven by sub-$100 tablets. These tablets are projected to be Android powered and priced at $100 or below. The tablet manufacturers are predicted to sell this technology with data bundles at $10-15 a month.
The third prediction is that voice recognition will go mainstream. SIRI is an incredible invention used to distinguish your voice commands. This software has been utilized by Apple and is predicted to burst in the technology industry. This technology is predicted to be embed in the new Apple TV and future versions of iPads.
These predictions have come from an article found on CloudBeat. There are many other articles that involve predictions for the 2012-year. Whether these forecasts come to pass or not, it is exciting to think about how far we have come in the technology world in only a year. Take a moment to look over the inventions and updates of 2011. Prepare yourself for what 2012 has to offer.
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