Trends and predictions

http://interestingengineering.com/germany-banning-vehicle-emissions-2030/ No new gasoline engines in cars after 2030. →

Mobile apps boom was clearly started by Phone introduced 2007 (there were some attempts earlier but they were not hat successful). The mobile app boom kicked off in July 2008, when Apple introduced the App Store.  Not it seems that the interest in apps seems to be fading. Recode article The app boom is over →

http://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/telecom/internet/the-fathers-of-the-internet-revolution-urge-todays-pioneers-to-reinvent-the-web?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrum+%28IEEE+Spectrum%29&utm_content=FaceBook The web as it is used today has problems like security, privacy and big information silos. Re-invention and changes how web is needed to solve them. →

http://www.geek.com/games/nvidia-virtual-reality-will-take-another-20-years-to-fix-1656827/ I remember when VR breaktrough was just around the corner but failed due many technical issues. VR is hot know, so question does history repeat itself now as Nvidia tells? →

http://thelongandshort.org/society/future-of-archiving Finland is plannning to digitize archives and burn aging paper that is not needed. →

http://www.sciencealert.com/9-amazing-photos-that-show-how-incredibly-far-technology-has-come Never forget how much information technology has advanced. →

https://medium.com/@joshuatopolsky/your-media-business-will-not-be-saved-1b0716b5010c#.zgufvo7rz It seems that there are no silver bullets that would save traditional media. →

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/22/web_page_now_big_as_doom/ Today’s bloated web pages can be bigger than installable applications in 1990′s! →

1.5 billion more on-line by 2020 article tells that a global push to create more than a billion new Internet users over the next four years is underway. More than 35 nations committed to expanding public Internet access and working with industry to build connections for rural users. World Bank President Jim Young Kim estimated →

http://qz.com/658010/a-year-after-its-launch-its-now-clear-that-pretty-much-no-one-needs-an-apple-watch/ It seems that smart watches are still lacking the killer applications… Posted from WordPress for Android →