Cyber breaches abound in 2019 https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/26/cyber-breaches-abound-in-2019/ News of high-profile cyber breaches has been uncharacteristically subdued in recent quarters. Is this a harbinger of a worse hacking landscape in 2019? The answer is unequivocally yes. No question, cyber breaches have been a gigantic thorn in the global economy for years. But expect them to be even →
Biggest telecom operator Telia is trying to get rid of offering wired telephone service this year. Only three percent of voice calls in Finland are from traditional wired telephones. Telia has only few thousand consumer wired telephone lines left and almost 30 000 business lines. Other big operator Elisa has tried for years to actively →
What are the top cyber trends to watch out for in 2019? Here’s what I have been hearing and reading: First I present a new information security term: Virtual Security = Manufacturers claim that their products are secure. but in reality they are not. New APT groups, and more regulations around data privacy, 2019 is →
Here is my collection of relevant trend for 5G networks for 2019: The most newsworthy stories in wireless today are all about 5G. In 2019, we enter a cautious, early-adoption phase of this next generation of wireless technology. 2019 will be the year when we see the first commercial networks turning on and first handsets →
https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2018/12/cloud-trends-2019-5-it-leaders-watch 2019 will be the year that multi-cloud strategies grow up according to this article. I can pretty much agree on also the other trends listed on this article. →
https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/02/bright-spots-in-the-vr-market/ Virtual reality is in a public relations slump. Two years ago the public’s expectations for virtual reality’s potential was at its peak. But still today the holistic VR experience is still a non-starter for most people. Can we extrapolate beyond the current state of affairs to a magnificent future where the utility of virtual →
https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/01/the-battle-over-the-driving-experience-is-heating-up-and-will-be-won-in-software/ We’re already seeing many new cars with driver-assist features. Many companies are working hard to bring fully autonomous cars to the market quicly. According to the Brookings Institute, one-quarter of all cars will be autonomous by 2040, and IHS predicts all cars will be autonomous after 2050. Those are conservative estimates. These changes will →
We are in commercial 5G era! The world’s first commercial 5G networks were launched today in Tampere Finland and Tallinn Estonia. It was already expected that this year will see the first commercial rollouts of 5G networks. It seem that many telecom companies are aiming to launch 5G service really soon this year or next →
https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/30/internet-trends-2018/ Legendary venture capitalist Mary Meeker has just released the 2018 version of her famous Internet Trends report (294 pages) and Techcrunch has published some highlights. →
Here are some news related to addictive gaming: Gaming addiction classified as disorder by WHO http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42541404 Gaming can be too addictive to some people. Now gaming addiction is to be listed as a mental health condition for the first time. The World Health Organisation’s 11th International Classification of Diseases (ICD) will include the condition →