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Social media are mainstream (in some countries more than in other)
The concept of web 2.0 was under attack since the beginning and today in 2008 it sounds a bit old fashioned, at least for people like me using it since years. But actually we see again little bits of web innovation dynamics, recognize new phenomena in these days.
Consider e.g. the spreading of microblogging services like twitter – it is no accident that yammer.com was prize winner of TechCrunch50, just a “twitter for business”. And at DEMOfall 08 the winner was Plastic Logic’s ebook reader – will it be disruptive? Then there is the reality of new platforms – an emerging mobile
Will Google own the web of the future? Picture source: mobilementalism.com
No, this is not an other post with a narrow focus on the new browser from the wellknown company. The following text has been published first on the website of Z_punkt The Foresight Company. Maybe the browser release is a milestone in the company’s and the web’s history (up to now there is a difference). It is a good opportunity for some folks to look back and forward – e.g. What to Expect from Google in the Next 10 Years. And the present, uncontroversial facts are excting as well.
The reactions in “Slow Europe” to Google’s coup are remarkable and come as expected. Some would like to forbid that speed of innovation, at least they are crying … and they know “Hey, we are _definitly_ out of the (search business) game! We even do not know the rules!”.
Time ago I really enjoyed the post of Michael Arrington about some desperate efforts of European hmm… “research politics”. The post closed: “… no wonder that many of the best European entrepreneurs keep coming to the U.S. to start companies.”
Chrome – Web-Herrschaft oder nette Innovation?
Als am 2. September der Browser Chrome in über 100 Ländern zum Download bereitgestellt wurde, war dies Read the rest of this entry »
Mobile social semantic web evolving - it is so 3.0!
Today I want to start a series around the emerging issue “web 3.0″, the controversial buzzword with its dazzling meaning. Like with the forerunner “web 2.0″ sober clarifications will help us discerning hype from reality. Today we start with three seemingly unjoined signals from the domains of consumer electronics fairs, web debate and killer startups .-)
Things are networked and start to speak - Nabaztag rabbit
SIGNAL 1: IFA fair opens up to household appliances – maybe they are preparing for the internet of things
Today the IFA fair is starting in Berlin. The first time the worlds largest consumer electronics fair will be sharing the spotlight with household appliances like washers and dryers. Two facts from the market trends department:
- Trend: From “passive cocooning” to “active cocooning”, e.g. having guests and cooking at home. Funny symptom: A lot of shows around flat, garden, house and … the kitchen. You will hardly find a minute in German tv these days, when there is no cooking show running on one channel or the other.) As a consequence of this “active cocooning / social cocooning” trend there is a growth market for household appliances.
- Growth market household appliances: Market research firm Freedonia Group forecasts an increase by 3.1 percent each year through 2011 (redOrbit)
But there should be an other good reason for IFA fair to open up to the wider spectrum of devices. In the next years we will see a jump in the ict evolution. Maybe it will be more radical than the innovations brought by web 2.0 with the blogosophere, youtube, social networking, Google maps etc. that changed lives and business. Read the rest of this entry »
