Design Workshop

FA/YSDN 4004 3.0 Section A

Fall 2010 / Winter 2011

York University, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA

Course Director: Graham Huber

Email: ghuber@yorku.ca
Telephone: 416.668.1463

Design Workshop

YSDN 4004 6.0 2010/11 | Section  A  B  C  G  H  I  K

Crystal balling from TechCrunch on what we can expect from 2011.

So here we are in a new decade, and the technologies that are now available to us continue to engage (and enthrall) in fascinating ways. The rise and collision of several trends—social, mobile, touch computing, geo, cloud—keep spitting out new products and technologies which keep propelling us forward

Posted by ghuber at 6:42am

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Research company Juniper has drawn up a list of predictions for the mobile and wireless industry for 2011 and they portray humanity hurtling headlong towards a mobile-centric lifestyle. Juniper sees 2011 as a year where we’ll see increasing use of Augmented Reality, the first Cloud-Based Operating Systems, Mobile Banking becomes a must, the beginning of the demise of the credit card, the rise of Mobile Lottery Tickets, biometrics coming to mobile and Social Purchasing moving to a whole new level.
Download Juniper’s full report.
Here are Juniper’s top 10 wireless predictions:

  1. Surging Mobile Data Traffic
  2. Augmented Reality to Enhance Mobile Games and Retail
  3. Cloud-Based Operating Systems are Launched
  4. Mobile Banking will become a “must-have” when opening a new account
  5. Mobile Devices Begin to Replace Credit Cards
  6. Mobile Handsets Become Even More Sensitive
  7. Mobile Lottery Tickets Sales to Soar Fuelled by Deployments in US, Europe, and China
  8. Mobile-Specific Threats Lead to Demand for Mobile-Specific Security
  9. Buyouts take Social Purchasing to a New Level
  10. More Vendors Develop a “GreenHeart”

Posted by ghuber at 8:52am

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