What is going to happen in the tech world in 2016?
This article is another version of the article I published in Linkedin about technology changes in 2016. You can read that article (same pretty much, by clicking here on Linkedin if you want to follow me there. The reason I repost my articles is Linkedin is not very diligent at getting my articles outside of Linkedin.
If you have read Innevitable Surprises by Peter Schwartz, you will understand why I think these things will happen. He has a theoretical way of predicting things and I just use his theories to come up with these “hair-brain” ideas. Here are my tech predictions for 2016.
2016 Technology Predictions
1. Periscope Paid Services
I think that Periscope will figure out a way they can let users pay for services and let other users to make money from these services in both marketplaces and private sessions. My prediction is that Periscope will become one of the faster growth revenue models in 2016. I can only imagine what these services will be. But let’s just say video conferences, tours, etc. Somebody is going to make some money here, and as many who follow me know, I find Periscope very compelling!
2. The iBook
I have been waiting for Apple to introduce a version of the iPad that has two sides and closes up like a book. It makes total sense because then you can close her up and not smash the screen. Come on Apple, you have pretty much made every other kind of iPad thingy. Plus humans are used to reading books like books not like smartphones!
3. The Drone Car
Why not? This was bound to happen! We have seen so many of these drones moving packages and zipping around everywhere. I predict we will see a drone based vehicle for humans as a prototype in 2016.
4. Real Equity Tech Crowd Funding
This is the year you will be able to buy very early shares in the next Apple, Priceline or Twitter. The government is passing Title 3 and Title 4 in 2016. It is real and basically it will allow you to buy a couple hundred dollars worth of shares in early startups, long before Venture Capital comes into the picture! And Venture Capital is not happy about the fact that you can get ahead of them. It is a big time opportunity for the little investor out there!
5. Interactive Picture Frames
We have all seen those cheap digital picture frames you can buy at Wal-Mart. I think that this year we will see cheap interactive digital picture frames. So now you can not just watch pictures of your relatives, but it can ring and say hello! This is good and cool, but kind of creepy. This should be the year for that interactive video phone frame right on the wall!
6. Clouds In The Closet
I have come across this idea several times. Right now we all work with cloud computing at some data center, some where out there. I think a lot of companies will be bringing a new type of technology in-house for a lot of reasons. It will however resemble and interact with the cloud. This is really another Internet of Things concept, but the cloud comes home baby!
7. Mechanic In Your Car
The founder of Waze is working diligently on building an interactive marketplace where mechanics can access your cars remotely, bid on fixing your problem and monitor your car. It’s a definite thing about to happen. Market forces are working themselves out on this one, but they are focused and dis-inter-mediation is coming soon! (That’s an MBA term for removing the middle man). Not sure who the middle man is in this case, but it is happening.
8. Big Guys Offer Beacon Services
I think Apple and Google are going to be crushing the beacon market with a variety of services that let anybody from retail to hospitals (who will pay) know when people arrive, where they go in the building and lots of other stats. We see a ton of small companies trying to enter this market, but it really will take Apple and Google to do it to make it happen. Why is it going to happen big time? Because it is the next evolution in Geospatial services!
9. Home Automation China Black Boxes
I predict a number of amazing products will come out of China that will assist in automating the home cheaply and efficiently, which can be purchased at Wal-Mart. What will they be. Well, how about a little black box that monitors your air quality. How about one that is a connected smoke detector? How about one to test your water? How about one to monitor your kids? How about one to monitor your plants. Well, you get the picture. Little black boxes for you and me to pop on the wifi to do little chores!
10. The End Of Cable As We Know It
I think 2016 will result in Internet based companies Netflix, Apple and Chrome (Google) and a few others offering a complete way out of Cable with all the “live” channels you want. And take that Comcast! I think that this is long overdue and there seems to have been a quiet period, but tech is growing exponentially. Whatever the next evolution of this tech it will arrive and take the world by storm, because obviously what Comcast and AT&T offer right now is pretty much crap!
That is my prediction for 2016. Let’s see if any of these hair-brained ideas happen! If you want to challenge me or add any more then please add more on my original Linkedin article by clicking here. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tech-predictions-2016-tech2016-dan-gudema?trk=hp-feed-article-title-like
Let’s come back to this article next year and compare notes, and see how many I have hit the nail on the head with!
By the way, how do I come up with these ideas.
Well, I run a tech startup pitch event in Boca Raton and work as a startup consultant, build brochure and eCommerce websites and have written a couple books about the Internet, tech and startups.
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Thank,
Dan Gudema
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