In the past few years, people all around the world have witnessed a number of great technological innovations. Since there is no other way but forward in the field of technology, we are sure to expect many more advancements this coming year. Brace yourself as we enumerate all the exciting technology trends worthy to watch out for this 2012.
- The mobile usage will increase - Mobile usage is set to offer a new set of data gathering possibilities via location awareness, tracking software and quick responses. Mobile commerce will also continue to grow as businesses capitalize on it.
- The Cloud will continue to rise – This year it is expected that web data storage will grow in popularity and will likely to the storage of choice for many.
- Platforms integration - Different media will be used to effectively engage in market research.
- All things will become portable - A plethora of gadgets such as tablets, smartphones and ultrabooks will continue to flood and dominate the market.
- Touch capabilities of gadgets will be ubiquitous - In the recent years, the touch-screen interfaces have revolutionized how millions of users interact with technology. Since there will be more touch interface devices in the market this year, expect ubiquitous presence of these amazing gadgetry.
- The concept of Augmented Reality (AR) will go mainstream - AR is no longer confined to science fiction. Tablets and smartphones are set to deliver a daily dose of augmented reality this year.
- Thick will be the new “thin”- Portable computing usage along with the AppStore Model will be bringing locally installed apps back in style.
- The use of voice will become more rampant - Touch capability is a great improvement but voice-based interactions are the way to go to free our hands.
- The Cloud will become the new norm - This year, cloud computing will no longer be an “edge market” because it will be widely adopted by huge businesses and even public sector organizations.
- The issue on location-based privacy will finally be addressed - During the past two years, location-based services were on the hot seat because privacy based on location generated a number of problems. Good news is that companies will adopt safer location-based privacy policies this year.
- 2012 is the year for “The Big Data”- There will be around 40% increase in data that needs to be managed and so the technology industry will start adapting the enterprise-ready high scale NoSQL products.
- Twitter will continue to become more useful and powerful - The social networking site’s use will be accelerated for a number of various uses.