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Sunday
Dec082013

Trends in 2014: Juniper

('Tis the season for predictions for 2014. Follow the tag "Future" for such as I encounter them.) 

The mobile consultancy Juniper Research has released its top ten technology predictions for 2014:

  1. 2014: When Cities Get Smarter -- what with even broader deployment of sensors and cloud-based apps connecting transportation, healthcare, lighting, etc. 
  2. mAgri to Build on mPayment Success in Developing Markets -- mAgri = "mobile agriculture" supporting crop management, yield, and product tracking; mPayment = "mobile payment" infrastructure enabling banking and financing, which is especially apt in the developing world
  3. The Watershed Year for Wearables -- Google Glass and other smart glasses, smartwatches 
  4. iPads & Tablets Flourish in Educational Settings
  5. Mobile Fitness Devices Diversify into mHealth Arenas
  6. Global 4G LTE Subscribers to double in 2014, as 4G LTE-Advanced roll out increases
  7. Context Awareness in Mobile Computing Gathers Pace -- as devices and applications get smarter about providing information given where we are 
  8. Disruption in the Home Gaming Market -- with Ouya and other "microconsoles"
  9. The Cloud Becomes Personal -- particularly given the revelations regarding the NSA, folks will stand up their own personal clouds via domestic network-attached storage devices 
  10. 3D Printer Shipments to Surge 

Juniper's press release is here; the full report is available here (free registration required). Business Insider's summary is here

 

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