Tune of The Times

It's been almost 18 months since my last post on the future of technology. Some of my predictions have gained momentum like location based services while some like robotics and 3D gaming are moving rather slowly. Before I go back to the future let's do a quick recap of the past year. A few technology stories and trends that had everybody's attention..

Are you happy with your Windows Desktop? How about your Nokia\Samsung\LG Phone? Are you happy with your washer\dryer\blender? Are you happy with the innumerable gadgets you have which are not made by Apple? Yeah, I am not either.

I am sure many of you have tried to gaze into the technology crystal ball to find out what the next big thing is that's going to change our world. Just like the Internet did, social networking did, iPhone did. Some of these might not be even new products, websites or services, it could be a new way of using an existing technology for e.g. micropayment for news content.