24-12-2010 2011 technology predictions for business and consumers around the world

Technology predictions for Australia in 2011. Agree or disagree?

Media predicts for 2011 (starts at 5:37 into the video). What do you think?

Our predictions? Always tentative ground but we think the following will emerge as major trends in the coming year:

  • Mobile internet usage and apps will continue to grow
  • HTML 5 adoption will explode
  • Data portability will become more an issue
  • Government regulation of the internet will start to tighten (due to the wikileaks episode and other perceived 'threats')
  • Increased use of biometric data scanners/applications in a wider business/consumer context
  • Social media sites Twitter and Facebook continue to grow