A presentation that I did for the Burlington Economic Development Corp. about the leading technology trends for 2010. The list includes social media, mobile, geo-location, real-time and cloud computing.
14. Mobile Commerce One in five U.S. consumers used their mobile devices for shopping this holiday season (Deloitte survey) Still relatively small $750-million but expected to hit $2.5-billion in 2010.
18. The Yankee Group forecasts the U.S. e-book reader market is will climb from $1.3 billion in revenue in 2010 to $2.5 billion by 2013. The U.S. installed base of e-book readers will hit over 36 million, up from an installed base of 9 million by 2011.
20. GPS in mobile phones, social networks and mobile apps means geo-location is becoming a necessary feature for any killer app. Where you are and what you’re doing?
22. What it Means Retailers, service providers and marketers can target consumers with the right offer at exactly the right time - Mobile advertising, coupons, relevant/valuable information about places such as restaurants, movies, coffee shops and other services.
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24. What is Real-Time? The Real-Time Web is a concept based on pushing information to users as soon as it's available - instead of requiring they or their software check a source periodically for updates.
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26. Search: Results will have an up-to-date info on what’s happening and what people are thinking
27. Local Info: What people think about retailers, services, brands, facilities, etc. will be instantly available to anyone right away.
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Do a poll of the audience to see who’s using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, blogs.
Do a poll of the audience to see who’s using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, blogs.
1.5 million purchases were made via m-commerce on eBay during the 2009 Christmas holiday season, almost three times the level in 2008
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