(dailynewyorknews) – The technology industry is often pontificate about the future, but the news cycle busy this year gave us a lot to talk.
Influential pioneers of the technology died, cyber security companies cost billions of dollars, and trends in electronics and new tools and Web provide new challenges.
Smartphones and tablets of each grew immensely this year we decided to give their own mobile phone of the year under review the list.
Talk about the future, there was a lot of fat and futuristic not pay for everything this year.
The seeds of mobile strategy at Hewlett-Packard, Motorola plans to Google after the acquisition in 3-D silicon transistors Intel and payment systems such as mobile portfolio of Google is planted this year. But these stories were left off the list because their products did not reach a mass market in 2011. Search for those who make great spots in 2012.
These 10 stories in 2011 has had an enormous impact that could resonate for many years:
1. Steve Jobs dies
Modest middle-class roots to the performance of the company’s most valuable technology in the world, Apple’s Steve Jobs, co-founder was powerful and revered. He died Oct. 5 after a long battle with cancer has made waves in the world.
Public duel outside Apple could see hundreds of stores, where fans left flowers, candles and tributes written notes. His authorized biography by Walter Isaacson, who left in November, became an instant bestseller.
At Apple, Jobs helped create the personal computer industry, and built a team that worked with him in the design of hits, like the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad. He also found time to run Pixar Animation Studios, “Toy Story” creator Walt Disney Co. paid $ 7.4 billion for the acquisition in 2006.
The technology industry is fast break after the death of the job “this year, bringing business leaders and the world to speak publicly about their impact. It can never be the same afterwards.
2. Role of social media as a tool for protesters
Praise was heaped on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube after playing a role in the Arab spring, a series of events in the Middle East that began in late 2010.
The use of social networks to spread the word about events continue this year, especially in the uprising that overthrew the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak for a long time.
In London, participants in the riots using BlackBerry Messenger.
Occupy micro Reports Wall Street and other U.S. protests appeared frequently on Twitter.
Perhaps in a nod to these events, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on stage at the conference this year, “We exist at the intersection of technology and social issues.”
3. Pirates
The mask of Guy Fawkes, a symbol of political unrest pure white, you can see the manifestations in many occupations, but the attachment of the film “V for Vendetta” has been adopted before by a group called Anonymous online.
The group emerged from the loosely organized underground Internet this year with a series of cyber attacks on churches politically motivated, e-commerce and banking. Lulz sister group called Security held its own hacks before disappearing quickly.
After Sony’s online network had been hacked, researchers have discovered a file planted in one of your servers with the song anonymous, “We are legion.” The word “hack” is so ingrained in the vernacular of the people after all these incidents has become a phrase each time a site was down or a password was stolen.
4. Tablets market are dozens of new
The market for tablet PC than a decade has been hit hard with new products this year, driven by the massive success of the Apple iPad.
Electronics manufacturers have tried to find out if consumers were looking for pills or just iPads. Google with its Android tablets and Research in Motion, the BlackBerry PlayBook, they were not satisfied with the answer.
Amazon.com could have solved the formula with its $ 199 Kindle fire. He was selling a million units every week since its release in November. Hewlett-Packard only managed to attract significant sales of its TouchPad when he ran a liquidation sale of $ 99 to clear inventory.
5. Facebook and partners add “frictionless” from
What do you call when you know someone who learns something about you without you telling them?
Facebook called “friction” and the companies that have implemented the feature, including some streaming music services and news editors have found an excellent promotional vehicle.
However, many are opposed to reading habits being broadcast instantaneously to their private Facebook pages. Zuckerberg believes that people will continue to publish about themselves online every year – however, if it is active or not choose.
6. Patent wars
The big names in mobile phones, like Apple, Google, HTC, Microsoft, RIM and Samsung, have participated in a game giant risk of the patent.
These companies have filed claims and counterclaims in countries around the world to seek licensing agreements or to block the sale of its rivals. Google said that the acquisition of $ 12.5 billion of reserves to win the Motorola mobile phone manufacturer for patents.
Check with your local government to see if they can legally buy a Galaxy Tab in stores this week.
7. Google +
People spend more time on social networks searching the web. In other words, the more Google and Facebook less.
So Google has created its own Facebook-like environment with Google +. Users can share pictures and surf the updates of their friends.
+ Google has had a promising start, but Facebook has had a long-term benefit. Google says its social network is the key to the future of the company. It’s a big bet.
8. Apple has become the most valuable company in the world
When Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, said the company was weeks away from bankruptcy. During the next decade, masterfully orchestrated a change that led to Apple briefly each of the companies most valuable in the world by market capitalization.
Exxon Mobil has regained a considerable advantage, but should not undermine the effectiveness of Apple was to create a thirst for gadgets. The ultra-thin iPad 2 was frantic, and the iPhone 4S, with Syria, entered the order of voice services to a wider audience this year.
9. IBM Watson wins champions human “Jeopardy!”
Sometimes, Watson computer built by IBM, some nuances do not understand the English language that has caused mockery.
However, as everyone had learned when IBM Deep Blue beat chess champion Garry Kasparov, the computers have no idea. Watson showed that two intelligent men, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, were no match for the banks of servers running an artificial intelligence software.
10. Spotify and Facebook for the purchase of digital music
ITunes and iPod, Apple had a strong formula to dominate the digital music industry. Amazon and Google have not made a breach.
However, Spotify has proven a worthy adversary of Europe, and after years of negotiations with record companies, which finally hit U.S. shores this year.
Facebook Music, a site that shows what friends are listening, has helped introduce a wider audience on demand streaming services like Spotify, MOG, and Rhapsody RDIO.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/26/tech/web/tech-news-2011/index.html?hpt=ibu_c1
