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11 Predictions for 2011

January 3, 2011

Business, Media, Politics, Technology

Africa, Android, architect, Bjarke Ingels, Cable TV, Copenhagen, Denmark, e-book, e-books, e-magazine, Facebook, Federal Communications Commission, Funding, Goldman Sachs, Google, Google Inc., green technology space, Groupon, Internet Access, Internet Backlash, Internet Backlash The internet industry, internet legislation, internet lines, Internet regulation, internet-organized protests, iPhone, kindle, large media, leader, long-time internet observers, Media, media product, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, mobile devices, Near Field Communication, netflix, New Year's Day, New York, New York subway, NFC chips, Nokia, online efforts, online landscape, online piracy, online remixing, presidential primaries, public transportation, real estate crisis, Region Hovedstaden, Sales promotion, smart tools, social media, South America, The Guardian, the New York Times, Twitter, United States, Web 2.0, Wikileaks, World Wide Web, Zynga

With a new year upon us, it's time to move to a new set of predictions for what might be coming next.

From Scandinavia With Love

September 17, 2000

Business, Politics, Technology

Anne Rasmussen, bartender, BBC, better news, Birger Steen, cellular telephone, CEO, Content, Copenhagen, Denmark, e - commerce, Electronic commerce, Europe, European Union, Financial services, Finland, France, Germany, government services, GSM, hot wireless app, hybrid computing, identification chip, Internet experience, king, Mobile commerce, Mobile phone, mobile phones, Mobile technology, Mobile telecommunications, Music, New media, Nexus One, Norway, online operator, online trading, Scandinavia, Scandinavia Online, smart card, smart card infrastructure, SMS, software vendors, Spain, Standard, Sweden, Trends, United Kingdom, United States, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System, Video, video-conferencing, Videotelephony, voice recognition, WAP, WAPportal.net, web store, Wireless, wireless phone, wireless route, wireless service, wireless space, wireless throughputs, wireless users, wireless video conferencing

I was recently speaking at a conference called Escandinavia 2000, which covered the state of the Internet in Scandinavia. During that conference, I had a chance to speak to a number of people about the state of wireless in the Scandinavian countries. Here’s what I’ve learned and how it can help those of you who are working in the wireless space in the United States. The Hybrid World Lives! Many of you may remember the February 10th issue about Hybrid Computing. While talking with Birger Steen, CEO of Scandinavia Online, I discovered that the concept is not that far off the market. It is his contention that WAP-enabled phones are largely a pain in the back when it comes to interface. Having to key in every letter on the small phone keyboard is far from the easiest thing in the world. As a result, Scandinavia Online has developed a set of services that allows users of their portal jump on their site and configure their WAP view on the web. From his point of view, this is the best service he can offer now to wireless users. The point was reiterated by a few people around the conference that told…