In today´s class we watched two movies about the future development of the internet.
1. Video published by Microsoft
This video shows possible technical developments in the future. Which may right now seem to be impossible is here shown as everday life in a couple of years. Furthermore Microsoft clearly elaborates the advantages of being mobile, which means being absolutly independent from time and space, no matter if it is about private issues tou have to do or your job.
One main issue in this video is the usage of small plastic cards in the size of a credit card, used for flights. In the airport they first work as boarding pass, then as remote control and lter one as guide to the luggage pick up. This fact that Microsoft wants to establish multifunctional technical supports in one appearance.
Internet world as we know it today has undergone far-reaching and profound changes since its early days while becoming a critical communications infrastructure underpinning our economic performance and social welfare. With an estimate of 1.1 billion users world-wide today the Internet is poised to become a fully pervasive infrastructure providing anywhere, anytime connectivity. Thanks in particular to the further deployment of wireless technologies, the number of users of the Internet is expected to jump to some 4 billion in a matter of few years. (http://www.future-internet.eu/)
But the internet is still an open source everybody can join unlimited. Even this is the fact why companies like google.de and yahoo.de are so succesfull it is to question if tchanges have to be made here. Concerning the increase in the numbers of internet users, there will be more unsafety spread arounf the e-world for all participants. (http://www.searchandgo.com/articles/internet/future-dev-7.php). Futhermore reflecting the example of google and yahoo a takeover would also eliminate the basic principal of openess of the interenet, because it is obvious that the trend here goes to a monopoly which will control the online world and spy all ur data - google.de (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/yahoo-and-future-of-internet.html). In this case it is to question which limits are needed to support the technical developments of the internet and at the same time prevent the fact to totally drow out all your data just becaus going with the trend, and getting more and more mobile. The Internet is certainly the most valuable information resource , with, actually, over 800 million people using it everyday. When the Internet was developed 30 years ago, it was mainly used by governments, scientists, researchers and university teachers. Today, the Internet is used by many different types of people, from students to CEO's and the waitress to the politician. Regarding these facts the further develpment of the internet and the techncial advices shown in the movie need to underly certain rules to not overgo the point of safety in this case. (http://www.internettrends.org/).
To show further trend developments I would like you to advice you to the following blog published by Frank Feather, Business Futurist/ Strategist. Recently he published an interview between FAZ, an well known German newspaper and the CEO of Google.de, Eric Schmidt.
2. Video published by lainformacion.com
This video shows a outlook to the year 2025.
This video states that in 2025 either newspapers are only available online or some cheap gratis printed versions. It is even stated that the biggest Newspaper of the US, the New York Times will disappear from the printed newspaper versions and only follow the online and mobile trend.
I oersonally disagree with this issue. My opinion is that there will be many changes in the news-world and of course with high tendency to the online and mobile world to gain competitive advantage this trend development will also grow really fast. However, I believe in the fact that newspapers will still publish parts of it as printed version and also not only gratis. Newspapers are something u still want to touch, feel, store in your shelves. There are portable and you are not always having the feeling of bringing your laptop and electricity with you, even your laptop is really handy.
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