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On Tuesday Apple’s Phil Schiller (stepping into the role normally occupied by Steve Jobs) presented the Macworld 2009 keynote in San Francisco. This was notable because it represents Apple’s final appearance at the venerable annual conference of all things Apple, and because it was a bit of a yawner.
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In 2004, Sun Microsystems released Java version 1.5, which represented one of the biggest core upgrades in the programming language’s lifetime. Because of the severity of the changes to the core code, many companies were reluctant to migrate. Five years later, we still see many companies operating on version 1.4 or earlier, even though the current version is 1.6 and 1.7 is due for release soon. Nicholas Whitehead from Javalobby wants to know why. Here are some of the excuses, I mean, reasons offered up by his readers, as well as some commentary on each from yours truly…
With the new year finally here, it’s a good time to look back at the impressive mobile industry innovations of 2008 with Google/T-Mobile’s release of the first Android handset, Apple’s release of the iPhone 3G, or Research In Motion’s first touch phone, the Blackberry Storm. It’s also a good time to think on what could be in store for 2009.
The pace of innovation seems to be accelerating after several years of stagnation. Every day brings another app on the App Store and another handset announcement by one of the world’s carriers. Evolution appears to be happening before our very eyes. For this basic scientific process to run its course, it requires an ecosystem that is not yet satisfied with the resulting products. The fittest producers in this new environment have recognized a tipping point that requires a good source of user feedback in order for their innovations to win out.
This is the third in a series of five Slideshare decks from TrendsSpotting. Each slide deck outlines major trends ahead for various marketing/consumer topics. The slides above highlight key factors influencing online marketing in 2009.