Thursday, January 26, 2012

The next big breakthrough in technology

It's been a while since I put down my thoughts on trends on management, technology or business in my blog. My new year resolution is to share my blog to a wider group of audiences. Any suggestions from you are most welcome!

As I review the past 12 months of what has happened in the technology space, one technology that struck me was the exponential rise of ANDRIOD. More and more handset and tablet manufacturers are choosing Andriod as their preferred mobile operating platform. While there are more than 350,000 apps in App Store, Andriod market has more than 250000 apps. The gap between Andriod market and Apps Store is closing.

The question now is what's next?

To me, the natural extension for Andriod is to develop an operating platform for the desktop and notebook market which Microsoft dominates this market. Imagine that Andriod is deployed in your notebook or desktop, the tremendous opportunities in terms of user experiences and applications can be enhanced.

Let's see in the coming 12 months, will we see some indication of where Andriod is heading next.

Happy New Year!
Bernard Tan

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