In preparation for this article, I briefly reviewed the opinions of others in terms of their outlook for new inventions, innovations and technology. Here are my humble opinion of what’s hot and what’s not.
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Economic & Innovation World Review Report – October to November 2012
Consumer Technology World Brief
Microsoft has finally launched its Windows 8 OS and reportedly sold 4 million copies of Windows 8 in 3 days. That is a warm welcome to a much awaited OS, but it remains to be seen if the new Windows OS gains popularity (and market share) in the smartphone segment – where the innovation, users and money is moving towards. However it is also important to note that tablets are fast becoming an important tool with Microsoft releasing its first tablet, the Surface, which is geared specifically to businesses, Apple releasing the iPad Mini, a smaller version of its blockbuster tablet and Google which came out with a new version of its Nexus tablet. The tablet market is growing market with much more room for growth as in the last quarter alone tablet sales has increased 43% compared with over a year ago. The tablets trends is only rising now with perhaps a marriage between technologies where phablets which are phone and tablets will start to become a trend.
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Gamification and Commercialization
What is Gamification?
‘Gamification’ is a relatively new term – coined in 2008 – it relates to adapting game mechanics into non-game settings, applying game design thinking to non-game applications to make them more fun and engaging.