Ask HN: What will be the bigggest technology story of 2010?

#1

Post by slapshot » Thu, Dec 31, 2009, 2:44 AM UTC

In light of TechCrunch's wrapup of the biggest stories of 2000-2009, what do you think will be the biggest technology story of 2010? Apple undermining the cable networks? Facebook going public? Twitter getting bought? The CrunchPad getting fixed? ... Let's hear it!

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#2

Post by anigbrowl » Thu, Dec 31, 2009, 2:50 AM UTC

Tablets, tablets everywhere.

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#3

Post by DanielBMarkham » Thu, Dec 31, 2009, 3:11 AM UTC

Real-time web starts being much more a part of the average user's browser experience.

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#4

Post by gry » Thu, Dec 31, 2009, 3:55 AM UTC

Cell networks as dumb pipes.

EDIT: "becoming" to "as"

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#5

Post by weaksauce » Thu, Dec 31, 2009, 4:03 AM UTC

The Apple tablet revolutionizes modern medicine as a simple checklist app tailor made for doctors reduces hospital mistakes by 50%.

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Post by portman » Thu, Dec 31, 2009, 4:18 AM UTC

The rebirth of the technology IPO. Two of the following five will IPO: Facebook, Zynga, Twitter, LinkedIn, Skype.

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#7

Post by sjs » Thu, Dec 31, 2009, 4:22 AM UTC

DanielBMarkham wrote: post #3

Real-time web starts being much more a part of the average user's browser experience.

Not just the web but services such as http://waze.com as well. Indeed though.

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#8

Post by teuobk » Thu, Dec 31, 2009, 4:36 AM UTC

I'm going to be a contrarian and predict that tablets fail to gain traction outside of a small niche market. The Apple tablet will be an amazing piece of technology, sure, but I don't think that people are going to want to carry around a device of that size without having a physical keyboard for input.

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Post by olefoo » Thu, Dec 31, 2009, 4:45 AM UTC

gry wrote: post #4

Cell networks as dumb pipes. EDIT: "becoming" to "as"

And it's complement, anything and everything can be given access to the network over the air. Your car, your washing machine, your golf bag; the wiring closet at work, the front door of your apartment building, fire hydrants, parking lots.

Data everywhere is a precondition for endowing the world around us with intelligence.

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Post by rphlx » Thu, Dec 31, 2009, 5:03 AM UTC

teuobk wrote: post #8

I'm going to be a contrarian and predict that tablets fail to gain traction outside of a small niche market. The Apple tablet will be an amazing piece of technology, sure, but I don't think that people are going to want to carry around a device of that size without having a physical keyboard for input.

Seems every ~10 years, a major computer company has to re-discover this themselves.

There exist some turds which even Steve Jobs cannot polish.