The Technologies That Shaped 2008

December 31, 2008 · by Scott

I’m sticking with the theme of Top 10 lists. Today I want to show you a great list from Popular Mechanics: The 6 technologies that shaped 2008. You’ve read a couple of them here on TrendDomaining.com. I fully expect all six of these technologies to continue on well into 2009 and beyond. Don’t be surprised if you see one or two of these on next years list as well.

Netflix rocks internet movie streaming
Pocket gadgets on the cheap
Mobile applications
3D cinema
Location-based services
Microblogging

Good job to Netflix on not sitting on their old, yet still superior relative to the market, mail platform. Back in July I stated that companies like Netflix, Blockbuster and Redbox need to begin making changes in how they get their product into our homes. Blockbuster needs a miracle to survive. Redbox is doing well with their kiosks, but as far as I know they have no plans on changing that. Netflix, on the other hand, gets it.

Netflix not only came out with the Roku, a box that streams movies from Netflix to your TV, they also teamed up with Microsoft to add this feature to the XBox 360, as well as the TiVo HD DVR. Genius! They found a way to get their product into 21 million+ households that already have a player. Bravo, Netflix.

When they say pocket gadgets, they were referring to netbooks and camcorders. Though pocket camcorders had a good breakthrough this past year, I don’t see them getting nearly as big as netbooks.

Mobile applications was an inevitable technology given the iPhone and its copycats.

3D cinema. Aha! another trend you read here on TrendDomaining.com. It cites the “success” of Journey to the Center of the Earth. By success, they don’t mean the fact that it was a box office flop. They mean that most of its revenue came from 3D theaters, proving people want 3D even if it sucks!

The GPS stuff started getting big when you didn’t have to fork out $400+ for a GPS unit, and could get the same function on your iPhone and its clones.

Microblogging got big, of course, with the huge popularity of Twitter (By the way, add me!). Popular Mechanics, along with many other sites, feel that Twitter will eventually fade due to a lack of an actual business model. I’ve been reading many opinions that feel that Facebook is the future of microblogging.

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