Year 2015 was the technology year as many big brands investing in technology sector which resulted in bigger profits and availability of advanced technology to end consumers. Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Google made investments in technology sector and introduced products which resulted in their great popularity in addition to profits.
Following are few technology developments which were seen in 2015 by big names.
Latest version of iPhone was introduced by Apple which became so popular among its consumers across the globe. Amazon Web Services also made Amazon more profitable, concept was basically cloud computing. Google strides towards putting a self driving car on the road. Facebook focused on ads refinement and introduced various new features including video feeds on live basis. Speech recognition and virtual reality areas were also targeted by Facebook.
Due to above advancement in technology sector in 2015, various consumers got benefited and enhanced their lifestyles, businesses and explored different avenues of making money and building new businesses. These developments of 2015 now made companies realize that more advanced products and technology can be introduced in 2016.
So here is a look for 2016 which is not the year of Cable and Satellite:
Cable and Satellite will Suffer due to Streaming Services:
It is predicted that Television, cable and satellite will suffer in 2016 due to the availability of technology not based on cord. Consumers are switching from cables and satellite avenues for more other options available such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Instant video. Entertainment providers who are using App based technology are more reliable than other options which are on declining trends like cable and satellite avenues.
Apple Watch To Be Introduced With New Marketing Strategy:
Apple watch created hype at the time of its introduction in April but price was at high side for many consumers. The technology was new and innovative and its features were attractive like its fitness features. Some people did not buy it because of a problem that it had to be tethered to the phone.
In order to make the new version of Apple Watch successful certain measures will need to be taken like lower price, detachable from phone. There is also a big need of marketing the product among the customers to deter the perception that new Apple Watch will be tethered with phone.
Virtual Reality Will Be A Hit:
There is going to be a boost in sales of game console due to reason that VR gaming headsets are going to be introduces in 2016 by Sony and Oculus.
Facebook will be going to play a role in VR’s momentum and publicity. Due to Virtual Reality game industry, sports, education etc will be facing a huge change and overall impact.
Navigation Mapping At New Levels:
Hands on with Bosch’s “Connected Horizon” interface. There is going to be a system introduced in which system will inform drivers of road hazards such as construction, accidents and potholes in real time manner as alerts.
Digital Payments Technology on Hit:
There will be more popularity and usage of digital payments. This payment method will be successful ad its wide acceptability among people cause change of game.
The digital payments that will be a big success include Apple and Android Pay, Bitcoin and Blockchain.
Above all people are also waiting for new technologies emergence and its availability. It can easily be said that 2016 is a technology year.
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