Tech Top 20 "In 2012" Lists

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Now that 2011 is coming to a close, all the tech blogs and online magazines are predicting what to watch out for in the coming year. I wrote about how futurists predict tech trends in a blog I posted on 6 December 2011, so I thought it would be fun to list some of the technologies people say we can expect in the coming year.

I compiled a list of 20 "in 2012" lists, culled from Twitter, LinkedIn, and a variety of online publications. Interestingly, a number of themes are prevalent in these lists:
Curiously, HTML5, one of the biggest revolutions in the Internet world, was only mentioned once. Mobile payments was mentioned a few times, which I think is going to be the next big thing (maybe not in 2012, but in the coming years.)

Lists 11 and 13 are not strictly trend-related, but I thought they were still appropriate to include here as they do show where our tech focus should be during the coming year.

All lists include links to the original articles. If any of them interest you, I suggest you click the link and take a look. One of the lists contains links to electric cars to be released in 2012. I strongly suggest you take a look at that article for the ooh-ahh factor.

If you have more to contribute, let me know in the comments.

1) 5 Tech Trends to Watch in 2012
http://mashable.com/2011/12/27/5-tech-trends-to-watch-in-2012/
  1. Augmented reality
  2. The micro payment economy
  3. The rise of the ultrabook
  4. Social/digital exhaustion
  5. Mobile chip wars

2) Tech in 2012: Face-offs, failures and fairly big changes at the office
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/technology/1112/gallery.tech-in-2012.fortune/
  1. More form factors
  2. Forget the specs (care more about the experience)
  3. More business models
  4. Google Apps and Office 365 will duke it out
  5. Better management for employee devices
  6. More enterprise acquisitions
  7. Context aware services
  8. Gamification goes mainstream
  9. Android tablets really take off
  10. Mobile commerce experiences get richer
  11. The rise of the "social business"
3) Microsoft: Five Things to Look for in 2012
  1. Windows 8 tablets
  2. Xbox moves farther into live TV
  3. Windows Phone: We're No. 3
  4. Patent litigation agressor
  5. Growing search through social
4) How Digital Business Will Evolve in 2012: 6 Big Ideas
  1. Thinking in terms of ecosystems
  2. Managing business as networks of people
  3. Shifting from static to dynamic notions of value
  4. Designing business for radical change
  5. Opening the culture of the organization
  6. Tapping into collective intelligence
5) Google: Five things to look for in 2012
  1. Anti-trust decisions in the US and EU
  2. Google steps up patent defences
  3. Making search more social
  4. Further Android fragmentation
  5. Chrome market share climbs
6) 10 Top Technology Trends for 2012
  1. TV Becomes the New Center of Gravity 
  2. 2012 Will See Tectonic Shifts in Phone Markets 
  3. Clouds Are for Consumers (and Startups) 
  4. Security Splits the Tech World in Two 
  5. SIRI Stuns the World 
  6. We Enter the Amazing World of Dave and HAL 
  7. E-Readers Prosper, but Pads Continue to Dominate the CarryAlong Market 
  8. The Consumption World Explodes 
  9. Governments and Corporations Focus on IP 
  10. Amazon Gets It All
7) 12 predictions for Africa Tech Scene in 2012
  1. Feature phone to Smartphone + a touch of Tablet
  2. Evolution & Maturity of Mobile Money
  3. Mobile Commerce & Payment Wars Intensify
  4. Mobile broadband Internet Access and the 3G Divide
  5. Mobile Health coming of Age but still not mature
  6. Media disruption takes root
  7. Rush and stumble to Invest in Africa Tech
  8. Rise of Angel & Seed investing “Sea Turtles vs Residents”
  9. Impact Investors figure out what “impact” actually means in Africa and add Tech to their portfolio
  10. New Africa Tech Hub Challengers emerge
  11. China lays down infrastructure, India and West builds services
  12. Africa Tech Talent and Skills shortage is real. Steps to strengthen continue
8) Upcoming Device (sic) In 2012 
  1. Kindle Fire 2
  2. iPhone 5
  3. Ultrabook
  4. MacBook Air of New Generation (sic)
9) What to Expect of Social Media in 2012
  1. Social-Mobile-Cloud
  2. Social media going mainstream
  3. Search
  4. Integration
  5. Facebook
10) Five predictions for the mobile industry in 2012
  1. Marketers finally accept fragmentation
  2. Tablets are recognised as a new type of media, unique from PCs and phones
  3. Coupon companies go mobile, add fulfillment, then soar
  4. Small businesses embrace mobile social media
  5. m-Commerce comes of age in emerging markets
11) 5 Ways to Boost Your Digital Media Career in 2012
  1. Get To Know Your Devices To Know the Trends
  2. Go Deep Into Content
  3. Recognize that Social Networks Transcend Facebook and Twitter
  4. Go Deep into Data and Learn How to Ask the Right Questions
  5. Behave Like a Media Entrepreneur, Innovator, Connector and Creator
12) 10 technologies to look forward to in 2012
  1. NFC… no, really 
  2. Speech recognition 
  3. 3D printing 
  4. Properly smart TV 
  5. 4k TV 
  6. Tablet gaming controls 
  7. Optical zoom camera phones 
  8. Super high-res tablets 
  9. Quad-core phones 
  10. Spotify movies
13) 20 Silicon Hills Technology Startups to Watch in 2012
  1. Appconomy
  2. BlackLocus
  3. Calxeda
  4. Famigo
  5. Fiserv
  6. Infochimps
  7. Hoot.me
  8. MapMyFitness
  9. Mass Relevance
  10. Other Inbox
  11. OwnLocal
  12. Portalarium
  13. Ricochet Labs
  14. Solspot
  15. SpareFoot
  16. Twilio
  17. 9WSearch
  18. Whale Shark Media
  19. WPEngine
  20. ZippyKid
14) What The Business Of Video Will Look Like In 2012
  1. 2012 is the year all video goes a la carte
  2. 2012 will be the year of the OverTheTop revolution
  3. YouTube and Google TV will merge (really this time)
  4. Yahoo will emerge as a big creator and distributor of video
  5. Business video will arrive as a real targetable business opportunity
15) Electric Cars in 2012, the ultimate directory
  1. Blowcar
  2. Doking XD
  3. Electric Ford Focus
  4. Honda Jazz EV (Fit EV)
  5. Kia Venga EV
  6. Lumeneo Neoma
  7. Renault Zoe
  8. Renault Twizy
  9. Smart ED
  10. Toyota iQ EV
  11. Tesla Model S
  12. Audi R8 E-tron
  13. Exagon Furtive e-GT
  14. Lightning GT
  15. ArcSpeed
  16. Varley EVR450
16) 12 Internet Predictions For 2012
  1. Google Will Release A $200 Tablet
  2. Facebook Will Grow Faster Than Anyone Thinks And Hit 1 Billion Users
  3. Twitter Will Build A Huge Business
  4. RIM Will Sell
  5. Apple Will Boringly Grow In Line With Analysts' Estimates
  6. Nokia Will Do OK
  7. Amazon Will Post Serious Losses And Outstanding Revenue Growth
  8. The New Breed Of Vertical, Entertaimnent-Focused Ecommerce Companies Will Get Huge
  9. 2012 Will Finally Be The Year Mobile Advertising Really Take Off, With At Least One AdNet Going Public
  10. Rovio Will Open At Least One Store In The US
  11. This Year, Enterprise-Focused Startups Will Blow Up
  12. You Will See A Ton Of Hype Around "The Internet Of Things"
17) 9 Social Media Trends to Keep Your Eye on in 2012
  1. Social CRM 
  2. Cross-Department Social Media 
  3. More integrated social media campaigns 
  4. Further segmentation of social platforms 
  5. Social ROI 
  6. Content, Content, Video 
  7. Game-ification 
  8. Social and mobile integration 
  9. Social online will merge into social online
18) Deloitte Predicts the Top 10 Technology Trends for 2012
  1. Geo-spatial Visualization
  2. Digital Identities 
  3. Data Goes to Work 
  4. Measured Innovation 
  5. Outside-in Architecture 
  6. Social Business 
  7. Hyper-hybrid Cloud 
  8. Enterprise Mobility Unleashed 
  9. Gamification 
  10. User Empowerment
19) Top Technology Trends for 2012
  1. Cloud Computing will be driven by low investment projects such as application development and testing 
  2. Usability now in enterprise applications from just end user applications 
  3. Content Management being monetised 
  4. M-Commerce 
  5. Social Media Applications 
  6. Zero Footprint Technology 
  7. The rise and rise of ‘Bring your own devices’ movement
20) The Top 10 tech trends for 2012
  1. Touch computing 
  2. Social gestures 
  3. NFC and mobile payments 
  4. Beyond the iPad 
  5. TV Everywhere 
  6. Voice control 
  7. Spatial gestures 
  8. Second-screen experiences 
  9. Flexible screens 
  10. HTML5
Remember, if you have more to contribute, let me know in the comments.

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  1. Janet UnderwoodDecember 28, 2011 at 11:48 PM

    How about the Facebook IPO? Thanks for compiling this list.

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