Wednesday, 17 August 2011

Social Media in the future


Social Media is definitely growing and is used worldwide, and will continue to grow beyond what we could imagine. Sometimes when you think they can’t possibly come out with something bigger and better, they do. For Example every time they come out with a new smartphone there is something added to it that makes everyone want the latest. Soon enough we may not even need to use our laptops anymore, and just be able to use our phones to do everything, even hook it up to a printer and print whatever we need to print.  They are probably going to come out with something greater than the iPad as well. Man things are just going to continue to get better, bigger and more costly at the same time.

I believe that there will be a cultural change, where people will begin to find it increasingly more acceptable to expose more and more of their personal details on different forms of social media.  Sharing your likes, dislikes, opinions, photo’s, videos, and other forms of personal information will be the norm and people will become more accepting of personalized experiences. Google’s Social Search will change the way we interact with search engines by pushing relevant content from our personal networks to the front of search results, making them more personalized. Social functions will become so commonplace in digital experiences that the thought of not having socially-enhanced experiences will seem illogical.

One thing that seems to be gaining popularity right now is 3D imaging. 3D is no longer just being seen in the movie theaters, but they are being seen at home and on gaming devices. Just the other day I was able to play with the Nintendo 3DS.  When I went to the mall and saw them adverting the 3D TV’s I couldn’t believe it, I would have never thought they would come up with Televisions for 3D with glasses to come with it. Technology is advancing very quickly and in a couple years from now, who knows what will take place with social media and technology upgrades and changes.


1 comment:

  1. I need to go to the mall more often. I haven’t seen the 3D TV yet. It is amazing and scary at the same time how technology is becoming our bread and butter. We consume too much time finding the latest version of the latest product. When Apple or another company releases a new phone you find the people lining up and camping in order to get it. Technology is beautiful and helpful but we should be careful not to be 100% obsessed with it.

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