Digital Future: Trends and Opportunities Monty Metzger

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Digital Future: Trends & Opportunities You Need to Know About.

Monty C. M. MetzgerCEO at Ahead of Time

Chairman at DigitalLeaders.co

www.monty.deTwitter: @montymetzger

SPARK.me ConferenceMontenegro, September 2013


Who wants to know about the next big thing?


Innovator‘s Test


Greatest Moments in

Digital History


April 3, 1973

Martin Cooper, a Motorola engineer, made the first mobile telephone call.


1975

Price of the fastest supercomputer in 19751 and an iPhone 4 with equal performance

$5 million vs. $400


March 15, 1985


March 15, 1985

First Domain Registered.


March 15, 1985

First Domain Registered.www.symbolics.com


July 16, 1995

Amazon.com went online.


Sept. 17, 1998

Andy Bechtolsheim wrote the first check of 100k USD to Google Inc.If the Check Says 'Google Inc.,' We're 'Google Inc.'


Jan. 15, 2001

Jimmy Wales launched Wikipedia.com


August 9, 2006

MySpace welcomed its 100 millionth user


Sept. 26, 2006

Facebook opened for everyone


Shifting Perspektives

Digital Future


Digital Big Bang


What happens when the Internet grows from 23 gTLDs to more than 1,500?


Pre Big Bang

.ME*


Post Big BangThe next generation of Internet



ICANN Registration Window 2012




‣ 1.930 Application were submitted





‣ 1.409 unique strings to launch in the next 2 years






‣ 50% of Interbrand‘s Top 100 Global Brands applied







‣ 36 of the Fortune 100








‣ ICANN is likely to open a second windows to acquire to top level domains in 2-5 years








‣ ICANN is likely to open a second windows to acquire to top level domains in 2-5 years

‣ ICANN earned more than $350 million in fees



Question

‣ What will companies do who collectively invested $350 million for new TLDs?

‣ Sit and waitor

‣ Innovate, Develop and Push to drive ROI



Top Filers



Top Filers ‣ Who filed?

‣ Who did not?

‣ No Facebook?

‣ No Twitter?

‣ No eBay?



Top Contested TLDs



Evolution Search

‣ How will search develop with the rise of new TLDs?

‣ Google invested roughly $20 million in new TLDs.What does this mean to Google‘s Search Algorithm?

‣ Change: Always opportunities for Innovators.



But two things are for sure....

‣ The value of a good domain will never decline.

‣ The importance of domains will grow.


Connecting the Unconnected


5 Billion without Internet


Connect the Next 5 Billion


Project Loon


One Laptop per Child


MicroworkingSamasource

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Google Glass


Telepathy


LEAP Motion


MYO Armwrist

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Internet of Things

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Growth of theInternet of Things


FitBit

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Airstrip Wireless Monitoring

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AliveCor - iCar

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Blood Pressure by Withings

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LIFX

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BAN - Body Area Network:Body Area Network - a base technology for permanent monitoring and logging of vital signs.


Printed Electronics

Graphite, silver or conductaive materials can be used to print circuits on paper.Print sensors, on paper, toys, milk boxes...


Digestible Sensors

Sensor-enabled pill that can monitor patients‘ adherence to medication.


Contextis King


Power of Context


Hardware on Demand


Maker Movement


3D PrintedProducts


Social Economy


Social Currency Bitcoin


Social ReadingRapGenius

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Social DiscoveryTrailerpop


Social Sharing


Instant Service


Car ServiceMyTaxi

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Smart Ad-Ons Pressy


7 Digital Trends who need to watch


‣ Digital Big Bang.




‣ Connected the Unconnected.





‣ Human User Interface.






‣ Internet of Things.







‣ Hardward on Demand.








‣ Social Economy.








‣ Social Economy.

‣ Instant Service.



Future...so how practicable are these Trends and Technological Changes.


Future

What does it give you for your daily life?


"… right now is one of those moments that YOU are influencing the future."

Steve Jobs


How is the future created?


People make decisions todaybased on their interpretations of what the future holds.


Our visions of the future shape our actions today.


If we change people's visions of the future, we can change the way they make decisions.


Future


‣ We can ignite the spark.

Future



‣ We can drive the vision.

Future




‣ We can cause the world to take notice.

Future





‣ We can implant new visions into the minds of the decision makers.

Future






‣ We can track the progress.

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‣ We can track the progress.

‣ We can act on the results.

Future


How much control over the future do we really have?


Less than we want, but


Less than we want, butmore than we think.

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