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2008 – eTrendz

According to a recent study on trendspotting published by JWT, 2008 will see the addition of the following to our digital lexicon, call it issues, phenomenon or shifts that will change our lives in more ways than one.

Emergence of e-clutter consultants – Specialists who will help cut the chase and navigate through the maze of email messages that bombard the inbox at 2x speed of lightning.

Email Etiquette – room for a university

Facebook suicide - the decision to drop out of a social network

Couch Surfing – Laptops will replace notebooks

Mobulimia - addiction to mobile devices.

Virtual Gifting – signed, sealed and delivered virtually

Advent of the third screen – seemingly the web, after the TV and the mobile explosion

GPhone mobile technology – by Google will make the iPhone look prehistoric (exaggeration intentional!)

Wannabe young Internet entrepreneurs – Copycats

SNS: Social Network Service – Move over SMS

Here are some of my own predictions:

Saturation of WWW Domains - Sedo will rule
Broadband on the tap - High speed connectivity will be a given
e-psychologists - psychologists, specializing in treating web addiction
Virtual Pets - Pikachu san
Intellectual Luxury - Google in a box
Skype - Here to s(t)ay
Hard to find and hard to keep - Knowledge workers

For more information, contact:
Sharad Agarwal, CEO, Cyber Gear LLC

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