How your smartphone might prevent you from committing a crime

It is not easy for the music and movie industry nowadays -mainly due to violations of copyrights. Criminals hack the computers of famous artists like Lady Gaga and publish unreleased songs, and then there is a vast amount of internet websites that allow File sharing and streaming. Pirate copies of the latest movies, songs and concerts are often available to the public shortly after their publication. Just recently the streaming website kino.to has been all over

From smartphones to smartpens

Now that we have gradually accustomed ourselves to using fancy devices such as the newest smartphones to send e-mails, update our facebook status and/or take notes, some of us might now go back to pen and paper to do so. Yes, I am talking about that thin material made out of moist fibers and that device that applies ink to a surface.

“It’s like your phone and your wallet had a beautiful baby…”

One of the items that the majority of us carries around every single day might become reluctant soon- our wallet. As I wrote about McDonalds last week, I already started touching the topic of new ways of payments and ordering. Now Google recently announced that it wants to begin allowing customers to make mobile payment soon, hence letting your mobile phone replace your credit cards, coupons, and cash.

Fast Food even faster?

Even though it is well know that Fast Food is not the best choice regarding a healthy diet, we still eat it every now and then. And they are everywhere- tons of Fast Food chains, McDonald´s being the most popular one. But the McDonald´s we know might be history soon.

Social Smoking

Social Networking- trite topic, you probably think you already know all about it. But the time that Social Networking comprised “only” Social Network platforms such as facebook and Twitter is over a while ago.

How we will live in 5-15 years

Technology is a very important part in our lives; we use it every day and, if we admit it, became more and more dependent on it over the past years. Gadgets and software we are making use of were unthinkable several years ago. The technological advances in the last years are tremendous and they have transformed how the world communicates.

As a business student and a person that keeps up with the time I am keen on finding out about new trends and innovation in technology. In my opinion it is not only interesting but also essential nowadays to be up-to-date, especially in the business world. As one thinks about the technological progress in the past 20, 30 years the question arises of what the future will look like in another 20, 30 years. This week I came across an article that made me change the topic of my post as I felt like I had to post about it.

Have you ever wondered what the typical future home could look like?

Microsoft can provide the answer! Microsoft made it their task to envision the future. They built a Microsoft Home that shows a scenario of how an average family lives in the not so distant future, circa 15 years from now. The House features a lot of useful, very futuristic gadgets. So many things will be digital and interactive. You basically connect with your house. There is a watch for instance that records your health data and synchronizes it with your home network, a mirror that organized your closet and suggests what to wear. In the Microsoft House there are motion-activated wallpapers, Facebook and Twitter could be on our walls 24/7.

As an article suggested there is probably a social vending machine in the kitchen. You should defenitely check out the video; it is worth it!

So what do you think about the Microsoft Future Home? Which of the aspects would you like to have in your home?