What are everyone's predictions for the new year? Not the obvious stuff.

 

Technology:

Tipping point for cable TV. I suspect Apple will finally release its long anticipated Television which will have built in apple TV streaming along with some form of updated iTunes that offers some free content. Separately google will update chromecast possible working directly with TV studios to create exclusive content as Netflix has. I also think it is possible Google purchases Roku as a means of shrinking the field.

 

A comeback for Blackberry. Between the fappening and Sony hacks security will be a priory for many in 2015. Blackberry arguably still has the most secure emailing system in the cell market. By years end I suspect Blackberry will partner with of hardware builders utilizing their patients to produces a very well received super secure cell phone. It will be thee phone to have for everyone who believes they are famous or important.

 

 

Global Politics:

Tensions with Russia ease. Low oil prices hurt Russia as they are such a large producer. By late summer relations between Russia, E.U., and USA should be somewhat normalized.

 

Relations between India and Pakistan will become more tense as extremist Islamic groups move from Afghanistan into Pakistan.

 

China, Russia, Canada, and the United States sign a territorial agreement that establishes economic rights to territory in the Arctic.

 

Miscellaneous:

- flight 370 will be found

- unambigious proof that life once existed on Mars will be dicovered

- a multi player/organization PED scandal will hit the NFL

- a manned electric plane will circle the globe

Mantle convection will be overturned as the preeminent theory of the geodynamic evolution of the Earth . . . . . or maybe it's the following year?

I thought Blackberry security could already be incorporated into other platforms.

Or is it just their 'secure' reputation that has people switching back.

 

( What do I know, I use a Win8.1 phone )

 

What about tensions in the Koreas, Ten oz, what's your predictions there ?

I thought Blackberry security could already be incorporated into other platforms.

Or is it just their 'secure' reputation that has people switching back.

 

( What do I know, I use a Win8.1 phone )

 

What about tensions in the Koreas, Ten oz, what's your predictions there ?

My understand is that blackberry has a closed emailing system. It does not operate through the Internet but rather internally on there own intranet.

 

North Korea? What are your thoughts? I honestly don't have any interesting ones. I suspect more of the same. I don't anticipate anything changing for the positive or negative in 2015.

Mantle convection will be overturned as the preeminent theory of the geodynamic evolution of the Earth . . . . . or maybe it's the following year?

Oh. Do you seriously believe SFN can change the world?