PRATAAPs PREDICTIONs

Jan 23, 2014

Snowden + NSA data hording = end of boarder-less Internet
Welcome to the world of the fragmented web.

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PRATAAPs PREDICTIONs
Jan 21, 2014
The Year of the Horse or the year of the mobile payment apps race ?

Random 9 horses.   Just the bareback facts.

1. Apple Passbook: Keeps your Starbucks, Delta, Fandango cards in one place. Location and time based.

2. Google Wallet: Stores debit and credit card info. Wave your phone and go. At least that’s the idea.

3. Lemon Wallet now LifeLock: Puts debit, credit, loyalty cards all in one place. Plus identity protection.

4. SquareWallet: Similar to option 3 above but works only with a list of merchant. Has cool features like, say your name at check out and go.

5. Iris: Preload and spend. Lose it, freeze the wallet.

6. Chirpify: Use Twitter and Instagram to buy, sell and receive money.

7. Venmo: A cross between Twitter, Paypal, E-mail, Facebook, Foursquare. Go figure.

8. Dwola: Connects directly between your back account and Facebook accounts.

9. Paypal: The grand daddy in the game.

You say I missed a couple.  Wonder why Visa and Am Ex are scrambling.  Its  the year of the mobile payment apps race !!!

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PRATAAPs PREDICTIONs
DEC 31 2013
Watch out

1. Innocent Ideas go Disruptive
Internet: emails to digital engine: 2000 -2010
3D Printing: burgers to organs: 2010-2020

2. Factoids vs Conductors
2000 information is king.
2015 idea curators rule.

3. Info overload to info organizers
2010 Goggle info on finger tips
2015 Bots organize your digital fingerprints.

4. Slooow Mooovement
Slow food: 5 hour meals
Slow vacations: fill in your blanks

Slow music: new vinyl is back
Slow tv: watch logs burn for 8 hours on Oslo TV.

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PRATAAPs PREDICTIONs ?

Nov 16, 2013

1. Liu Bolin. Artist or mirage ?

2. Personalized DNA + biomarker  tests = personalized medicine is finally here ?

3. Snapchat 23 year old CEO Evan Spiegal spurns  $3Billion Facebook offer. Genius or 10 sec flash ?

4. US bringing manufacturing home. China moves to Africa. What’s going on ?

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PRATAAPs PREDICTIONs

OCT 20, 2013

1. 1980 Walkman. 2005 i-phone. 2014 G-Glass. 2020 i-mplant

2. LeBron. Lady Gaga. Issue Personal Stocks.

3. Mao + 1 child = China has most women CEOs 2020.

4. SNPedia.  Bioinformatrics Wiki.

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PRATAAPs  SUM<MA PLUGs

Aug 15, 2013

1. Robin Thicke:  Serious hip hop artiste or just another blue eyed hood wink ?

2. Mark Jenkins: Been here done that….but still silly fun.

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PRATAAPs PHUN PLUGs

July 22, 2013

Re-introducing Pink Martini a 1994 band founded to provide “more beautiful and inclusive musical soundtracks for political fundraisers.”  China Forbes principal song writer and lead sings in 15 languages. Preview Get Happy.

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PRATAAPs SUMMER READs

JULY 21, 2103

1. A Delicate Truth – John LeCarre   *

2. Trains and Lovers – Alexander McCall Smith ***

3. The Unknowns – Gabriel Roth  **

4. Let the Great World Spin – Colum McCann ****

5. Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish – David Rakoff *****

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PRATAAPs PLUGs

May 4, 2013

1. Bioelectronics.  BodyGurdian vital sign sensors, Reebok & MC10 helmet impact sensors, Proteius Digital Health grain sized sensor to swallow, MC10 band aids  monitoring hydration levels. Sensors to fit your imagination ?

2. Prenatal DNA sequencing:  Ask Illumina or Verinata . Know your unborn child’s full genetic makeup of strengths and weaknesses. Leave nothing to nurture ?

3. Social Media mimicking real conversation: Snapchat , Wickr, Gryphn, Burn Note bring  you IM with built-in privacy, it vanishes in an instant like real conversation. No digital footprint ?

3. Solar Panels on steroids. Finally Dow chemical’s producing solar panels that push efficiency to 50% !! What’s the catch ?

4. No more smart phone into the toilet: Smart watches by Pebble, Sony, Motorola , Metawatch will give you time but also pushes data to your wrist. One more gadget or the next new thing ?

Are you buying it ?

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PRATAAPs PLUGs PREDICTIONs

AND THE WINNERS ARE:

Feb 23, 2013

 1. Cardinal Peter Turkson for his youth, growth continent, media savvy.

2. Lincoln, Spielberg, Day Lewis, Quvenzhane Wallis.

3. Pep Talk from Kid President : Soul Pancake

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