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After the rollout of digital TV, the consumer electronics industry had an opportunity to add serious computing power to the device. But it didn't try hard enough, so now everyone from Amazon to Microsoft is offering an HDMI dongle to turn the $250 to $2500 HDTV into a big screen monitor. A combination of greed, lack of innovation, and unwillingness to take risk means TV manufacturers are stuck for the next decade trying to make bigger and better displays without adding much more. Enterprise Mobility continued to make the headlines in 2014, with more innovative mobile devices and security threats and vulnerabilities than ever before. The fallout from many of these events offer valuable lessons learned, and how BYOD organizations adapt their priorities accordingly will have a huge impact on the industry going forward. Here are five of the most significant developments you can expect to see play out in 2015. There is no question that video streaming has quickly established itself as a staple in our everyday lives. Whether we're streaming a concert we weren't able to make it to, taking part in real-time gaming, binge-watching a Netflix original series or tuning into a World Cup match we didn't want to miss while stuck at work, we are all contributing to the rapid adoption of this new form of media. As we continue our march to Black Friday and Cyber Monday I thought it would be timely to take a look at the tablets in market and suggest a series of paths and a few products to consider. But first let's talk about the categories. The open source movement has been lauded for driving software innovation by welcoming all interested parties to the table. But the time and skills of software developers are valuable things, so expediting the process of bringing together the ideal candidates for specific jobs, and giving them the ability to benefit from the fruits of their labor, can be pretty great as well. Aereo has finally hung up the harness on its ride to legitimacy, filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Every year, it seems the holiday shopper marketing engine starts to churn earlier and earlier. This year, I saw the first Christmas-related TV commercial the day after Halloween, and I knew the flood gates had officially opened! The busiest omni-channel retailing season of the year has arrived. What would you do if your smartwatch informed you that it was "timing for the dinner?" Or if your connected car took you to the intersection of Fourth and Connaught instead of the Marriott like you told it? Chances are you'd throw your smartwatch out the window or have someone look at the wiring of your connected car. General Motors (GM) pioneered telematics with the introduction of its OnStar service. Via an opt-in and for-pay service, GM provides a monthly vehicle diagnostics report with dealer maintenance notifications. If you are in trouble, customers can run on-demand diagnostics in real-time and provide life safety services in case of a crash. Auto manufacturers need to offer discounts or even give away services for free because of the Big Data and goodwill benefits involved. Computing giant IBM made a surprising announcement this week: the company is launching its own Web-based email service called IBM Verse. Operating under a freemium model with a free version for consumers and paid for enterprises, the service will offer new organizational algorithms and feature seamless integration with a variety of built-in social media and collaborative tools.
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