Tech Changes & Library Futures

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We walk a careful balance

We are all chrysalis

Stuck between yesterdays

Discovered on Twitter via @tmradniecki

https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1000827761

Whispersync for voice Synchs Kindle eBooks and Audible audio books

Synching Cloud Content Across Formats

Tech’s Impact on Content

• Revenue for iOS Newsstand (Apple’s mobile digital content portal) quadrupled

• iPad users consume 3 times more content than iPhone users

http://www.apple.com/ipad/from-the-app-store/newsstand.html

http://www.appannie.com/blog/commercial-opportunities-on-apples-newsstand/

Beyond 3D – the Next Display• Microsoft approved for patent for

“Immersive Display Experience”• 360 degree view with peripheral

displays

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=20120223885.PGNR.&OS=DN/20120223885RS=DN/20120223885

http://mashable.com/2012/09/11/microsoft-patent-gaming-projections/

Bing as default search on Kindle Fire

Impacts search strategies and skills of mobile users

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/09/kindle-fire-hd-hands-on/

Zoom in with guidance

Google Field Trip app combines augmented reality with ambient location sensitive real world discovery

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nianticproject.scout

100 Million Active Google+ Users

• 400 million Google+ users total.

• The key is that Google+ is integrated throughout the Google experience

http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/17/google-plus-active-users/

Foggy roads can still be driven

Google Glass brings display away from the phone screen and into our field of vision

• Take a photo/video• See/send messages • Maps • Voice activated • Heads up display

• Reduces disruption to real life

• Seamless access to digital world

http://www.forbes.com/sites/hannahelliott/2012/09/15/first-film-by-google-glass-signals-good-things-to-come/

Next stage for Google Glass may include a Watch

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57525456-1/new-patent-hints-at-google-glass-wristwatch/

Facebook now has 1 Billion Users

http://newsroom.fb.com/News/One-Billion-People-on-Facebook-1c9.aspx

More important that 1 Billion Facebook Users

Infographic Source: Facebook Newsroom

140 Billion Friend Connections

Facebook Connected Users to 160 Million Visitors to Mobile Apps in March

Representing over 1 billion visits to apps total

7/10 of the most profitable iOS apps and 6 of the top ten grossing Android apps are integrated with Facebook https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2012/05/01/growth-and-mobile-apps/

And Content Consumption

Infographic Source: Facebook Newsroom

“Since the launch of music-- listening applications ‐in September 2011”

http://newsroom.fb.com/imagelibrary/downloadmedia.ashx?MediaDetailsID=4227&SizeId=-1

Location as a Layer of Connection

Infographic Source: Facebook Newsroom

More than half of all Facebook Users Utilize it with Mobile Devices

Using 7,000 different types of devices

Infographic Source: Facebook Newsroom

Facebook Gifts

http://newsroom.fb.com/News/Introducing-Facebook-Gifts-1bd.aspx

•A focus on the “Moment.” •The leveraging of connections to facilitate an action •Adds additional layer of social rewards to •The integration of a life action into Facebook, not the other way around

Dropbox/Facebook Groups integration uses social to extend productivity with cloud

https://blog.dropbox.com/index.php/share-stuff-from-dropbox-in-your-facebook-groups/

Possible: Facebook Search

• Why:– Facebook receives 1 billion search queries / day– CEO hints it is something they want to add in

future • Thoughts– Social search has appeal and impact – More growth towards our social connections

playing a role in discovery

http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/11/facebook-search-zuckerberg/

Sometimes we must cross through a tunnel to arrive at our destination

Analyze the Full Archive of Tweets

http://gnip.com/twitter_history

Treasure trove of data

1 Billion Smartphones to be Shipped in 2016

http://gigaom.com/mobile/did-you-hear-that-a-billion-smartphones-shipping-by-2016/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=gigaom

Three Dimensional Printing = empowering the user as creator

Mobile PaymentsMoving yet another point of action to the smart device

https://squareup.com/

Assessing the maturity and realistic outlook for up and coming technologies

The Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Tech

http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=2124315#

Instagram – 100 Million Strong““It just crossed 100 million users,” Zuckerberg said on stage. “They’re

killing it.” http

://venturebeat.com/2012/09/11/instagram-100-million-users/#VsFjkouChfP90f3h.99

•Added 20 million since July•Instagram started the year with 15 million users •Added 50 million since opening up to Android •22.7 million monthly unique visitors•57th most popular site • 38% increase in unique visitors from June to July

http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2012/8/comScore_Media_Metrix_Ranks_Top_50_U.S._Web_Properties_for_July_2012http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/03/instagram-android

Instagram has more daily active users than Twitter

http://stitcher.com/s?AABAACQBp

Instagram had 7.3 million active daily users in August, Twitter had 6.9 millionThe avg Instagram user spent 4.3 hours on the app during August

http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/27/instagram-v-twitter-mobile/

Nook Media + Microsoft

• Microsoft invests in Nook’s college and digital businesses

• Spinoff brings Nook eBooks onto Windows 8• Means more B&N content on the familiar

windows platform • Will propel both partners

http://gigaom.com/2012/10/04/barnes-noble-and-microsoft-finalize-partnership-creating-nook-media/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Nook HD Released

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/nook-hd-barnes-noble/1110060426

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said at the product release, “Paperwhite is the Kindle we’ve always wanted to build....”

Kindle Paperwhite

Special metrics feedback feature

Kindle Fire HD• Kindle Free Time • Kindle Serials

Tablets• Apple’s iPad - 17 million worldwide, 69.6% share• Samsung Galaxy line, 2.3 million, 9.2%• Amazon, Kindle Fire, 1 million, 4.2%• Barnes & Noble, Nook Tablet, 459,000, 1.9%• iPads come to college Basketball (http://mashable.com/2012/09/24/duke-basketball-ipads)• iPads replace NFL playbooks

Source: IHS iSuppli via http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505250_162-57507761/top-5-makers-of-tablets-led-by-apple-amazon-3rd/

Social on demand music streaming service to pay artists $10 per subscriber

• (That is, if the artists use theirs

social media

influence to get

fans to register

for Rdio)

Cross device accessibility

Music streaming service Pandora now works on 600 different devices

http://gigaom.com/2012/09/24/pandora-now-works-on-600-different-consumer-devices/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=gigaom

Pinterest

Enabling Curation Facilitating Collaboration. Focus on Visual Discovery

Green everywhere, sometimes hiding a water trap

Calling a Truce w/ PaperHelps Evernote free itself from the limits of digital and helps free the beloved physical Moleskine notebooks from the limits of print.

Combines Moleskine’s valued aesthetic with digital functionality.

Evernote Business Brings Evernote to Libraries on an Enterprise Level

http://blog.evernote.com/2012/08/24/evernote-business-coming-to-your-office-this-december/

Importance: Marks a shift beyond the common organic manipulations of this productivity service that some librarians implement by adding software for businesses.

•administrative console to manage account data and users’ access•Notebook directory for sharing content with employees•ability of individual employees to publish collaborative notebooks to the directory•dedicated customer support

Major companies add Passbook support

Are QR Codes (Still) Dying?

• Will remain as long as the camera is universal on smartphones

• Libraries can safely continue to invest

http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2012/09/readwriteweb-technology-deathwatch-qr-codes.php

Context of major trend of proximity for access

Apple as the World’s Most Valuable Company

Apple became the most valuable company of all time, closely watch this giant’s impacts in technology and content.

Back to the why: • Be aware of trends as we adapt to the changing world. • Consider this data alongside being personally familiar with the tools and behaviors of our users for informed refining of current services and planning for future pivots.

Why it Matters to Libraries:The biggest company is a tech company – guiding opportunities and changes in interaction (service) and access (content). Big enough to set the direction of consumer technology and guide consumer behavior and expectations.Dominates the arenas of smartphones and tablets, providing opportunities as well as pressures for libraries. Apple is a major digital media provider, making impactful waves in several content industry segments, including eBooks.

Make reservations w/ Foursquare

http://blog.foursquare.com/2012/09/28/foursquare-and-opentable-just-made-it-even-easier-to-plan-your-perfect-night-out/

Proactive discovery

And robots

Twitter user @hnshah

Tech Trend Spotter for Libraries

Joe MurphyTwitter: @libraryfuture libraryfuture@gmail.com http://joemurphylibraryfuture.com www.linkedin.com/in/libraryfuture