Biba 2012: the industry must embrace mobile technology
David Rowan, editor of Wired magazine, told delegates at the 2012 Biba conference that technology is going through a “disruptive” period and spoke of the importance of keeping up to date.
He said that with sales of smartphones and tablets currently outstripping sales of desktop computers, people were experiencing “the most fundamental shift in technology in our lifetime”, and predicted that desktop computers could be obsolete by 2020.
Mr Rowan said mobile technology should be a priority for businesses given how quickly it is being picked up by consumers, and advised delegates: “We should assume that pretty soon we will always be connected [to the internet].”
He told the audience
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