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100 THINGS TO WATCH
IN 2011



              December 2010
WHAT WE’LL COVER
• Background
• Our Track Record
• Our Things to Watch in 2011
BACKGROUND
• As part of our annual forecast, JWT presents 100 Things to Watch in 2011.
• Some of the items on our list reflect broader shifts we’ve been following:
 – Mobile as the Everything Hub: More consumers and brands are embracing a trend we
   outlined two years ago, one that will manifest in a multitude of ways next year—from mobile
   memes to “moblogging” to waning interest in point-and-shoot cameras.
 – The evolution of media as content becomes digitized over various platforms: Books will take
   new forms, entertainment will go transmedia, and journalists will get more entrepreneurial.
• Some reflect counter-trends to broad shifts in consumer behavior:
 – To balance out our increasing immersion in the digital world, people will embrace face-to-
   face gatherings and digital downtime, and come to fetishize physical objects once considered
   humdrum.
 – The trend toward Radical Transparency will see a growing backlash (Ignorance Is Bliss).
BACKGROUND (cont’d.)
• As always, new technology is a theme.
 – We’ll see smart infrastructure ramping up, tablets for tots as this platform gets widely
   adopted and some truly futuristic-seeming developments (3D printing, virtual mirrors,
   electronic profiling).
• While some of our Things to Watch may not yet reflect a broader trend, we believe they
 eventually will ladder up to one. Retail as the Third Space, one of our Things to Watch from last
 year, and De-Teching, one of our Things to Watch for 2008, both gained momentum since we
 first spotlighted them. This year we included them among our “10 Trends for 2011.”
• The people on our list—from pop culture, sports, architecture, fashion and other realms—have
 the potential to drive or shape trends in the near future.
OUR TRACK RECORD
• In the past few years, we’ve been spot-on about what to watch.
• To name just a few Things to Watch from last year:
  – Mobile Money: The digital wallet became a reality for more consumers in more markets,
   although we’ll see more tech advances in 2011 that will help drive this trend further into the
   mainstream. In 2010, among other things, the practice of texting donations became
   widespread after the Haiti earthquake, an updated PayPal app allowed users to exchange
   money by bumping phones, and various new tools turned phones into credit card terminals.
 – Coconut Water: PepsiCo is partnering with GNC to put out coconut water products under the
   brand name Phenom. And coconut water has gone Hollywood, with Madonna, Demi Moore
   and Matthew McConaughey all investing in Vita Coco. In May, Time reported that coconut
   water “has recently caught on among athletes, health nuts and bleary-eyed urbanites in the
   U.S.” (the latter because of its reputed ability to help hangovers).
 – Foursquare: This mobile gaming app was relatively new on the scene when we included it on
   last year’s list; this year its worldwide user base grew more than tenfold and is now in the
   neighborhood of 5 million. Its two founders are appearing in holiday Gap ads. Indeed, some
   Foursquare backlash has set in, with some arguing that it won’t go beyond niche adoption,
   that check-in fatigue is setting in and that newer rivals might go further with the idea.
OUR TRACK RECORD (cont’d.)
• To name just a few Things to Watch from last year (cont’d.):
  – Ethical Fashion: Examples included Tesco collaborating with ethical fashion label From
   Somewhere on a line of upcycled clothing and H&M launching the Garden collection, made
   from organic and recycled fabrics. In September, the Guardian reported from Paris that “The
   Ethical Fashion Show, the world’s largest event devoted solely to sustainable fashion, is …
   becoming increasingly mainstream: there are over a hundred brands represented, and the
   show has outgrown its humble origins in disused warehouses to occupy the … home of the
   French Fashion Institute.”
 – Greening the Palate: The UN published a report saying that “a global shift towards a vegan
   diet is vital to save the world from hunger, fuel poverty and the worst impacts of climate
   change,” according to the Guardian. A new vegetarian fast-food mini-chain in New York and
   London, Otarian, touts not only the carbon footprint of each menu item but how it compares
   with a similar non-vegetarian item.
 – Bacon Everywhere: Bacon was spotted in everything from flavoring syrup (from Torani) to
   more cocktails and desserts; L.A. even got a bacon-themed food truck; and Jones Soda went
   so far as to release a limited-edition bacon-flavored beverage.
OUR TRACK RECORD (cont’d.)
• In 2009, we spotlighted Lady Gaga just as her career was taking off, as well as:
  – Crowdfunding, which took off in a big way in 2010: Kickstarter, launched in 2009, has raised
   more than $20 million in funds for projects so far, including one recent project that garnered
   almost a million dollars from more than 13,000 backers.
 – Doha: We pointed to Qatar’s capital because of its cultural offerings being designed by
   famous architects; now the city looks likely to be in the spotlight into the next decade and
   beyond as Qatar gets ready to host the World Cup in 2022.
 – WikiLeaks, which we told readers to expect “to start making more headlines.” In 2010, Julian
   Assange and the site’s leaked revelations were in the headlines daily.
 – Cloud Computing, which went mainstream in 2009 and became one of the biggest tech buzz
   words of the year in 2010.
 – Gluten-Free: Where few people were worrying about gluten sensitivity two years ago, it’s now
   frequently cited as a concern. Big brands have responded, among them General Mills (with
   its gluten-free Betty Crocker brownie mix and Bisquick).
 – The Decline of E-mail: Facebook is making updates so that sending a message will feel more
   like texting than e-mailing. ComScore numbers show a drop of about 6 percent in 2010 for
   total unique visitors in the U.S. to e-mail sites like Yahoo! and Hotmail; visits from teenagers
   dropped by 18 percent. While visits to Gmail’s site have risen, services there now also include
   video conferencing, instant messaging and phone calling.
OUR TRACK RECORD (cont’d.)
• In 2008, we listed French President Nicolas Sarkozy (a runner-up for Time’s 2008 Person of the
 year); “radical transparency”; and the “staycation.”
• In 2007, we were right about Barack Obama, Amy Winehouse, Jennifer Hudson, companies
 going green and age shuffling.
• Check out the following slides to see what you’ll be hearing more about in 2011.
OUR THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011
1. 3D Printing               23.Deforestation           43.Ignorance Is Bliss      63.Odyssey Trackers        83.Social Objects
2. Africa’s Middle Class        Awareness               44.In the Flesh            64.Older Workforce         84.Space Travel Goes
3. Apps Beyond Mobile        24.Detroit                 45.Jennifer Lawrence       65.The Oprah Winfrey          Private
4. Art.sy                    25.Digital Downtime        46.London Tourism             Network (OWN)           85.Storied Products
5. Auto Apps                 26.Digital Etiquette       47.Long-Form Content       66.Pedro Lourenço          86.Stricter Green Building
                             27.Digital Indoor Maps                                67.Personal Taste Graphs      Standards
6. Automatic Check-Ins                                  48.Matcha
                             28.Digital Interventions                              68.Piers Morgan            87.Tablets for Tots
7. Bamboo                                               49.mHealth
                             29.East London Tech City                              69.Pogo                    88.Tap-to-Pay
8. Banks Branch Out                                     50.Michael Jackson Lives
                             30.E-Book Sharing             On                      70.P-to-P Car Sharing      89.Tech Liaisons
9. Banner Ads Do More
                             31.Electronic Profiling    51.Micro-Businesses        71.Rooney Mara             90.Tech-Enabled
10.Beer Sommeliers                                                                                               Throwbacks
11.Biomimicry                32.Entrepreneurial         52.Mobile Blogging         72.Rum
                                Journalism                                                                    91.Temporary Tattoos Go
12.Bjarke Ingels                                        53.Mobile Memes            73.Rye Rye                    High-End
                             33.Facebook Alternatives   54.The Nail Polish         74.Ryo Ishikawa
13.Brazil as E-Leader                                                                                         92.Tintin the Movie
                             34.Fashion Fast-Forward       Economy                 75.Scanning Everything
14.Breaking the Book                                                                                          93.Transmedia Producers
                             35.F-Commerce              55.Nanobrewers             76.Self-Powering Devices
15.Brigadeiro                                                                                                 94.Tube-Free Toilet Paper
                             36.Food, Ph.D.             56.Near Field              77.Smart Lunchrooms
16.“Buy One, Give One                                      Communication                                      95.Ukraine
   Away”                     37.Gay-Centric Hotels                                 78.Smart-Infrastructure
                                                        57.The New Mobility                                   96.Urban Industrial Parks
17.CAPTCHA Advertising       38.Global Disease,                                       Investment
                                Refocused                  Industry                                           97.Video Calling
18.Children’s E-Books                                                              79.Smartphone Cameras
                             39.Green Luxury Cars       58.New Nordic Cuisine         Take Over               98.Virtual Mirrors
19.Coming Clean with Green                              59.Next-Generation                                    99.Voice-Activated Apps
                             40.Group-Manipulated                                  80.Smoking on the Fringe
20.Costlier Cotton              Pricing                    Documentarians                                     100.YouTube the
                                                                                   81.Social Browsers Go
21.Culinary Calling Cards    41.Heirloom Apples         60.Neymar                     Mainstream                 Broadcaster
22.Decline of the Cash       42.Home Energy Monitors    61.NKOTBSB                 82.Social Networking
   Register                                             62.Objectifying Objects       Surveillance
100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011

No. 1 3D Printing
                               As the technology gets more affordable, 3D printers will
                               come into mainstream use, allowing users to create
                               everything from jewelry to lamps to homes (a Los Angeles
                               company is developing a printer capable of making a house).
                               Simply send a file to a 3D printer, choose from a range of
                               materials (resin, glass, silver, etc.) and receive the product
                               shortly thereafter. Pioneering Dutch startup Shapeways has
                               moved its headquarters to New York; Hewlett-Packard is
                               selling a 3D printer; Google’s SketchUp software helps users
                               turn designs into printable objects.




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No. 2 Africa’s Middle Class
                                       McKinsey forecasts a 35 percent rise in African consumer
                                       spending power through 2015, and Synovate reveals
                                       opportunities for aspirational luxury, from BMWs to Johnnie
                                       Walker. Marketers are targeting high-growth countries
                                       including Nigeria, Angola, Kenya and Ghana. Among others,
                                       Coca-Cola plans to double its annual investment in Africa to
                                       $1 billion, Walmart is bidding for a majority share in South
                                       Africa’s Massmart, and Cirque Du Soleil will perform its first
                                       show in Africa in March. China and India are also making
                                       significant investments in the continent.



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No. 3 Apps Beyond Mobile
                                With more of our desktop activities migrating to the
                                Internet, Web developers are applying the principles of
                                mobile app culture—software that provides fast links to
                                games, entertainment, news, etc.—to desktop computers and
                                browsers. Apple is set to launch an App Store for Macs in
                                January, Google has created the Chrome Web Store (an
                                “open marketplace for Web apps”), and new Mozilla tools let
                                anyone turn a browser into an app store.




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No. 4 Art.sy
                              Currently invitation-only, this site calls itself “the Pandora of
                              the fine art world.” Based on the artists the user likes, Art.sy
                              recommends works by other artists. The idea is to showcase
                              art to collectors, especially dilettantes, for whom it can help
                              connect the dots in the art world. Fresh off $1.25 million in
                              funding from Google CEO Eric Schmidt and other big
                              names, the site is expected to launch in spring.




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No. 5 Auto Apps
                               Automakers are installing smartphone-linked in-car apps that
                               allow drivers to check tire pressure, download music or keep
                               up with their Twitter feeds. Software for Pandora, the
                               personalized online radio station, is installed in some 2011
                               models; other apps let users monitor their car (e.g., an
                               iPhone app in development for the Nissan Leaf will show the
                               car’s electric charge).




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No. 6 Automatic Check-Ins
                               As new geo-location apps make manual “check-ins”
                               unnecessary, the tools will become more appealing to
                               everyday consumers. Shopkick’s “signal” hardware triggers
                               check-ins when users enter participating retail spaces; the
                               app then awards points (“kickbucks”) and offers tailored
                               deals/rewards. Next up: the January launch of Geoloqi, a
                               hyper-customizable app that allows users to set automatic
                               reminders and notifications—sent to themselves or friends—
                               for specific locations (e.g., a grocery list pops up as the user
                               enters a supermarket).



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No. 7 Bamboo
                               Is there anything bamboo can’t do? It’s being touted as the
                               sustainable building material of the future, and now Garnier
                               Nutrisse Hair Color is touting the bamboo extract in its
                               HerbaShine as imparting “radiant color.” Expect to see more
                               bamboo everywhere from bicycles to clothing to
                               kitchenware.




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No. 8 Banks Branch Out
                                 In addition to offering apps that enable traditional services
                                 such as paying bills and account transfers via smartphone,
                                 banks will develop more non-banking services for customers.
                                 For example, an app from Commonwealth Bank of Australia
                                 provides access to real estate information, and U.S.-based TD
                                 Bank offers a toolkit app to be used in case of a car accident.




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No. 9 Banner Ads Do More
                              Look for a rise in banner ads that do more: showcase live
                              video; let users bookmark (or “keep”) the ad for later viewing
                              and redemption; or act as a gateway to card-linked offers—
                              consumers click and the discount/offer is automatically
                              redeemable via their credit card.




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No. 10 Beer Sommeliers
                                    Beer is becoming increasingly respected in foodie culture,
                                    perhaps a sign of the budget-minded times. There’s also a
                                    growing appreciation for the ways that, like wine, different
                                    varieties can complement food. In 2010, Food & Wine
                                    magazine honored one beer expert among its seven
                                    Sommeliers of the Year. Watch for more sommeliers or, as
                                    those who’ve passed a certification program are called,
                                    “Cicerone.”




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No. 11 Biomimicry
                                                          In this growing field, biologists, engineers and designers
                                                          collaborate to develop designs and processes that take
                                                          inspiration from nature. The Biomimicry Guild’s Janine
                                                          Benyus, who popularized the term, has already worked with
                                                          GE, General Mills and HP. The applications are myriad, from
                                                          architecture (bird-protecting windows inspired by spider
                                                          webs, building materials that borrow from plant mechanisms)
                                                          to everyday products, like a bike helmet that takes a cue from
                                                          the way the human skull protects itself.




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No. 12 Bjarke Ingels
                               At just 36, Ingels is known in design circles for his self-
                               described “pragmatic utopian architecture,” his comic-style
                               manifesto Yes Is More and a popular TED video. Metropolis
                               labels him not only “the most famous young architect
                               working today” but also “architecture’s very own Lady
                               Gaga”—given his ambition, savvy provocations and
                               marketing smarts. His Copenhagen-based firm, BIG, recently
                               opened a New York office, a move likely to help elevate him
                               to starchitect status.




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No. 13 Brazil as E-Leader
                               This digitally savvy, economically vibrant country will prove
                               an e-leader. Social media is more popular here than in
                               developed markets, and Brazil has the world’s highest Twitter
                               penetration (23 percent, as of October comScore figures). PC
                               penetration has reached 32 percent, and many Internet cafes
                               further broaden access. Mobile subscriptions have 86 percent
                               penetration. Already Brazil is ahead in electronic democracy
                               (with innovations like online town halls and crowd-sourced
                               legislative consulting), and its 2010 census was paperless,
                               conducted electronically.



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No. 14 Breaking the Book
                               We’ll see more rethinking of fundamentals around the book
                               format now that the market for e-reading has taken off. For
                               starters: an iTunes-like market for single chapters, appealing
                               for things like travel guides, anthologies and textbooks. We’ll
                               also see short-form texts flourishing; Amazon is leading the
                               way with Kindle Singles, encouraging writers to fill the niche
                               between magazine article and book. And watch for more
                               serialized works like The Mongoliad, an app that sends
                               subscribers a chapter a week.




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No. 15 Brigadeiro
                               The most popular treat in Brazil—a candy made with
                               condensed milk and cocoa powder—has become the
                               centerpiece product of stores around the country, which are
                               making creatively flavored varieties of Brigadeiro. Watch for
                               this national craze to go international.




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No. 16 “Buy One, Give One Away”
                              Watch for more businesses to adopt this novel model
                              pioneered by TOMS shoes, which donates one pair for every
                              pair it sells. With the idea of purpose-driven brands gaining
                              traction, this strategy makes a strong statement about the
                              marketer and turns a purchase into more than a mere
                              transaction for the consumer.




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No. 17 CAPTCHA Advertising
                              Brands will start leveraging CAPTCHAs—the distorted
                              letters that must be typed into a box to proceed with a
                              purchase or other online activity—as a way around online
                              consumers hitting the mute button or exiting pop-up
                              windows. Users will have to type in relevant words or slogans
                              (e.g., Toyota’s CAPTCHAs will require typing “Moving
                              Forward”). Solve Media, the start-up pioneering the idea, has
                              marketers including GE, Chase, Microsoft, Toyota and AOL
                              on board.




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No. 18 Children’s E-Books
                               As simple learning apps for kids proliferate, look for the rise
                               of children’s e-books for color-enabled screens (the iPad, the
                               Nook Color). Traditional children’s publishers such as
                               Random House and HarperCollins have jumped on the
                               bandwagon, as have startups. Ruckus Media, for example, is
                               releasing 26 children’s e-book apps by 2011, with 75 more in
                               the works. Apple is focused on adding illustrated titles to its
                               iBookstore. Dynamic storybooks like these will turn kids into
                               even more ambidextrous learners, switching seamlessly from
                               text to educational games and graphics.



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No. 19 Coming Clean with Green
                               Americans may see more accurate and detailed green claims
                               after the Federal Trade Commission publishes the first
                               update to its “Green Guidelines” in 12 years. Under the
                               proposed guidelines, manufacturers touting a product as
                               “green” or “eco-friendly” will have to link those claims to
                               specific attributes (e.g., a 100 percent recyclable package).




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No. 20 Costlier Cotton
                                 Disturbances among the world’s largest cotton producers (a
                                 severe drought in China, floods in Pakistan and trade
                                 restrictions in India) have taken a bite out of the global
                                 cotton supply, leading to price increases on raw cotton
                                 worldwide. Consumers will likely feel the effect in 2011.




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No. 21 Culinary Calling Cards
                              Much like architecture became Bilbao’s calling card, culinary
                              credentials can turn a backwater town into a top tourist
                              destination (e.g., Roses, Spain, home to famed restaurant El
                              Bulli). Look for towns to start taking proactive measures to
                              lure foodie tourists. In the U.K., for example, Malton is
                              holding a challenge to lure a “top class chef.”




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No. 22 Decline of the Cash Register
                               Apple’s point-of-sale system is now available to third parties
                               (Old Navy is testing a modified iPad Touch). Retailers big and
                               small will start adopting these mobile payment systems,
                               allowing salespeople to take a customer all the way through
                               a transaction, even referencing stored data to provide more
                               personalized service.




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No. 23 Deforestation Awareness
                               Forests are capturing the world’s attention again. 2011 is the
                               United Nations’ International Year of Forests, and forests
                               were central to COP16 in Mexico. The World Wildlife Fund
                               recently released a document file format (WWF) that cannot
                               be printed (the tagline: “Save as WWF, Save a tree”). The
                               REED+ Partnership, launched last May with the goal of
                               “slowing, halting and eventually reversing deforestation and
                               forest degradation in developing countries,” had 71 nations
                               on board by October and a pledge of $4 billion over the next
                               two years.



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No. 24 Detroit
                                As its automakers become leaner and meaner, look for
                                Detroit to remake itself as a smaller, more efficient city. A
                                controversial proposal from Mayor Dave Bing seeks to raze
                                parts of the city, consolidate the population and create new
                                residential and business areas. Creative entrepreneurs are
                                taking advantage of cheap real estate and initiating
                                grassroots efforts with a “can’t hurt to try” attitude, while
                                Hollywood has found that its urban decay and empty plants
                                make great backdrops and soundstages.




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No. 25 Digital Downtime
                               Studies showing the benefits of taking time away from the
                               multi-screen environment are encouraging people to De-
                               Tech for hours, even days at a time. Look for more
                               employers, schools, media outlets and parents to endorse
                               digital downtime. These mindful breaks from digital input
                               will be intended to relieve stress and foster creativity.




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No. 26 Digital Etiquette
                                        The more we become addicted to texting, social media and
                                        other digital habits, the more we’ll need some rules of
                                        etiquette. The sight of couples furiously texting at restaurants
                                        is all too familiar, and a U.S.-based Retrevo study found that
                                        11 percent of people under age 25 feel it’s OK to interrupt sex
                                        to check an electronic message. Watch as more people
                                        implore friends and family to show some digital decorum.




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No. 27 Digital Indoor Maps
                                  Indoor mapping is poised to take off as companies such as
                                  FastMall (which has maps in 22 countries) and Micello
                                  (available in the U.S., Singapore and Japan) create phone-
                                  accessible guides to malls, airports, convention centers and
                                  other vast spaces. Aisle411 is working with retail chains to
                                  help shoppers find in-store products.




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No. 28 Digital Interventions
                              Academics have spotlighted several forms of digital
                              addiction, including to the Internet, mobile phones and
                              Facebook (which can affect daily habits like waking up or
                              getting ready for the day). Concerned about—or just plan
                              annoyed by—these addictions and proclivities, people will
                              stage interventions of family and friends, pointing out
                              excessive online behaviors and pushing the idea of logging
                              off for periods of time (De-Teching).




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No. 29 East London Tech City
                                   London is developing more than an Olympic Village in the
                                   East End, with plans to create a Silicon Valley-type area that
                                   will be home to startups as well as major tech companies.
                                   Firms that have already expressed interest in opening offices
                                   around Olympic Park include Google, Facebook, Cisco, Intel
                                   and BT.




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No. 30 E-Book Sharing
                              Electronic books are getting shareable. By the end of 2010,
                              Amazon will allow Kindle books to be loaned out for 14 days.
                              Libraries have begun building e-book collections, and some
                              even lend out e-readers; the Bluefire Reader for iPad and
                              iPhone helps readers download library e-books.




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No. 31 Electronic Profiling
                              We’re getting ever closer to Minority Report. Out of Japan
                              comes a “mind-reading vending machine” that extrapolates
                              facial characteristics into demographic information to predict
                              beverage choice. And facial recognition billboards in Japan
                              identify gender with 85-90 percent accuracy, changing the
                              messaging accordingly.




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No. 32 Entrepreneurial Journalism
                              As the media business evolves, the next generation of
                              journalists will apply more hybrid skills in entrepreneurial
                              ways. The new Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial
                              Journalism at the City University of New York will train
                              students to “launch their own enterprise or work within
                              traditional media companies.” Watch for more programs that
                              pull together traditional journalism with business and
                              technology—and more professionals with varied skill sets
                              who help transform content for the digital age.




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No. 33 Facebook Alternatives
                                                                                      With half a billion people on Facebook, social networkers will
                                                                                      be exploring more niche communities or alternatives that
                                                                                      offer greater exclusivity or privacy. They’ll find plenty of
                                                                                      options (e.g., Appleseed, OneSocialWeb, Diaspora, Pip.io, The
                                                                                      Fridge and CollegeOnly) including DIY social networks,
                                                                                      invite-only offerings and student networks that go back to
                                                                                      Facebook’s roots. Path, billed as “the personal network” and
                                                                                      “a place to be yourself,” limits members to 50 connections.
                                                                                      Watch for counter-moves from Facebook, which has already
                                                                                      responded with the Groups feature.



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No. 34 Fashion Fast-Forward
                              The fast-fashion retailers have shoppers expecting constant
                              turnover, consumers are increasingly living Life in Real Time,
                              and fashion’s season-based model makes less sense as luxury
                              expands in developing markets. So fashion’s traditional
                              timetable will fade as labels introduce new looks more
                              frequently (Cavalli Group, for example) and shorten the
                              months-long delay between runway and retail (e.g.,
                              Burberry).




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No. 35 F-Commerce
                                                Only a few brands sell directly through Facebook (including
                                                Victoria’s Secret, 1-800-Flowers.com, Delta Airlines and, most
                                                recently, JCPenney), but look for “f-commerce” to take off in
                                                the next year. By allowing Facebook visitors to shop without
                                                leaving the site, brands add a social influence to the
                                                transaction—and bring a concrete return on investment to
                                                social media.




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No. 36 Food, Ph.D.
                                   We’ll see many more science-inspired food products
                                   engineered to target medical conditions and beauty needs.
                                   Nestlé is investing more than $500 million to develop health
                                   and wellness products, and created the Nestlé Institute of
                                   Health Sciences “to pioneer a new industry between food
                                   and pharma.” And Unilever is researching technology that
                                   can imbue foods with anti-aging and other beauty benefits.




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No. 37 Gay-Centric Hotels
                                         Lords, a gay-focused Miami hotel that opened in late 2010, is
                                         looking to expand to New York and L.A. Fort Lauderdale’s
                                         Royal Palms Resort & Spa is expanding from 12 rooms to 62
                                         to accommodate more of its male clientele. And several
                                         more launches are planned for the next year or two: the Out
                                         NYC “urban resort”—which will include an Axel Hotel,
                                         restaurants, stores and a club—is in the works in Manhattan,
                                         and G WorldWide (an “LGBT Luxury Lifestyle Resort
                                         Collection Brand”) is looking to open four U.S. properties.
                                         Watch for more projects inspired by Spain-based Axel.



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No. 38 Global Disease, Refocused
                               The health problems most prevalent in developed countries
                               (noncommunicable diseases like heart disease, cancer,
                               obesity and diabetes) are on the rise worldwide as incidence
                               of communicable diseases including AIDS, malaria and
                               tuberculosis slowly declines, due in large part to nonprofit
                               efforts. Watch as global health groups expand their focus and
                               urge donors to do the same with their funds.




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No. 39 Green Luxury Cars
                                                         Following the precedent of the electric Tesla Roadster,
                                                         automakers are targeting eco-conscious drivers who like to
                                                         motor in style and don’t mind price tags over $100,000. A
                                                         first among luxury automakers, Mercedes-Benz is putting a
                                                         four-cylinder engine (small, cheaper, lower emissions) in its
                                                         top-line S-class sedan for the European market. Volkswagen’s
                                                         Bentley Continental GT Coupe will offer the option of a V8
                                                         engine (cleaner than the standard 12-cylinder), while Porsche
                                                         and BMW have plans for plug-in hybrid cars within two
                                                         years; Porsche’s is slated to cost around half a million euros.



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No. 40 Group-Manipulated Pricing
                                    Group buying online went from a blip on the radar to a
                                    bonanza in 2010. As the idea matures, we’ll see more
                                    inventive variations. One way to stand out: by making the
                                    advantage of group buying more explicit, as Uniqlo’s Lucky
                                    Counter did. Rather than have a fixed price—as with many of
                                    these services—the price will decrease in real time as more
                                    people opt in. This gives shoppers more incentive to spread
                                    the word to friends and family to buy, buy, buy.




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No. 41 Heirloom Apples
                                   As heritage foods, notably heirloom tomatoes, gain wider
                                   attention, a new movement aims to rediscover the flavors of
                                   older apple varieties. While some are irregularly sized, with
                                   discoloring and spots, their palette is richer and wider than
                                   most apples: The smell of the Cornish Gilliflower is
                                   reminiscent of a clove, the Strawberry Chenango of roses.




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No. 42 Home Energy Monitors
                               Consumers are increasingly interested in Energy Dieting but
                               haven’t had an easy way to monitor how much energy their
                               appliances and gadgets use. Now, design-friendly products
                               are coming to market, from Belkin’s Conserve Insight device
                               to GE’s Nucleus home energy manager. And as sales of
                               plug-in hybrids and electric cars take off, home energy
                               management will increasingly be linked to vehicles.




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No. 43 Ignorance Is Bliss
                               More people will ask “How much is too much?” when it
                               comes to availability of information online. From general
                               privacy concerns raised by tools like Google Maps with
                               Street View to personal security concerns around
                               broadcasting one’s whereabouts on Facebook or Foursquare
                               to national security concerns around the information
                               disclosed by WikiLeaks, more people will question how much
                               information really needs to be made widely available—and
                               decide that sometimes in this age of information, ignorance
                               can be bliss.



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No. 44 In the Flesh
                                         As the online and offline worlds start to blur, and as people
                                         De-Tech and look for more human connections, online
                                         communities will add real-world components, whether by
                                         sponsoring events or otherwise enabling members to
                                         connect in the flesh. For example, The Huffington Post,
                                         Mashable and Tech Crunch, among others, enable reader
                                         get-togethers through the Meetup Everywhere widget;
                                         Gawker now helps singles in its commenter community
                                         meet via a dating tag on the site.




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No. 45 Jennifer Lawrence
                                    This 20-year-old actress garnered a Golden Globe
                                    nomination and talk of an Oscar nomination for her role as a
                                    resilient teen in Winter’s Bone. Watch for Lawrence, who has
                                    had TV roles in The Bill Engvall Show, Cold Case and Medium,
                                    to hold her own in the star-laden cast of X-Men: First Class.




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No. 46 London Tourism
                                  London will bask in buzz over the next two years, beginning
                                  with the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in
                                  April—travel/hospitality operators are offering “Royal
                                  Wedding Weekend” packages to lure visitors—and
                                  continuing with the run-up to the 2012 Olympics.
                                  Architecture buffs will also come for the Shard, a Renzo
                                  Piano skyscraper set to be one of Europe’s tallest upon
                                  completion in 2012.




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No. 47 Long-Form Content
                                                                                       As media shrinks to fit our attention spans, the novelty of
                                                                                       long-form journalism will stand out, and more readers will
                                                                                       turn to mobile devices, e-readers and computers to access it.
                                                                                       Longform.org and Longreads collect and link new and
                                                                                       classic magazine and newspaper features, while the app
                                                                                       Instapaper cues up articles for reading later. The new open-
                                                                                       source platform Treesaver gives publishers and writers an
                                                                                       app-less way to format longer content for browsers and
                                                                                       smartphones.




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No. 48 Matcha
                               The powdered green tea—which originated in Japan and is a
                               centerpiece of the Japanese tea ceremony—is becoming a
                               hot flavor internationally, with an artisanal quality reflected in
                               its price tag. It’s a functional ingredient—high in both
                               antioxidants and caffeine—that will increasingly be seen in
                               beverages (from lattes to cocktails) and desserts (ice cream,
                               pastries and more).




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No. 49 mHealth
                               Look for mobile health apps to help improve health care and
                               change the way patients and their physicians interact (think
                               doctors using smartphones to access patients’ medical
                               histories, patients monitoring their own blood pressure and
                               glucose levels). The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is
                               currently funding research into mHealth. And with 500
                               million people forecast to be using mobile health apps by
                               2015, global opportunities in this market are valued at as
                               much as $60 billion.




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No. 50 Michael Jackson Lives On
                               The King of Pop will continue to reign, with a spate of
                               posthumous appearances. The album MICHAEL, with all
                               new songs, was released in December. Cirque du Soleil’s
                               Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour, inspired by the
                               Neverland fantasy, opens in Montreal in the fall. Planet
                               Michael, a multi-player game, will launch in late 2011 on
                               virtual-world site Entropia. And Ubisoft’s interactive dance
                               video game, Michael Jackson: The Experience, currently
                               available for Wii, will come out on other platforms.




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No. 51 Micro-Businesses
                                                                                    Almost anyone can turn a possession (home, car, iPad, etc.)
                                                                                    or skill (making a cappuccino, riding a unicycle) into a bit of
                                                                                    cash, enabled by peer-to-peer room-, car- or product-rental
                                                                                    sites like Airbnb, Zilok and NeighborGoods and experience-
                                                                                    trading sites like Skyara. More people will start seeing
                                                                                    opportunity in micro-businesses.




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No. 52 Mobile Blogging
                              As smartphones proliferate and more tablets come on the
                              market, look for blogging via mobile devices to spike.
                              “Mobloggers” can update frequently on the go—posts tend
                              to be short and photo-heavy—turning blogs into real-time
                              records from travelers, amateur journalists, sports fans, etc.
                              Platforms like Tumblr and Posterous make moblogging easy,
                              providing the option to call in, text or e-mail blog updates.




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No. 53 Mobile Memes
                               As the smartphone becomes the Everything Hub, it’s
                               evolving into a primary platform for media consumption. As
                               consumers lean increasingly toward mobile and apps over
                               PCs and browsers, we’ll see more content go viral via word-
                               of-mobile. Look for more Angry Birds-type mobile memes to
                               pop up and for brands to more actively leverage these
                               memes.




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No. 54 The Nail Polish Economy
                               Women are typically said to treat themselves with a nice
                               lipstick during economically uncertain times, but we’ll see
                               more beauty buyers perking themselves up with nail polish.
                               As sales continue to rise and polish ascends to an “it”
                               accessory in the fashion world, look for more unusual
                               takes—from leather nails to purposefully chipped nails.
                               Watch for unexpected categories to leverage this trend: Volvo
                               is offering polishes that match three color options for the
                               new S60.




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No. 55 Nanobrewers
                               The DIY movement and the “buy local” trend intersect to
                               create a market around “micro-microbrews.” Amateur
                               brewers are getting more ambitious, building so-called
                               nanobreweries in their spare time, then selling the results in
                               growlers or to local bars.




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No. 56 Near Field Communication
                               Near Field Communication (NFC), which enables the
                               exchange of data within four inches (it’s akin to RFID but
                               more versatile), will be a tech buzz word for 2011. NFC chips
                               will allow phones to act as digital wallets and tickets,
                               wirelessly send photos and documents to printers, and pick
                               up information from tags on ads. An upcoming version of
                               Android will have NFC, and the next iPhone will likely have
                               it. Watch for NFC to become a marketing tool, with
                               consumers not quite sure what it is but wanting it anyway.




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No. 57 The New Mobility Industry
                               In an increasingly urbanized, congested world with an aging
                               population, people will be less motivated or able to drive. So
                               we’ll see forward-thinking automakers experiment with new
                               models focused simply on moving people to their
                               destinations. Daimler has both Car2go—a car-sharing
                               program that uses its Smart cars, implemented in two cities
                               so far—and Car2gether, a ridesharing app and website.
                               Peugeot’s Mu is a rental/Zipcar-like service that offers a
                               range of models, from scooters to vans. “We make cars and
                               trucks today, but who knows?” Ford’s Bill Ford said in 2010
                               and described the automaker as a provider of “mobility
                               solutions.”

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No. 58 New Nordic Cuisine
                               As the foodie focus shifts to Copenhagen with the rising
                               fame of Noma, its chef René Redzepi and other inspired
                               restaurants, watch for a modified form of this cuisine (minus
                               unique local ingredients like elderflowers and puffin eggs) to
                               spread beyond Denmark. And look for more chefs to find
                               inspiration in Redzepi’s emphasis on foraging for local
                               plants, herbs and roots, and simple but quality ingredients.




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No. 59 Next-Generation Documentarians
                               Access to cheap video cameras and software is fueling an
                               expansion of video storytelling and stylistic experimentation
                               from a new generation of filmmakers. The Sundance Film
                               Festival will feature Life in a Day, a three-hour user-generated
                               documentary featuring content shot by filmmakers in 197
                               countries in a single day and uploaded to YouTube. Oprah is
                               starting a documentary film club on her new cable network.




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No. 60 Neymar
                                       This prodigious 18-year-old striker for Brazil’s national
                                       football team and club team Santos is drawing comparisons
                                       to Brazilian idols such as Robinho and Pelé and attracting
                                       interest from European clubs (though his agent says the
                                       footballer won’t leave the country before the 2012 Olympics).




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No. 61 NKOTBSB
                                                       Don’t underestimate the power of nostalgia and old boy
                                                       bands. 1990s sensations New Kids On The Block and
                                                       Backstreet Boys are still marketable commodities for their
                                                       original fans. (NKOTB has sold out shows for the past few
                                                       years.) Packaged as NKOTBSB, the two bands will kick off a
                                                       joint tour in mid-2011.




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No. 62 Objectifying Objects
                               The more that objects become replaced by digital/virtual
                               counterparts—from records and books to photo albums and
                               even cash—watch for people to fetishize the physical object.
                               Books are being turned into decorative accessories, for
                               example, and records into art.




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No. 63 Odyssey Trackers
                               With tools that combine social media and GPS tracking,
                               extreme explorers are broadcasting their adventures in real
                               time to a global audience. Geospatial company Esri creates
                               custom Web trackers such as “Live on Everest,” which
                               followed teenager Jordan Romero’s 2010 ascent. EpicTracker,
                               an app in beta, is “a customizable map that geo-locates all of
                               your social media posts including blogs, podcasts, photos,
                               videos, Tweets and Facebook status updates—then posts
                               them on your map in real time.”




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No. 64 Older Workforce
                                           Seventy is the new 60, as a growing number of countries
                                           raise the age at which retirees can collect government
                                           pensions. The changes will be phased in over several years.
                                           Younger Boomers in the U.S. will need to work until age 67
                                           before collecting full Social Security benefits; France has
                                           upped its retirement age to 62 (with full benefits at 67);
                                           Greece is working to raise the age to 65; and Spain is close
                                           to setting retirement at 67.




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No. 65 The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN)
                              After 25 years on air, Oprah Winfrey is getting ready to sign
                              off from her talk show as she launches OWN (the Oprah
                              Winfrey Network) on Jan. 1. The cable channel will be
                              dedicated to self-improvement, personal transformation and
                              entertainment.




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No. 66 Pedro Lourenço
                                          Just 19 and already on runways in Paris, fashion designer
                                          Lourenço is following a family tradition (his parents, Gloria
                                          Coelho and Reinaldo Lourenço, are well-known fashion
                                          designers in Brazil). Billed as a wunderkind, Lourenço uses
                                          innovative techniques to achieve his futuristic looks.




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No. 67 Personal Taste Graphs
                                                       New ways to chart who likes what and predict what else will
                                                       interest each individual will pop up on the Web. Hunch.com
                                                       calls its individual profiles “taste graphs,” while Gravity uses
                                                       the term “interest graph.” These and other startups in the
                                                       space are centered around “Helping the right information
                                                       find you” (Gravity’s tagline). Hunch looks at what users and
                                                       their friends like or follow on Facebook and Twitter, then
                                                       offers recommendations based on the collective data it’s
                                                       gathered.




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No. 68 Piers Morgan
                               The America’s Got Talent/Britain’s Got Talent judge, Celebrity
                               Apprentice winner and former editor of two U.K. tabloids is
                               no stranger to pressure—good thing, because the world will
                               watch as he fills the shoes of Larry King on CNN. Morgan
                               will begin his new role in January.




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No. 69 Pogo
                               Cult “electronic music artist” Pogo (aka Nick Bertke), a
                               YouTube sensation for his remixes of audio and video from
                               Disney and Pixar films, is getting respect in both commercial
                               and artistic circles. “Gardyn,” the first real-world remix from
                               the young Australian, was selected as one of 25 videos in the
                               Guggenheim’s new online video biennial. And Disney
                               commissioned him to create a composition inspired by the
                               fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film, due in mid-2011.




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No. 70 P-to-P Car Sharing
                               Services including Spride Share in San Francisco, RelayRides
                               in Boston and San Francisco, WhipCar in London and
                               DriveMyCar in Australia match car owners whose vehicles
                               are idle with people who need wheels. As these person-to-
                               person services demonstrate solutions to the obvious
                               obstacles—devices can be installed to prevent theft, novel
                               insurance agreements are used—we’ll see this take on
                               Collaborative Consumption spreading.




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No. 71 Rooney Mara
                               Making her mark in 2010’s The Social Network, this relative
                               unknown beat out numerous A-list actresses to score the
                               lead role of Lisbeth Salander in David Fincher’s much-
                               anticipated The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, due in late 2011.




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No. 72 Rum
                               Long considered a run-of-the-mill mixer, this spirit is getting
                               a second look as small distillers in the U.S. make artisanal
                               rum and at least one larger manufacturer combines rums
                               from several countries to create new blends. Look for this
                               “white spirit” to give competitors behind the bar a run for
                               their money in 2011.




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No. 73 Rye Rye
                                     Just 20 but no stranger to the limelight, tongue-twisting
                                     rapper Rye Rye releases her highly anticipated debut, Go!
                                     Pop! Bang!, in January. This Baltimore native “with moves that
                                     make you wonder where she would hide a caffeine drip” (as
                                     Elle puts it) is an M.I.A. protégé who’s already earned
                                     recognition in her own right, including a million-plus
                                     YouTube views for her latest single, “Sunshine,” in two
                                     months.




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No. 74 Ryo Ishikawa
                              A celebrity in his native Japan, Ishikawa was the youngest
                              player to break into golf’s top 100 and then the top 50,
                              toppling Tiger Woods’ records. The 19-year-old is poised to
                              be golf’s next golden boy.




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No. 75 Scanning Everything
                               Scanning barcodes or QR codes with smartphones will
                               become ubiquitous. QR (quick response) codes are scannable
                               two-dimensional codes that link to more information; they’re
                               being adopted for everything from in-store communications
                               and loyalty offers to information points and comics (a Danish
                               Donald Duck comic links to audio and animation). With
                               Tesco’s iPhone app, customers can scan the barcode of a
                               product of interest when out and about, and it’s
                               automatically dropped into the person’s online cart.




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No. 76 Self-Powering Devices
                                   As scientists develop microchips capable of being powered
                                   by small movements or temperature differences, we’ll slowly
                                   see new types of gadgets that require no battery or power
                                   plug, cutting power consumption. For example, Microsoft
                                   has created a prototype of a peppermill-like remote control
                                   that’s powered by the turning motion required to use it.




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No. 77 Smart Lunchrooms
                               As obesity rates continue to climb worldwide, look for
                               experimentation in school and workplace cafeterias, with
                               offerings rearranged (more nutritious selections at the front
                               of the line, fruit in attractive bowls) to encourage smarter
                               choices, and cues (e.g., red tongs for higher-calorie
                               selections) to get people thinking about their choices.




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No. 78 Smart-Infrastructure Investment
                               With the fastest urban boom in history and a push for more
                               sustainable living, the coming years will see huge
                               investments in smart infrastructure (embedding digital
                               communication technologies into the framework of power
                               systems). Worldwide, at least 90 smart grid pilots are being
                               implemented as the U.S., Japan, China, EU countries and
                               other governments focus investment and development
                               efforts on these technologies. The China Electricity Council
                               reports that installation of smart meters will be worth $3.1
                               billion in 2011—just a taste of what’s to come: IDC estimates
                               the value of the smart infrastructure business at $122 billion
                               over 2010 and 2011 alone.

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No. 79 Smartphone Cameras Take Over
                               People are leaving their cameras at home as smartphone
                               cameras get ever more turbo-charged. Several camera
                               phones have reached the 12-megapixel mark; the one in the
                               Nokia N8 has Carl Zeiss optics and HD video. The iPhone—
                               already the top camera used on Flickr—is said to be adding
                               an 8-megapixel camera for 2011. Sales of digital cameras
                               were forecast to slide 11 percent in 2010.




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No. 80 Smoking on the Fringe
                               Smoking will increasingly be pushed to the fringe. Some
                               apartment buildings are banning smoking at home. The EU’s
                               health commissioner, who advocates a “smoke-free Europe,” is
                               pushing for a ban in all public spaces. New York’s anti-smoking
                               mayor is doing likewise for parks, beaches and boardwalks. The
                               U.K. is due to ban the display of tobacco products in
                               supermarkets in late 2011, and Finland will follow in 2012. U.S.
                               municipalities including San Francisco and Boston ban the sale
                               of tobacco in drugstores and other retail outlets with
                               pharmacies. Hold-outs are also getting in line: Russia, the
                               world’s third largest tobacco market, will bar smoking in public
                               places by 2015; Japan, the fourth largest market, instituted a 40
                               percent tax hike on tobacco in October 2010.
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No. 81 Social Browsers Go Mainstream
                                      Web browsing will evolve to become more personal as social
                                      media tools get incorporated into Firefox, Safari, Chrome
                                      and Internet Explorer. Following the lead of smaller
                                      challengers like RockMelt and Flock, browsers will help
                                      connect people based on similar news or topics searched and
                                      allow quicker linking of Web material to social media.




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No. 82 Social Networking Surveillance
                               The U.S. government is moving to have Congress require
                               social networking sites to be technically capable of
                               complying with wiretap orders. The U.S. government already
                               monitors certain profiles (including citizenship applicants
                               suspected of marrying for a green card), as do others (e.g.,
                               Israel has used Facebook profiles to catch women illegally
                               avoiding army service). At least a few social media
                               monitoring services track what clients’ employees post online
                               outside of work.




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No. 83 Social Objects
                                  Services like Stickybits enable users to attach digital content
                                  (videos, links, audio, text) to physical objects, and we’ll see
                                  virtual communities form around these real-world items.
                                  While social objects open up opportunities for brands to
                                  connect with their customers, brands will also have to be
                                  prepared for consumers’ experiences around social objects to
                                  overshadow the objects themselves.




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No. 84 Space Travel Goes Private
                                      As the U.S. Space Shuttle program comes to an end in 2011,
                                      the world’s first commercial spaceport opens in the New
                                      Mexico desert. Virgin Galactic will be the anchor tenant at
                                      Spaceport America, with six-passenger sub-orbital crafts.




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No. 85 Storied Products
                               Consumers are increasingly looking for a personal
                               connection to brands, and we’ll see more brands playing up
                               the people and stories behind the products—whether it’s a
                               focus on small-business owners, the people who produce the
                               ingredients or everyday employees. Tokyo’s Pass the Baton
                               sells vintage clothing, jewelry and housewares, along with the
                               stories behind them or a profile of the creator. And Boticca, a
                               London-based e-commerce site for accessories, uses the
                               tagline “I’d rather wear a unique story.”




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No. 86 Stricter Green Building Standards
                                                Look for ambitious environmentalists to push past
                                                established standards like LEED by taking on more stringent
                                                requirements, such as those advocated by the International
                                                Living Building Institute or the Passive House Institute. The
                                                ILBI, which awarded its first certifications in 2010, bills its
                                                Living Building Challenge as “the world’s most rigorous
                                                green building performance standard.”




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No. 87 Tablets for Tots
                               Children have embraced iPads and touchscreen
                               smartphones, and the iPad topped 2010 Christmas tech wish
                               lists for American kids 6 to 12, according to Nielsen. Watch
                               for manufacturers to tailor tablets for this market. Mid-2011
                               will see the launch of Isabella Products’ Fable, a durable
                               7-inch tablet focused on reading, drawing, gaming and
                               photo-sharing that will come pre-loaded with content from
                               Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.




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No. 88 Tap-to-Pay
                               The digital wallet is edging closer to reality outside those
                               parts of Asia and Europe where it’s already taken off. Watch
                               for more transit systems to allow riders to use their phones
                               as tickets or passes, more mobile-enabled parking systems
                               and vending machines, more NFC-supported phones that let
                               users tap to pay merchants, and more apps that allow people
                               to “bump” each other’s phones to exchange money.




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No. 89 Tech Liaisons
                                    As technology eats into other categories and becomes a
                                    higher priority for consumers (see our Eat, Pray, Tech trend),
                                    marketers from outside the category will increasingly partner
                                    with tech brands or products to gain cachet or attract notice
                                    from tech-focused shoppers. For example, American Eagle
                                    Outfitters ran a promotion in which shoppers who tried on a
                                    pair of jeans got a choice of free smartphone (albeit with
                                    some contractual obligations).




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No. 90 Tech-Enabled Throwbacks
                               New technologies are taking people back to some pre-digital
                               habits. Handwriting—which has been shown to “boost the
                               brain”—is making a comeback thanks to touchscreen
                               technology and apps such as ABC Tracer and iWriteWords.
                               Other apps have re-popularized classic games and toys—
                               Electronic Arts turned the classic Lite Brite and Scrabble
                               games into digital experiences for platforms like the iPad
                               and Kindle.




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No. 91 Temporary Tattoos Go High-End
                              The latest hot accessory—both on the runway and in the
                              beauty aisle—gives a non-commitment spin to an otherwise
                              permanent choice. Chanel is tapping into the trend with
                              limited-edition skin art. In Dubai, temporary tats are available
                              in real gold. And lower down the price scale, House of
                              Deréon offers a kit in partnership with Temptu; the
                              promotional campaign features Beyoncé.




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No. 92 Tintin the Movie
                              The globetrotting young reporter, whose adventures are
                              chronicled in the illustrated books by Belgian creator Hergé,
                              will come to 3D life in a collaboration between director
                              Steven Spielberg and producer Peter Jackson. The Adventures
                              of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn is the first of a planned
                              trilogy.




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No. 93 Transmedia Producers
                                   As entertainment content takes on more transmedia
                                   qualities—extending narratives across media platforms—
                                   we’ll see more transmedia producers, officially recognized as
                                   a job title in 2010 by the Producers Guild of America. The
                                   PGA’s job description includes overseeing “a project’s long-
                                   term planning, development, production, and/or
                                   maintenance of narrative continuity across multiple
                                   platforms, and creation of original storylines for new
                                   platforms.”




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No. 94 Tube-Free Toilet Paper
                               Toilet paper is undergoing its biggest change in a century.
                               Kimberly-Clark’s Scott Naturals is coming out with a tube-
                               free version (currently being tested in select U.S. stores), and
                               we’ll see more brands follow suit in a bid to better compete
                               on the green front.




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No. 95 Ukraine
                               This Eastern European country will see an influx of tourists
                               in the next few years: Twenty-five years after the worst
                               nuclear disaster in history hit Chernobyl, the Ukrainian
                               government will begin sanctioning tours of the area around
                               the plant. And 2012 brings the European Cup to Ukraine.




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No. 96 Urban Industrial Parks
                               The success of Manhattan’s High Line, the unique public
                               park atop a long-shuttered elevated freight line, is inspiring
                               city planners to find ways to transform neglected industrial
                               structures into urban parks. These range from a rail viaduct
                               in Philadelphia to Tempelhof in Berlin, the vast former
                               airfield that’s now a park; bike trail proponents in Chicago
                               are trying to repurpose unused elevated lines.




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No. 97 Video Calling
                                     The technology has been around for a while now, but callers
                                     have been tethered to their PCs. Now video calling is coming
                                     to more mobile phones, as well as tablets and Internet-
                                     connected TVs, and new innovations will ease quality and
                                     compatibility issues. Apple’s FaceTime for the iPhone 4
                                     introduced the feature in 2010, and the next iPad is rumored
                                     to come equipped with FaceTime and a front-facing camera.
                                     The Tango mobile app is currently compatible with iPhones
                                     and Android phones.




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No. 98 Virtual Mirrors
                              A camera displays a customer’s image on a screen, which
                              then overlays various types of makeup, allowing shoppers to
                              preview products and play with options. Virtual mirrors also
                              allow clothes shoppers to test out styles and share the look
                              via Facebook, mobile and e-mail. Shiseido is rolling out
                              virtual makeup mirrors in European stores after launching
                              them in Japan; France’s Carrefour SA, the U.K.’s Superdrug
                              and U.S. Walmart stores are testing similar technology from
                              EZface. Among others, Macy’s is trialing virtual mirrors in its
                              flagship New York store.



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No. 99 Voice-Activated Apps
                               New tools will increasingly enable us to talk rather than type
                               into smartphones. Freeing up the user’s hands and eyes is
                               safer for drivers, bikers and walkers, and convenient for
                               messaging while multitasking. With the Android app
                               StartTalking, for example, a user signals a phone via a pre-
                               assigned word, speaks a message, then commands the
                               phone to send it.




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No. 100 YouTube the Broadcaster
                              Watch for YouTube to expand its role from a platform for
                              video clips to a broadcasting channel, with live-streamed and
                              original content. The Google-owned site has tested live-
                              streaming with a few content partners (a U2 concert, etc.) so
                              far; with active user comments allowing real-time interaction
                              among viewers, live-streaming could revive appointment
                              viewing. And YouTube’s rumored interest in acquiring Web-
                              video production company Next New Networks signals an
                              interest in showcasing original content.




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JWT: 100 Things to Watch in 2011

  • 1. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 December 2010
  • 2. WHAT WE’LL COVER • Background • Our Track Record • Our Things to Watch in 2011
  • 3. BACKGROUND • As part of our annual forecast, JWT presents 100 Things to Watch in 2011. • Some of the items on our list reflect broader shifts we’ve been following: – Mobile as the Everything Hub: More consumers and brands are embracing a trend we outlined two years ago, one that will manifest in a multitude of ways next year—from mobile memes to “moblogging” to waning interest in point-and-shoot cameras. – The evolution of media as content becomes digitized over various platforms: Books will take new forms, entertainment will go transmedia, and journalists will get more entrepreneurial. • Some reflect counter-trends to broad shifts in consumer behavior: – To balance out our increasing immersion in the digital world, people will embrace face-to- face gatherings and digital downtime, and come to fetishize physical objects once considered humdrum. – The trend toward Radical Transparency will see a growing backlash (Ignorance Is Bliss).
  • 4. BACKGROUND (cont’d.) • As always, new technology is a theme. – We’ll see smart infrastructure ramping up, tablets for tots as this platform gets widely adopted and some truly futuristic-seeming developments (3D printing, virtual mirrors, electronic profiling). • While some of our Things to Watch may not yet reflect a broader trend, we believe they eventually will ladder up to one. Retail as the Third Space, one of our Things to Watch from last year, and De-Teching, one of our Things to Watch for 2008, both gained momentum since we first spotlighted them. This year we included them among our “10 Trends for 2011.” • The people on our list—from pop culture, sports, architecture, fashion and other realms—have the potential to drive or shape trends in the near future.
  • 5. OUR TRACK RECORD • In the past few years, we’ve been spot-on about what to watch. • To name just a few Things to Watch from last year: – Mobile Money: The digital wallet became a reality for more consumers in more markets, although we’ll see more tech advances in 2011 that will help drive this trend further into the mainstream. In 2010, among other things, the practice of texting donations became widespread after the Haiti earthquake, an updated PayPal app allowed users to exchange money by bumping phones, and various new tools turned phones into credit card terminals. – Coconut Water: PepsiCo is partnering with GNC to put out coconut water products under the brand name Phenom. And coconut water has gone Hollywood, with Madonna, Demi Moore and Matthew McConaughey all investing in Vita Coco. In May, Time reported that coconut water “has recently caught on among athletes, health nuts and bleary-eyed urbanites in the U.S.” (the latter because of its reputed ability to help hangovers). – Foursquare: This mobile gaming app was relatively new on the scene when we included it on last year’s list; this year its worldwide user base grew more than tenfold and is now in the neighborhood of 5 million. Its two founders are appearing in holiday Gap ads. Indeed, some Foursquare backlash has set in, with some arguing that it won’t go beyond niche adoption, that check-in fatigue is setting in and that newer rivals might go further with the idea.
  • 6. OUR TRACK RECORD (cont’d.) • To name just a few Things to Watch from last year (cont’d.): – Ethical Fashion: Examples included Tesco collaborating with ethical fashion label From Somewhere on a line of upcycled clothing and H&M launching the Garden collection, made from organic and recycled fabrics. In September, the Guardian reported from Paris that “The Ethical Fashion Show, the world’s largest event devoted solely to sustainable fashion, is … becoming increasingly mainstream: there are over a hundred brands represented, and the show has outgrown its humble origins in disused warehouses to occupy the … home of the French Fashion Institute.” – Greening the Palate: The UN published a report saying that “a global shift towards a vegan diet is vital to save the world from hunger, fuel poverty and the worst impacts of climate change,” according to the Guardian. A new vegetarian fast-food mini-chain in New York and London, Otarian, touts not only the carbon footprint of each menu item but how it compares with a similar non-vegetarian item. – Bacon Everywhere: Bacon was spotted in everything from flavoring syrup (from Torani) to more cocktails and desserts; L.A. even got a bacon-themed food truck; and Jones Soda went so far as to release a limited-edition bacon-flavored beverage.
  • 7. OUR TRACK RECORD (cont’d.) • In 2009, we spotlighted Lady Gaga just as her career was taking off, as well as: – Crowdfunding, which took off in a big way in 2010: Kickstarter, launched in 2009, has raised more than $20 million in funds for projects so far, including one recent project that garnered almost a million dollars from more than 13,000 backers. – Doha: We pointed to Qatar’s capital because of its cultural offerings being designed by famous architects; now the city looks likely to be in the spotlight into the next decade and beyond as Qatar gets ready to host the World Cup in 2022. – WikiLeaks, which we told readers to expect “to start making more headlines.” In 2010, Julian Assange and the site’s leaked revelations were in the headlines daily. – Cloud Computing, which went mainstream in 2009 and became one of the biggest tech buzz words of the year in 2010. – Gluten-Free: Where few people were worrying about gluten sensitivity two years ago, it’s now frequently cited as a concern. Big brands have responded, among them General Mills (with its gluten-free Betty Crocker brownie mix and Bisquick). – The Decline of E-mail: Facebook is making updates so that sending a message will feel more like texting than e-mailing. ComScore numbers show a drop of about 6 percent in 2010 for total unique visitors in the U.S. to e-mail sites like Yahoo! and Hotmail; visits from teenagers dropped by 18 percent. While visits to Gmail’s site have risen, services there now also include video conferencing, instant messaging and phone calling.
  • 8. OUR TRACK RECORD (cont’d.) • In 2008, we listed French President Nicolas Sarkozy (a runner-up for Time’s 2008 Person of the year); “radical transparency”; and the “staycation.” • In 2007, we were right about Barack Obama, Amy Winehouse, Jennifer Hudson, companies going green and age shuffling. • Check out the following slides to see what you’ll be hearing more about in 2011.
  • 9. OUR THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 1. 3D Printing 23.Deforestation 43.Ignorance Is Bliss 63.Odyssey Trackers 83.Social Objects 2. Africa’s Middle Class Awareness 44.In the Flesh 64.Older Workforce 84.Space Travel Goes 3. Apps Beyond Mobile 24.Detroit 45.Jennifer Lawrence 65.The Oprah Winfrey Private 4. Art.sy 25.Digital Downtime 46.London Tourism Network (OWN) 85.Storied Products 5. Auto Apps 26.Digital Etiquette 47.Long-Form Content 66.Pedro Lourenço 86.Stricter Green Building 27.Digital Indoor Maps 67.Personal Taste Graphs Standards 6. Automatic Check-Ins 48.Matcha 28.Digital Interventions 68.Piers Morgan 87.Tablets for Tots 7. Bamboo 49.mHealth 29.East London Tech City 69.Pogo 88.Tap-to-Pay 8. Banks Branch Out 50.Michael Jackson Lives 30.E-Book Sharing On 70.P-to-P Car Sharing 89.Tech Liaisons 9. Banner Ads Do More 31.Electronic Profiling 51.Micro-Businesses 71.Rooney Mara 90.Tech-Enabled 10.Beer Sommeliers Throwbacks 11.Biomimicry 32.Entrepreneurial 52.Mobile Blogging 72.Rum Journalism 91.Temporary Tattoos Go 12.Bjarke Ingels 53.Mobile Memes 73.Rye Rye High-End 33.Facebook Alternatives 54.The Nail Polish 74.Ryo Ishikawa 13.Brazil as E-Leader 92.Tintin the Movie 34.Fashion Fast-Forward Economy 75.Scanning Everything 14.Breaking the Book 93.Transmedia Producers 35.F-Commerce 55.Nanobrewers 76.Self-Powering Devices 15.Brigadeiro 94.Tube-Free Toilet Paper 36.Food, Ph.D. 56.Near Field 77.Smart Lunchrooms 16.“Buy One, Give One Communication 95.Ukraine Away” 37.Gay-Centric Hotels 78.Smart-Infrastructure 57.The New Mobility 96.Urban Industrial Parks 17.CAPTCHA Advertising 38.Global Disease, Investment Refocused Industry 97.Video Calling 18.Children’s E-Books 79.Smartphone Cameras 39.Green Luxury Cars 58.New Nordic Cuisine Take Over 98.Virtual Mirrors 19.Coming Clean with Green 59.Next-Generation 99.Voice-Activated Apps 40.Group-Manipulated 80.Smoking on the Fringe 20.Costlier Cotton Pricing Documentarians 100.YouTube the 81.Social Browsers Go 21.Culinary Calling Cards 41.Heirloom Apples 60.Neymar Mainstream Broadcaster 22.Decline of the Cash 42.Home Energy Monitors 61.NKOTBSB 82.Social Networking Register 62.Objectifying Objects Surveillance
  • 10. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 1 3D Printing As the technology gets more affordable, 3D printers will come into mainstream use, allowing users to create everything from jewelry to lamps to homes (a Los Angeles company is developing a printer capable of making a house). Simply send a file to a 3D printer, choose from a range of materials (resin, glass, silver, etc.) and receive the product shortly thereafter. Pioneering Dutch startup Shapeways has moved its headquarters to New York; Hewlett-Packard is selling a 3D printer; Google’s SketchUp software helps users turn designs into printable objects. Photo credit: Creative Tools | Back to 100 |
  • 11. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 2 Africa’s Middle Class McKinsey forecasts a 35 percent rise in African consumer spending power through 2015, and Synovate reveals opportunities for aspirational luxury, from BMWs to Johnnie Walker. Marketers are targeting high-growth countries including Nigeria, Angola, Kenya and Ghana. Among others, Coca-Cola plans to double its annual investment in Africa to $1 billion, Walmart is bidding for a majority share in South Africa’s Massmart, and Cirque Du Soleil will perform its first show in Africa in March. China and India are also making significant investments in the continent. Photo credit: Coca-Cola South Africa | Back to 100 |
  • 12. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 3 Apps Beyond Mobile With more of our desktop activities migrating to the Internet, Web developers are applying the principles of mobile app culture—software that provides fast links to games, entertainment, news, etc.—to desktop computers and browsers. Apple is set to launch an App Store for Macs in January, Google has created the Chrome Web Store (an “open marketplace for Web apps”), and new Mozilla tools let anyone turn a browser into an app store. Photo credit: Cristiano Betta | Back to 100 |
  • 13. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 4 Art.sy Currently invitation-only, this site calls itself “the Pandora of the fine art world.” Based on the artists the user likes, Art.sy recommends works by other artists. The idea is to showcase art to collectors, especially dilettantes, for whom it can help connect the dots in the art world. Fresh off $1.25 million in funding from Google CEO Eric Schmidt and other big names, the site is expected to launch in spring. Photo credit: See-ming Lee | Back to 100 |
  • 14. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 5 Auto Apps Automakers are installing smartphone-linked in-car apps that allow drivers to check tire pressure, download music or keep up with their Twitter feeds. Software for Pandora, the personalized online radio station, is installed in some 2011 models; other apps let users monitor their car (e.g., an iPhone app in development for the Nissan Leaf will show the car’s electric charge). Photo credit: fordvideo1 | Back to 100 |
  • 15. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 6 Automatic Check-Ins As new geo-location apps make manual “check-ins” unnecessary, the tools will become more appealing to everyday consumers. Shopkick’s “signal” hardware triggers check-ins when users enter participating retail spaces; the app then awards points (“kickbucks”) and offers tailored deals/rewards. Next up: the January launch of Geoloqi, a hyper-customizable app that allows users to set automatic reminders and notifications—sent to themselves or friends— for specific locations (e.g., a grocery list pops up as the user enters a supermarket). Photo credit: aaronparecki | Back to 100 |
  • 16. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 7 Bamboo Is there anything bamboo can’t do? It’s being touted as the sustainable building material of the future, and now Garnier Nutrisse Hair Color is touting the bamboo extract in its HerbaShine as imparting “radiant color.” Expect to see more bamboo everywhere from bicycles to clothing to kitchenware. Photo credit: stephcarter | Back to 100 |
  • 17. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 8 Banks Branch Out In addition to offering apps that enable traditional services such as paying bills and account transfers via smartphone, banks will develop more non-banking services for customers. For example, an app from Commonwealth Bank of Australia provides access to real estate information, and U.S.-based TD Bank offers a toolkit app to be used in case of a car accident. Photo credit: itunes.apple.com | Back to 100 |
  • 18. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 9 Banner Ads Do More Look for a rise in banner ads that do more: showcase live video; let users bookmark (or “keep”) the ad for later viewing and redemption; or act as a gateway to card-linked offers— consumers click and the discount/offer is automatically redeemable via their credit card. Photo credit: AdKeeper | Back to 100 |
  • 19. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 10 Beer Sommeliers Beer is becoming increasingly respected in foodie culture, perhaps a sign of the budget-minded times. There’s also a growing appreciation for the ways that, like wine, different varieties can complement food. In 2010, Food & Wine magazine honored one beer expert among its seven Sommeliers of the Year. Watch for more sommeliers or, as those who’ve passed a certification program are called, “Cicerone.” Photo credit: Matthew A. Townsend | Back to 100 |
  • 20. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 11 Biomimicry In this growing field, biologists, engineers and designers collaborate to develop designs and processes that take inspiration from nature. The Biomimicry Guild’s Janine Benyus, who popularized the term, has already worked with GE, General Mills and HP. The applications are myriad, from architecture (bird-protecting windows inspired by spider webs, building materials that borrow from plant mechanisms) to everyday products, like a bike helmet that takes a cue from the way the human skull protects itself. Photo credits: psyberartist (left); seier+seier (right) | Back to 100 |
  • 21. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 12 Bjarke Ingels At just 36, Ingels is known in design circles for his self- described “pragmatic utopian architecture,” his comic-style manifesto Yes Is More and a popular TED video. Metropolis labels him not only “the most famous young architect working today” but also “architecture’s very own Lady Gaga”—given his ambition, savvy provocations and marketing smarts. His Copenhagen-based firm, BIG, recently opened a New York office, a move likely to help elevate him to starchitect status. Photo credit: Jakob Glatt | Back to 100 |
  • 22. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 13 Brazil as E-Leader This digitally savvy, economically vibrant country will prove an e-leader. Social media is more popular here than in developed markets, and Brazil has the world’s highest Twitter penetration (23 percent, as of October comScore figures). PC penetration has reached 32 percent, and many Internet cafes further broaden access. Mobile subscriptions have 86 percent penetration. Already Brazil is ahead in electronic democracy (with innovations like online town halls and crowd-sourced legislative consulting), and its 2010 census was paperless, conducted electronically. Photo credit: sfmission.com | Back to 100 |
  • 23. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 14 Breaking the Book We’ll see more rethinking of fundamentals around the book format now that the market for e-reading has taken off. For starters: an iTunes-like market for single chapters, appealing for things like travel guides, anthologies and textbooks. We’ll also see short-form texts flourishing; Amazon is leading the way with Kindle Singles, encouraging writers to fill the niche between magazine article and book. And watch for more serialized works like The Mongoliad, an app that sends subscribers a chapter a week. Photo credit: kyz | Back to 100 |
  • 24. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 15 Brigadeiro The most popular treat in Brazil—a candy made with condensed milk and cocoa powder—has become the centerpiece product of stores around the country, which are making creatively flavored varieties of Brigadeiro. Watch for this national craze to go international. Photo credit: rodrigo senna | Back to 100 |
  • 25. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 16 “Buy One, Give One Away” Watch for more businesses to adopt this novel model pioneered by TOMS shoes, which donates one pair for every pair it sells. With the idea of purpose-driven brands gaining traction, this strategy makes a strong statement about the marketer and turns a purchase into more than a mere transaction for the consumer. Photo credit: TOMS | Back to 100 |
  • 26. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 17 CAPTCHA Advertising Brands will start leveraging CAPTCHAs—the distorted letters that must be typed into a box to proceed with a purchase or other online activity—as a way around online consumers hitting the mute button or exiting pop-up windows. Users will have to type in relevant words or slogans (e.g., Toyota’s CAPTCHAs will require typing “Moving Forward”). Solve Media, the start-up pioneering the idea, has marketers including GE, Chase, Microsoft, Toyota and AOL on board. Photo credit: vimeo.com | Back to 100 |
  • 27. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 18 Children’s E-Books As simple learning apps for kids proliferate, look for the rise of children’s e-books for color-enabled screens (the iPad, the Nook Color). Traditional children’s publishers such as Random House and HarperCollins have jumped on the bandwagon, as have startups. Ruckus Media, for example, is releasing 26 children’s e-book apps by 2011, with 75 more in the works. Apple is focused on adding illustrated titles to its iBookstore. Dynamic storybooks like these will turn kids into even more ambidextrous learners, switching seamlessly from text to educational games and graphics. Photo credit: abbybatchelder | Back to 100 |
  • 28. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 19 Coming Clean with Green Americans may see more accurate and detailed green claims after the Federal Trade Commission publishes the first update to its “Green Guidelines” in 12 years. Under the proposed guidelines, manufacturers touting a product as “green” or “eco-friendly” will have to link those claims to specific attributes (e.g., a 100 percent recyclable package). Photo credit: Vectorportal | Back to 100 |
  • 29. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 20 Costlier Cotton Disturbances among the world’s largest cotton producers (a severe drought in China, floods in Pakistan and trade restrictions in India) have taken a bite out of the global cotton supply, leading to price increases on raw cotton worldwide. Consumers will likely feel the effect in 2011. Photo credit: >>>WonderMike<<< | Back to 100 |
  • 30. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 21 Culinary Calling Cards Much like architecture became Bilbao’s calling card, culinary credentials can turn a backwater town into a top tourist destination (e.g., Roses, Spain, home to famed restaurant El Bulli). Look for towns to start taking proactive measures to lure foodie tourists. In the U.K., for example, Malton is holding a challenge to lure a “top class chef.” Photo credit: citymama | Back to 100 |
  • 31. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 22 Decline of the Cash Register Apple’s point-of-sale system is now available to third parties (Old Navy is testing a modified iPad Touch). Retailers big and small will start adopting these mobile payment systems, allowing salespeople to take a customer all the way through a transaction, even referencing stored data to provide more personalized service. Photo credit: dmott9 | Back to 100 |
  • 32. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 23 Deforestation Awareness Forests are capturing the world’s attention again. 2011 is the United Nations’ International Year of Forests, and forests were central to COP16 in Mexico. The World Wildlife Fund recently released a document file format (WWF) that cannot be printed (the tagline: “Save as WWF, Save a tree”). The REED+ Partnership, launched last May with the goal of “slowing, halting and eventually reversing deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries,” had 71 nations on board by October and a pledge of $4 billion over the next two years. Photo credit: Alan Weir | Back to 100 |
  • 33. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 24 Detroit As its automakers become leaner and meaner, look for Detroit to remake itself as a smaller, more efficient city. A controversial proposal from Mayor Dave Bing seeks to raze parts of the city, consolidate the population and create new residential and business areas. Creative entrepreneurs are taking advantage of cheap real estate and initiating grassroots efforts with a “can’t hurt to try” attitude, while Hollywood has found that its urban decay and empty plants make great backdrops and soundstages. Photo credit: yellowlinephoto | Back to 100 |
  • 34. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 25 Digital Downtime Studies showing the benefits of taking time away from the multi-screen environment are encouraging people to De- Tech for hours, even days at a time. Look for more employers, schools, media outlets and parents to endorse digital downtime. These mindful breaks from digital input will be intended to relieve stress and foster creativity. Photo credit: Brett L. | Back to 100 |
  • 35. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 26 Digital Etiquette The more we become addicted to texting, social media and other digital habits, the more we’ll need some rules of etiquette. The sight of couples furiously texting at restaurants is all too familiar, and a U.S.-based Retrevo study found that 11 percent of people under age 25 feel it’s OK to interrupt sex to check an electronic message. Watch as more people implore friends and family to show some digital decorum. Photo credit: Intersection Consulting | Back to 100 |
  • 36. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 27 Digital Indoor Maps Indoor mapping is poised to take off as companies such as FastMall (which has maps in 22 countries) and Micello (available in the U.S., Singapore and Japan) create phone- accessible guides to malls, airports, convention centers and other vast spaces. Aisle411 is working with retail chains to help shoppers find in-store products. Photo credit: Christine Miranda | Back to 100 |
  • 37. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 28 Digital Interventions Academics have spotlighted several forms of digital addiction, including to the Internet, mobile phones and Facebook (which can affect daily habits like waking up or getting ready for the day). Concerned about—or just plan annoyed by—these addictions and proclivities, people will stage interventions of family and friends, pointing out excessive online behaviors and pushing the idea of logging off for periods of time (De-Teching). Photo credit: mandiberg | Back to 100 |
  • 38. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 29 East London Tech City London is developing more than an Olympic Village in the East End, with plans to create a Silicon Valley-type area that will be home to startups as well as major tech companies. Firms that have already expressed interest in opening offices around Olympic Park include Google, Facebook, Cisco, Intel and BT. Photo credit: Phillie Casablanca | Back to 100 |
  • 39. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 30 E-Book Sharing Electronic books are getting shareable. By the end of 2010, Amazon will allow Kindle books to be loaned out for 14 days. Libraries have begun building e-book collections, and some even lend out e-readers; the Bluefire Reader for iPad and iPhone helps readers download library e-books. Photo credit: goXunuReviews | Back to 100 |
  • 40. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 31 Electronic Profiling We’re getting ever closer to Minority Report. Out of Japan comes a “mind-reading vending machine” that extrapolates facial characteristics into demographic information to predict beverage choice. And facial recognition billboards in Japan identify gender with 85-90 percent accuracy, changing the messaging accordingly. Photo credit: cogdogblog | Back to 100 |
  • 41. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 32 Entrepreneurial Journalism As the media business evolves, the next generation of journalists will apply more hybrid skills in entrepreneurial ways. The new Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the City University of New York will train students to “launch their own enterprise or work within traditional media companies.” Watch for more programs that pull together traditional journalism with business and technology—and more professionals with varied skill sets who help transform content for the digital age. Photo credit: PolandMFA | Back to 100 |
  • 42. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 33 Facebook Alternatives With half a billion people on Facebook, social networkers will be exploring more niche communities or alternatives that offer greater exclusivity or privacy. They’ll find plenty of options (e.g., Appleseed, OneSocialWeb, Diaspora, Pip.io, The Fridge and CollegeOnly) including DIY social networks, invite-only offerings and student networks that go back to Facebook’s roots. Path, billed as “the personal network” and “a place to be yourself,” limits members to 50 connections. Watch for counter-moves from Facebook, which has already responded with the Groups feature. Photo credits: (from top) onesocialweb.org; joindiaspora.com; http://pip.io/#/home; collegeonly.com; http://frid.ge/; opensource.appleseedproject.org | Back to 100 |
  • 43. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 34 Fashion Fast-Forward The fast-fashion retailers have shoppers expecting constant turnover, consumers are increasingly living Life in Real Time, and fashion’s season-based model makes less sense as luxury expands in developing markets. So fashion’s traditional timetable will fade as labels introduce new looks more frequently (Cavalli Group, for example) and shorten the months-long delay between runway and retail (e.g., Burberry). Photo credit: bbaunach | Back to 100 |
  • 44. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 35 F-Commerce Only a few brands sell directly through Facebook (including Victoria’s Secret, 1-800-Flowers.com, Delta Airlines and, most recently, JCPenney), but look for “f-commerce” to take off in the next year. By allowing Facebook visitors to shop without leaving the site, brands add a social influence to the transaction—and bring a concrete return on investment to social media. Photo credit: 1-800-Flowers.com Facebook page | Back to 100 |
  • 45. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 36 Food, Ph.D. We’ll see many more science-inspired food products engineered to target medical conditions and beauty needs. Nestlé is investing more than $500 million to develop health and wellness products, and created the Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences “to pioneer a new industry between food and pharma.” And Unilever is researching technology that can imbue foods with anti-aging and other beauty benefits. Photo credit: RambergMediaImages | Back to 100 |
  • 46. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 37 Gay-Centric Hotels Lords, a gay-focused Miami hotel that opened in late 2010, is looking to expand to New York and L.A. Fort Lauderdale’s Royal Palms Resort & Spa is expanding from 12 rooms to 62 to accommodate more of its male clientele. And several more launches are planned for the next year or two: the Out NYC “urban resort”—which will include an Axel Hotel, restaurants, stores and a club—is in the works in Manhattan, and G WorldWide (an “LGBT Luxury Lifestyle Resort Collection Brand”) is looking to open four U.S. properties. Watch for more projects inspired by Spain-based Axel. Photo credit: www.lordssouthbeach.com/ | Back to 100 |
  • 47. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 38 Global Disease, Refocused The health problems most prevalent in developed countries (noncommunicable diseases like heart disease, cancer, obesity and diabetes) are on the rise worldwide as incidence of communicable diseases including AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis slowly declines, due in large part to nonprofit efforts. Watch as global health groups expand their focus and urge donors to do the same with their funds. Photo credit: US Army Africa | Back to 100 |
  • 48. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 39 Green Luxury Cars Following the precedent of the electric Tesla Roadster, automakers are targeting eco-conscious drivers who like to motor in style and don’t mind price tags over $100,000. A first among luxury automakers, Mercedes-Benz is putting a four-cylinder engine (small, cheaper, lower emissions) in its top-line S-class sedan for the European market. Volkswagen’s Bentley Continental GT Coupe will offer the option of a V8 engine (cleaner than the standard 12-cylinder), while Porsche and BMW have plans for plug-in hybrid cars within two years; Porsche’s is slated to cost around half a million euros. Photo credit: UggBoy UggGirl [ PHOTO : WORLD : SENSE ] | Back to 100 |
  • 49. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 40 Group-Manipulated Pricing Group buying online went from a blip on the radar to a bonanza in 2010. As the idea matures, we’ll see more inventive variations. One way to stand out: by making the advantage of group buying more explicit, as Uniqlo’s Lucky Counter did. Rather than have a fixed price—as with many of these services—the price will decrease in real time as more people opt in. This gives shoppers more incentive to spread the word to friends and family to buy, buy, buy. Photo credit: renaissancechambara | Back to 100 |
  • 50. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 41 Heirloom Apples As heritage foods, notably heirloom tomatoes, gain wider attention, a new movement aims to rediscover the flavors of older apple varieties. While some are irregularly sized, with discoloring and spots, their palette is richer and wider than most apples: The smell of the Cornish Gilliflower is reminiscent of a clove, the Strawberry Chenango of roses. Photo credit: fishermansdaughter | Back to 100 |
  • 51. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 42 Home Energy Monitors Consumers are increasingly interested in Energy Dieting but haven’t had an easy way to monitor how much energy their appliances and gadgets use. Now, design-friendly products are coming to market, from Belkin’s Conserve Insight device to GE’s Nucleus home energy manager. And as sales of plug-in hybrids and electric cars take off, home energy management will increasingly be linked to vehicles. Photo credit: tristanf | Back to 100 |
  • 52. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 43 Ignorance Is Bliss More people will ask “How much is too much?” when it comes to availability of information online. From general privacy concerns raised by tools like Google Maps with Street View to personal security concerns around broadcasting one’s whereabouts on Facebook or Foursquare to national security concerns around the information disclosed by WikiLeaks, more people will question how much information really needs to be made widely available—and decide that sometimes in this age of information, ignorance can be bliss. Photo credit: debaird | Back to 100 |
  • 53. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 44 In the Flesh As the online and offline worlds start to blur, and as people De-Tech and look for more human connections, online communities will add real-world components, whether by sponsoring events or otherwise enabling members to connect in the flesh. For example, The Huffington Post, Mashable and Tech Crunch, among others, enable reader get-togethers through the Meetup Everywhere widget; Gawker now helps singles in its commenter community meet via a dating tag on the site. Photo credit: www.meetup.com/Mashable/ | Back to 100 |
  • 54. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 45 Jennifer Lawrence This 20-year-old actress garnered a Golden Globe nomination and talk of an Oscar nomination for her role as a resilient teen in Winter’s Bone. Watch for Lawrence, who has had TV roles in The Bill Engvall Show, Cold Case and Medium, to hold her own in the star-laden cast of X-Men: First Class. Photo credit: Sebastian Mlynarski | Back to 100 |
  • 55. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 46 London Tourism London will bask in buzz over the next two years, beginning with the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in April—travel/hospitality operators are offering “Royal Wedding Weekend” packages to lure visitors—and continuing with the run-up to the 2012 Olympics. Architecture buffs will also come for the Shard, a Renzo Piano skyscraper set to be one of Europe’s tallest upon completion in 2012. Photo credit: Christine Miranda | Back to 100 |
  • 56. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 47 Long-Form Content As media shrinks to fit our attention spans, the novelty of long-form journalism will stand out, and more readers will turn to mobile devices, e-readers and computers to access it. Longform.org and Longreads collect and link new and classic magazine and newspaper features, while the app Instapaper cues up articles for reading later. The new open- source platform Treesaver gives publishers and writers an app-less way to format longer content for browsers and smartphones. Photo credits: (from top) longform.org; longreads.com; instapaper.com; treesaver.net | Back to 100 |
  • 57. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 48 Matcha The powdered green tea—which originated in Japan and is a centerpiece of the Japanese tea ceremony—is becoming a hot flavor internationally, with an artisanal quality reflected in its price tag. It’s a functional ingredient—high in both antioxidants and caffeine—that will increasingly be seen in beverages (from lattes to cocktails) and desserts (ice cream, pastries and more). Photo credit: love janine | Back to 100 |
  • 58. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 49 mHealth Look for mobile health apps to help improve health care and change the way patients and their physicians interact (think doctors using smartphones to access patients’ medical histories, patients monitoring their own blood pressure and glucose levels). The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is currently funding research into mHealth. And with 500 million people forecast to be using mobile health apps by 2015, global opportunities in this market are valued at as much as $60 billion. Photo credit: juhansonin | Back to 100 |
  • 59. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 50 Michael Jackson Lives On The King of Pop will continue to reign, with a spate of posthumous appearances. The album MICHAEL, with all new songs, was released in December. Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour, inspired by the Neverland fantasy, opens in Montreal in the fall. Planet Michael, a multi-player game, will launch in late 2011 on virtual-world site Entropia. And Ubisoft’s interactive dance video game, Michael Jackson: The Experience, currently available for Wii, will come out on other platforms. Photo credit: SobControllers | Back to 100 |
  • 60. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 51 Micro-Businesses Almost anyone can turn a possession (home, car, iPad, etc.) or skill (making a cappuccino, riding a unicycle) into a bit of cash, enabled by peer-to-peer room-, car- or product-rental sites like Airbnb, Zilok and NeighborGoods and experience- trading sites like Skyara. More people will start seeing opportunity in micro-businesses. Photo credits: (from top) airbnb.com; us.zilok.com; neighborgoods.net; skyara.com | Back to 100 |
  • 61. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 52 Mobile Blogging As smartphones proliferate and more tablets come on the market, look for blogging via mobile devices to spike. “Mobloggers” can update frequently on the go—posts tend to be short and photo-heavy—turning blogs into real-time records from travelers, amateur journalists, sports fans, etc. Platforms like Tumblr and Posterous make moblogging easy, providing the option to call in, text or e-mail blog updates. Photo credit: andronicusmax | Back to 100 |
  • 62. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 53 Mobile Memes As the smartphone becomes the Everything Hub, it’s evolving into a primary platform for media consumption. As consumers lean increasingly toward mobile and apps over PCs and browsers, we’ll see more content go viral via word- of-mobile. Look for more Angry Birds-type mobile memes to pop up and for brands to more actively leverage these memes. Photo credit: Johan Larrson | Back to 100 |
  • 63. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 54 The Nail Polish Economy Women are typically said to treat themselves with a nice lipstick during economically uncertain times, but we’ll see more beauty buyers perking themselves up with nail polish. As sales continue to rise and polish ascends to an “it” accessory in the fashion world, look for more unusual takes—from leather nails to purposefully chipped nails. Watch for unexpected categories to leverage this trend: Volvo is offering polishes that match three color options for the new S60. Photo credit: >> Zitona << | Back to 100 |
  • 64. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 55 Nanobrewers The DIY movement and the “buy local” trend intersect to create a market around “micro-microbrews.” Amateur brewers are getting more ambitious, building so-called nanobreweries in their spare time, then selling the results in growlers or to local bars. Photo credit: Bernt Rostad | Back to 100 |
  • 65. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 56 Near Field Communication Near Field Communication (NFC), which enables the exchange of data within four inches (it’s akin to RFID but more versatile), will be a tech buzz word for 2011. NFC chips will allow phones to act as digital wallets and tickets, wirelessly send photos and documents to printers, and pick up information from tags on ads. An upcoming version of Android will have NFC, and the next iPhone will likely have it. Watch for NFC to become a marketing tool, with consumers not quite sure what it is but wanting it anyway. Photo credit: sam churchill | Back to 100 |
  • 66. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 57 The New Mobility Industry In an increasingly urbanized, congested world with an aging population, people will be less motivated or able to drive. So we’ll see forward-thinking automakers experiment with new models focused simply on moving people to their destinations. Daimler has both Car2go—a car-sharing program that uses its Smart cars, implemented in two cities so far—and Car2gether, a ridesharing app and website. Peugeot’s Mu is a rental/Zipcar-like service that offers a range of models, from scooters to vans. “We make cars and trucks today, but who knows?” Ford’s Bill Ford said in 2010 and described the automaker as a provider of “mobility solutions.” Photo credit: cote | Back to 100 |
  • 67. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 58 New Nordic Cuisine As the foodie focus shifts to Copenhagen with the rising fame of Noma, its chef René Redzepi and other inspired restaurants, watch for a modified form of this cuisine (minus unique local ingredients like elderflowers and puffin eggs) to spread beyond Denmark. And look for more chefs to find inspiration in Redzepi’s emphasis on foraging for local plants, herbs and roots, and simple but quality ingredients. Photo credit: cyclonebill | Back to 100 |
  • 68. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 59 Next-Generation Documentarians Access to cheap video cameras and software is fueling an expansion of video storytelling and stylistic experimentation from a new generation of filmmakers. The Sundance Film Festival will feature Life in a Day, a three-hour user-generated documentary featuring content shot by filmmakers in 197 countries in a single day and uploaded to YouTube. Oprah is starting a documentary film club on her new cable network. Photo credit: chudo.sveta | Back to 100 |
  • 69. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 60 Neymar This prodigious 18-year-old striker for Brazil’s national football team and club team Santos is drawing comparisons to Brazilian idols such as Robinho and Pelé and attracting interest from European clubs (though his agent says the footballer won’t leave the country before the 2012 Olympics). Photo credit: http://www.soccer.com/ | Back to 100 |
  • 70. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 61 NKOTBSB Don’t underestimate the power of nostalgia and old boy bands. 1990s sensations New Kids On The Block and Backstreet Boys are still marketable commodities for their original fans. (NKOTB has sold out shows for the past few years.) Packaged as NKOTBSB, the two bands will kick off a joint tour in mid-2011. Photo credits: Corey Ann (top); Jamie Ivins (bottom) | Back to 100 |
  • 71. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 62 Objectifying Objects The more that objects become replaced by digital/virtual counterparts—from records and books to photo albums and even cash—watch for people to fetishize the physical object. Books are being turned into decorative accessories, for example, and records into art. Photo credit: gadl | Back to 100 |
  • 72. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 63 Odyssey Trackers With tools that combine social media and GPS tracking, extreme explorers are broadcasting their adventures in real time to a global audience. Geospatial company Esri creates custom Web trackers such as “Live on Everest,” which followed teenager Jordan Romero’s 2010 ascent. EpicTracker, an app in beta, is “a customizable map that geo-locates all of your social media posts including blogs, podcasts, photos, videos, Tweets and Facebook status updates—then posts them on your map in real time.” Photo credit: fPat | Back to 100 |
  • 73. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 64 Older Workforce Seventy is the new 60, as a growing number of countries raise the age at which retirees can collect government pensions. The changes will be phased in over several years. Younger Boomers in the U.S. will need to work until age 67 before collecting full Social Security benefits; France has upped its retirement age to 62 (with full benefits at 67); Greece is working to raise the age to 65; and Spain is close to setting retirement at 67. Photo credit: Valerie’s Genealogy Photos | Back to 100 |
  • 74. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 65 The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) After 25 years on air, Oprah Winfrey is getting ready to sign off from her talk show as she launches OWN (the Oprah Winfrey Network) on Jan. 1. The cable channel will be dedicated to self-improvement, personal transformation and entertainment. Photo credit: oprah.com/own | Back to 100 |
  • 75. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 66 Pedro Lourenço Just 19 and already on runways in Paris, fashion designer Lourenço is following a family tradition (his parents, Gloria Coelho and Reinaldo Lourenço, are well-known fashion designers in Brazil). Billed as a wunderkind, Lourenço uses innovative techniques to achieve his futuristic looks. Photo credit: http://pedrolourenco.com/ | Back to 100 |
  • 76. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 67 Personal Taste Graphs New ways to chart who likes what and predict what else will interest each individual will pop up on the Web. Hunch.com calls its individual profiles “taste graphs,” while Gravity uses the term “interest graph.” These and other startups in the space are centered around “Helping the right information find you” (Gravity’s tagline). Hunch looks at what users and their friends like or follow on Facebook and Twitter, then offers recommendations based on the collective data it’s gathered. Photo credits: gravity.com (top); hunch.com (bottom) | Back to 100 |
  • 77. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 68 Piers Morgan The America’s Got Talent/Britain’s Got Talent judge, Celebrity Apprentice winner and former editor of two U.K. tabloids is no stranger to pressure—good thing, because the world will watch as he fills the shoes of Larry King on CNN. Morgan will begin his new role in January. Photo credit: thisiscow | Back to 100 |
  • 78. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 69 Pogo Cult “electronic music artist” Pogo (aka Nick Bertke), a YouTube sensation for his remixes of audio and video from Disney and Pixar films, is getting respect in both commercial and artistic circles. “Gardyn,” the first real-world remix from the young Australian, was selected as one of 25 videos in the Guggenheim’s new online video biennial. And Disney commissioned him to create a composition inspired by the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film, due in mid-2011. Photo credit: Fagottron | Back to 100 |
  • 79. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 70 P-to-P Car Sharing Services including Spride Share in San Francisco, RelayRides in Boston and San Francisco, WhipCar in London and DriveMyCar in Australia match car owners whose vehicles are idle with people who need wheels. As these person-to- person services demonstrate solutions to the obvious obstacles—devices can be installed to prevent theft, novel insurance agreements are used—we’ll see this take on Collaborative Consumption spreading. Photo credit: boltzr | Back to 100 |
  • 80. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 71 Rooney Mara Making her mark in 2010’s The Social Network, this relative unknown beat out numerous A-list actresses to score the lead role of Lisbeth Salander in David Fincher’s much- anticipated The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, due in late 2011. Photo credit: gdcgraphics | Back to 100 |
  • 81. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 72 Rum Long considered a run-of-the-mill mixer, this spirit is getting a second look as small distillers in the U.S. make artisanal rum and at least one larger manufacturer combines rums from several countries to create new blends. Look for this “white spirit” to give competitors behind the bar a run for their money in 2011. Photo credit: Sir Adavis | Back to 100 |
  • 82. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 73 Rye Rye Just 20 but no stranger to the limelight, tongue-twisting rapper Rye Rye releases her highly anticipated debut, Go! Pop! Bang!, in January. This Baltimore native “with moves that make you wonder where she would hide a caffeine drip” (as Elle puts it) is an M.I.A. protégé who’s already earned recognition in her own right, including a million-plus YouTube views for her latest single, “Sunshine,” in two months. Photo credit: www.ryeryemusic.com/ | Back to 100 |
  • 83. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 74 Ryo Ishikawa A celebrity in his native Japan, Ishikawa was the youngest player to break into golf’s top 100 and then the top 50, toppling Tiger Woods’ records. The 19-year-old is poised to be golf’s next golden boy. Photo credit: peachykeen103 | Back to 100 |
  • 84. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 75 Scanning Everything Scanning barcodes or QR codes with smartphones will become ubiquitous. QR (quick response) codes are scannable two-dimensional codes that link to more information; they’re being adopted for everything from in-store communications and loyalty offers to information points and comics (a Danish Donald Duck comic links to audio and animation). With Tesco’s iPhone app, customers can scan the barcode of a product of interest when out and about, and it’s automatically dropped into the person’s online cart. Photo credit: swanksalot | Back to 100 |
  • 85. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 76 Self-Powering Devices As scientists develop microchips capable of being powered by small movements or temperature differences, we’ll slowly see new types of gadgets that require no battery or power plug, cutting power consumption. For example, Microsoft has created a prototype of a peppermill-like remote control that’s powered by the turning motion required to use it. Photo credit: Microsoft Research | Back to 100 |
  • 86. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 77 Smart Lunchrooms As obesity rates continue to climb worldwide, look for experimentation in school and workplace cafeterias, with offerings rearranged (more nutritious selections at the front of the line, fruit in attractive bowls) to encourage smarter choices, and cues (e.g., red tongs for higher-calorie selections) to get people thinking about their choices. Photo credit: avlxyz | Back to 100 |
  • 87. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 78 Smart-Infrastructure Investment With the fastest urban boom in history and a push for more sustainable living, the coming years will see huge investments in smart infrastructure (embedding digital communication technologies into the framework of power systems). Worldwide, at least 90 smart grid pilots are being implemented as the U.S., Japan, China, EU countries and other governments focus investment and development efforts on these technologies. The China Electricity Council reports that installation of smart meters will be worth $3.1 billion in 2011—just a taste of what’s to come: IDC estimates the value of the smart infrastructure business at $122 billion over 2010 and 2011 alone. Photo credit: *JRFoto* | Back to 100 |
  • 88. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 79 Smartphone Cameras Take Over People are leaving their cameras at home as smartphone cameras get ever more turbo-charged. Several camera phones have reached the 12-megapixel mark; the one in the Nokia N8 has Carl Zeiss optics and HD video. The iPhone— already the top camera used on Flickr—is said to be adding an 8-megapixel camera for 2011. Sales of digital cameras were forecast to slide 11 percent in 2010. Photo credit: liewcf | Back to 100 |
  • 89. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 80 Smoking on the Fringe Smoking will increasingly be pushed to the fringe. Some apartment buildings are banning smoking at home. The EU’s health commissioner, who advocates a “smoke-free Europe,” is pushing for a ban in all public spaces. New York’s anti-smoking mayor is doing likewise for parks, beaches and boardwalks. The U.K. is due to ban the display of tobacco products in supermarkets in late 2011, and Finland will follow in 2012. U.S. municipalities including San Francisco and Boston ban the sale of tobacco in drugstores and other retail outlets with pharmacies. Hold-outs are also getting in line: Russia, the world’s third largest tobacco market, will bar smoking in public places by 2015; Japan, the fourth largest market, instituted a 40 percent tax hike on tobacco in October 2010. Photo credit: beckyspaulding | Back to 100 |
  • 90. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 81 Social Browsers Go Mainstream Web browsing will evolve to become more personal as social media tools get incorporated into Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Internet Explorer. Following the lead of smaller challengers like RockMelt and Flock, browsers will help connect people based on similar news or topics searched and allow quicker linking of Web material to social media. Photo credit: gallagher.michaelsean | Back to 100 |
  • 91. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 82 Social Networking Surveillance The U.S. government is moving to have Congress require social networking sites to be technically capable of complying with wiretap orders. The U.S. government already monitors certain profiles (including citizenship applicants suspected of marrying for a green card), as do others (e.g., Israel has used Facebook profiles to catch women illegally avoiding army service). At least a few social media monitoring services track what clients’ employees post online outside of work. Photo credit: dullhunk | Back to 100 |
  • 92. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 83 Social Objects Services like Stickybits enable users to attach digital content (videos, links, audio, text) to physical objects, and we’ll see virtual communities form around these real-world items. While social objects open up opportunities for brands to connect with their customers, brands will also have to be prepared for consumers’ experiences around social objects to overshadow the objects themselves. Photo credit: bluefountainmedia | Back to 100 |
  • 93. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 84 Space Travel Goes Private As the U.S. Space Shuttle program comes to an end in 2011, the world’s first commercial spaceport opens in the New Mexico desert. Virgin Galactic will be the anchor tenant at Spaceport America, with six-passenger sub-orbital crafts. Photo credit: And all that Malarkey | Back to 100 |
  • 94. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 85 Storied Products Consumers are increasingly looking for a personal connection to brands, and we’ll see more brands playing up the people and stories behind the products—whether it’s a focus on small-business owners, the people who produce the ingredients or everyday employees. Tokyo’s Pass the Baton sells vintage clothing, jewelry and housewares, along with the stories behind them or a profile of the creator. And Boticca, a London-based e-commerce site for accessories, uses the tagline “I’d rather wear a unique story.” Photo credit: Loren Javier | Back to 100 |
  • 95. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 86 Stricter Green Building Standards Look for ambitious environmentalists to push past established standards like LEED by taking on more stringent requirements, such as those advocated by the International Living Building Institute or the Passive House Institute. The ILBI, which awarded its first certifications in 2010, bills its Living Building Challenge as “the world’s most rigorous green building performance standard.” Photo credit: U.S. Army Environmental Command | Back to 100 |
  • 96. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 87 Tablets for Tots Children have embraced iPads and touchscreen smartphones, and the iPad topped 2010 Christmas tech wish lists for American kids 6 to 12, according to Nielsen. Watch for manufacturers to tailor tablets for this market. Mid-2011 will see the launch of Isabella Products’ Fable, a durable 7-inch tablet focused on reading, drawing, gaming and photo-sharing that will come pre-loaded with content from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Photo credit: aperturismo | Back to 100 |
  • 97. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 88 Tap-to-Pay The digital wallet is edging closer to reality outside those parts of Asia and Europe where it’s already taken off. Watch for more transit systems to allow riders to use their phones as tickets or passes, more mobile-enabled parking systems and vending machines, more NFC-supported phones that let users tap to pay merchants, and more apps that allow people to “bump” each other’s phones to exchange money. Photo credit: kalleboo | Back to 100 |
  • 98. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 89 Tech Liaisons As technology eats into other categories and becomes a higher priority for consumers (see our Eat, Pray, Tech trend), marketers from outside the category will increasingly partner with tech brands or products to gain cachet or attract notice from tech-focused shoppers. For example, American Eagle Outfitters ran a promotion in which shoppers who tried on a pair of jeans got a choice of free smartphone (albeit with some contractual obligations). Photo credit: lululemon athletica | Back to 100 |
  • 99. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 90 Tech-Enabled Throwbacks New technologies are taking people back to some pre-digital habits. Handwriting—which has been shown to “boost the brain”—is making a comeback thanks to touchscreen technology and apps such as ABC Tracer and iWriteWords. Other apps have re-popularized classic games and toys— Electronic Arts turned the classic Lite Brite and Scrabble games into digital experiences for platforms like the iPad and Kindle. Photo credit: Apple | Back to 100 |
  • 100. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 91 Temporary Tattoos Go High-End The latest hot accessory—both on the runway and in the beauty aisle—gives a non-commitment spin to an otherwise permanent choice. Chanel is tapping into the trend with limited-edition skin art. In Dubai, temporary tats are available in real gold. And lower down the price scale, House of Deréon offers a kit in partnership with Temptu; the promotional campaign features Beyoncé. Photo credit: TEMPTUmakeup | Back to 100 |
  • 101. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 92 Tintin the Movie The globetrotting young reporter, whose adventures are chronicled in the illustrated books by Belgian creator Hergé, will come to 3D life in a collaboration between director Steven Spielberg and producer Peter Jackson. The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn is the first of a planned trilogy. Photo credit: gordasm | Back to 100 |
  • 102. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 93 Transmedia Producers As entertainment content takes on more transmedia qualities—extending narratives across media platforms— we’ll see more transmedia producers, officially recognized as a job title in 2010 by the Producers Guild of America. The PGA’s job description includes overseeing “a project’s long- term planning, development, production, and/or maintenance of narrative continuity across multiple platforms, and creation of original storylines for new platforms.” Photo credit: JohnAnthonyHartman | Back to 100 |
  • 103. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 94 Tube-Free Toilet Paper Toilet paper is undergoing its biggest change in a century. Kimberly-Clark’s Scott Naturals is coming out with a tube- free version (currently being tested in select U.S. stores), and we’ll see more brands follow suit in a bid to better compete on the green front. Photo credit: derekGavey | Back to 100 |
  • 104. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 95 Ukraine This Eastern European country will see an influx of tourists in the next few years: Twenty-five years after the worst nuclear disaster in history hit Chernobyl, the Ukrainian government will begin sanctioning tours of the area around the plant. And 2012 brings the European Cup to Ukraine. Photo credit: Andrzej Karo´ n | Back to 100 |
  • 105. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 96 Urban Industrial Parks The success of Manhattan’s High Line, the unique public park atop a long-shuttered elevated freight line, is inspiring city planners to find ways to transform neglected industrial structures into urban parks. These range from a rail viaduct in Philadelphia to Tempelhof in Berlin, the vast former airfield that’s now a park; bike trail proponents in Chicago are trying to repurpose unused elevated lines. Photo credit: Ed Yourdon | Back to 100 |
  • 106. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 97 Video Calling The technology has been around for a while now, but callers have been tethered to their PCs. Now video calling is coming to more mobile phones, as well as tablets and Internet- connected TVs, and new innovations will ease quality and compatibility issues. Apple’s FaceTime for the iPhone 4 introduced the feature in 2010, and the next iPad is rumored to come equipped with FaceTime and a front-facing camera. The Tango mobile app is currently compatible with iPhones and Android phones. Photo credit: notsogoodphotography | Back to 100 |
  • 107. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 98 Virtual Mirrors A camera displays a customer’s image on a screen, which then overlays various types of makeup, allowing shoppers to preview products and play with options. Virtual mirrors also allow clothes shoppers to test out styles and share the look via Facebook, mobile and e-mail. Shiseido is rolling out virtual makeup mirrors in European stores after launching them in Japan; France’s Carrefour SA, the U.K.’s Superdrug and U.S. Walmart stores are testing similar technology from EZface. Among others, Macy’s is trialing virtual mirrors in its flagship New York store. Photo credit: See-ming Lee | Back to 100 |
  • 108. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 99 Voice-Activated Apps New tools will increasingly enable us to talk rather than type into smartphones. Freeing up the user’s hands and eyes is safer for drivers, bikers and walkers, and convenient for messaging while multitasking. With the Android app StartTalking, for example, a user signals a phone via a pre- assigned word, speaks a message, then commands the phone to send it. Photo credit: Johan Larsson | Back to 100 |
  • 109. 100 THINGS TO WATCH IN 2011 No. 100 YouTube the Broadcaster Watch for YouTube to expand its role from a platform for video clips to a broadcasting channel, with live-streamed and original content. The Google-owned site has tested live- streaming with a few content partners (a U2 concert, etc.) so far; with active user comments allowing real-time interaction among viewers, live-streaming could revive appointment viewing. And YouTube’s rumored interest in acquiring Web- video production company Next New Networks signals an interest in showcasing original content. Photo credit: KoryeLogan | Back to 100 |