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What were the most important innovations of the last five years
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We looked at IBM's latest prediction of five innovations for the next five years (out to the end of 2017) It is important when looking forward to look back. Five years is a short time where innovation and developments are mostly linear. So we can look back in five year increments to get a sense of the change we might expect for the next five years.
What were the most important innovations of the prior five years ? Since 2007 ?
Horizontal multiple fracture drilling has changed the oil and gas industry. Natural gas production has been greatly increased and global politics has been impacted.
The iPhone was introduced to the United States in June 29, 2007.
The total number of iOS devices (iPhones, iPod Touches, iPads) sold to date is over 400 million. They have popularized touch devices. Over 500 million Android devices have been sold.
See more and subscribe to NextBigFuture at 2012-12-18 13:02:29 Source: http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/12/what-were-most-important-innovations-of.html
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