Tech Predictions for 2019

Tech Predictions for 2019
Number	3438
Broadcast Date	DECEMBER 28, 2018
Episode Length	52:48
Hosts	Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane
Guests	Justin Robert Young, Shannon Morse, Allison Sheridan

The DTNS Gang predict what will happen in the world of tech both big and small in year 2019.

Guest

• Justin Robert Young
  • Free Political Newsletter
  • Justin's Twitch
  • Action News Game
  • StickersorDIAF.com
• Shannon Morse
  • TekThing
    • Hak5
• Allison Sheridan
  • The NosillaCast

Predictions

SARAH PREDICTIONS

• Apple will stop selling the HomePod and instead insert Siri into competing smart speakers
• The Video Smart Devices Category like Facebook Portal will not last the year

JUSTIN PREDICTIONS

• Snap will sell
• Amazon will be hit with an antitrust case in the US

SHANNON PREDICTIONS

• Paranoia will create regulations in the privacy / tech sector, sweeping more countries than just the EU's GDPR. So Major tech co hit with large scale fines from GDPR
• AI will be used in cyber-espionage campaigns and social engineering

ALLISON PREDICTIONS

• Google will finally come out with a single, unified messaging service that actually works. It will fail to get immediate adoption because no one trusts them not to drop things any more. Eventually will be widely adopted but not till 2020.
• Apple’s TV app will come to another service, like Roku or Amazon Product

TOM PREDICTIONS

• Lots of hand wringing that food delivery will kill traditional sit down restaurant business
• This will be the year of wearables. The category will be successful. Higher shipments and multiple new form factors.

Links

• This episode on dailytechnewsshow.com
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Preceded by: "2018 Predictions Results Show"

Tech Predictions for 2019

Followed by: "2019 Will Be Electric"