Just want to wish everyone a Happy New Year! What a year 2013 was. I have changed jobs 2 times and my father passed away suddenly in August. I have gone through the grieving process and it is still hard to think that he is gone, but he lived a full life. I am very glad that I knew him and there is not better father. 

That being said, let's look at what this year will bring in the way of technology:

1.  New android devices like the Samsung Galaxy S5, Samsung Mega, and other Samsung android devices. Motorola is still trying to be relevant under the ownership of Google and create the perfect Android/Google device.
2. Microsoft is still struggling to be relevant with their phone and have made great strides in that arena, but I don't think they will gain that much traction in the US as the iPhone and Android devices continue to be strong contenders.
3. PC or Mac, that has always been the question for the last 25+ years, but due to the popularity of Android devices I think that Linux may just become the Desktop alternative that I always knew it could be. There are many distributions that are ready for prime time, but look at Linux Mint, Bodhi, Fedora 20(Which I am really enjoying right now) Enlightenment, PCLinux and Ubuntu to name several of the distros that are worth looking at. We also have to look at Google's ChromeOS which is based on Linux even though it truly just presents a browser to the end user.
4. I also believe that the era of the PC will return as more users want power and look to a desktop or notebook computer to do their Power User tasks, but will get these things in a much smaller format like the Intel Nuc (Next Unit of Computing) and the AMD Fusion. This way all of the power of a giant tower PC, will be in a form factor that can be mounted on the back of a monitor and truly be space saving.

What are your predictions for this year as we embark into making new technology relevant and do you know what new tech is out there. Please join my blog and let me know your ideas as to what will make it and what will not.