13 words, which is 2013 - IDG.se

Bitcoin

class=”paragraphIntro”> Krypto currency Bitcoin created although 2009, but only this year, interest has exploded. Back in the spring awoke interest sharply and then explode after the summer,

Selfie

No word defines 2013 as well as Selfie. Kim Kardashian, Barack Obama and bourgeois aliansens leaders are just some of those who have seen themselves as the most interesting subject. None of them can be said to be the pioneers in this field. Already in 1913 photographed tzardottern Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova himself in front of the mirror.

Glass Hole

New technologies require new words. Google goggles Glass was presented in 2012. In 2013, they have begun reaching out to developers, journalists and others who are sökjätten close. Not surprisingly, a pair of shooting glasses with built-in screen impact the charm of the wearer. In some so negative that they termed “glass hole.” One who sat some pride in the expression is Rackspace’s Robert Scoble.

phablet

intersection between tablet and mobile became phablet. The word appeared already in the last year and the category was born when Samsung unveiled its Note phone. The searches for the word on Google culminated after the summer.

Second Screen

just watch TV, no one makes anymore. Instead, we want to have the company of our second screen in the form of tablet, PC or mobile. The phenomenon has been around for a while, but in 2013, the use of the expression increased significantly.

Mooc

Mooc or Massive Open Online Course is education’s equivalent of World of Warcraft. Instead of dead orcs applies it to gain knowledge. The courses are taught by both renowned universities and companies. What distinguishes them from regular distance courses is that they have more participants and that much is automated and requires little effort by the teacher during the course.

Whistleblower

Whistle Blower or Whistleblower’s not a new term in itself. But with Edward Snowden and his revelations about the NSA’s mass surveillance has made a strong comeback this year.

Catfishing

The term comes from the documentary Catfish from 2010 and is aimed at people who for one reason creates a fictional person online. In Sweden, perhaps the fictional person Veronika as the Metro newspaper hunted received the most attention.

Binge watch

Netflix and other services for streaming TV has made us increasingly stretch watch television shows. The term has nothing to do with that many like to see on television shows in the bin. Instead, the term from an American expression for doing something excessively.

Digital Detox

Digital detoxification or detox plays in the use of digital gadgets such as mobile and tablet can be addictive. The digital detox is to refrain from using them for some time.

Crowdfunding

Searches Crowdfunding Crowdfunding or as we say in pure Swedish has grown steadily in recent years. Obviously much a result of successful projects where future customers are funding everything from gadgets to culture on sites like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo.

Cyod

We never tire of abbreviations. After BYOD (bring your own device) will Tub (bring any device), Byoa (bring your own application), BYOS (bring your own software), BYOD (bring your own disaster), Byoa number two (bring your own anything) and then finally Cyod (cyod choose your own device)

Big Data

2013 No presentation is complete without a reference to Big Data. It does not matter what part of the IT industry you work in, collect data and analyze it is important for everyone. But the NSA is perhaps the one that collected the most during the year, despite it not become very popular.