What is going to happen in 2015
I more or less agree with everything except this points:<p>>2/ Xiaomi will spend some of the $1.1bn they just raised coming to the US. This will bring a strong player in the non-google android sector into the US market and legitimize a “third mobile OS” in the western world. The good news for developers is developing for non-google android is not much different than developing for google android.<p>The "third mobile OS" is Windows Phone and even if something else takes this spot, it's still not that great to be third.<p>>3/ More asian penetration into the US market will come from the messenger sector as both Line and WeChat make strong moves to gain a share of the lucrative US messenger market.<p>I doubt those companies will be more than marginal players in the us market next year, maybe later?<p>>11/ ... patients treating patients (p2p medicine) ...<p>This seems kind of insane!<p>I didn't understand the following very well, if someone can explain or point me elsewhere, I'd really appreciate it:<p>>8/ The horrible year that bitcoin had in 2014 will be a wakeup call for all stakeholders. Developers will turn their energy from creating the next bitcoin (all the alt stuff) to creating the stack on top of the bitcoin blockchain. Real decentralized applications will start to emerge as the platform matures and entrepreneurial energy is channeled in the right direction.<p>I don't see the point of bitcoin or any other virtual currency? To me nothing beats legal tender currencies.