2020 technology winners and losers

When you think of 2020, what’s the first thing that comes to mind?

Maybe working from home? Holidays on Zoom? Binging Netflix?

Andy Larsen, VP/Director of Public Relations at Boelter + Lincoln, has compiled a list of the 2020 technology winners and losers.

Winners:

• Video conferencing in general (Zoom and others)
• E-commerce (Amazon and others)
• Streaming services (Roku, Netflix and others)

Losers:

• COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps (including those dev’p by Apple and Google)
• Quibi (short video subscription service)
• Microsoft Mixer gaming platform; Microsoft Surface Duo “foldable” phone
• Facebook Portal home Internet of Things (IoT) platform. (“smart home” product)

Mixed Results:

• Facebook (despite anti-trust, Parler/MeWe, Portal failure it still grew revenues)
• Twitter (same)
• Tik-Tok (Trump tries to force sale of Chinese company; longterm US status currently TBD)

Larsen was a guest on Wisconsin’s Morning News. Listen to the full interview in the player above.