'App potatoes' may put brakes on internet

THE free-ranging internet is pursuant to this agreement assault by mobile applications that connect people exclusively to content kept in "walled gardens" online, according to a US study released.

The experts surveyed for the study felt that the web

While 59 per cent of the experts surveyed for the study felt that the web would continue to thrive, they as well thought "apps" for gadgets just as smartphones and tablets would power an "anti-internet" used only to connect to services just as films or Facebook feeds instead of for open exploration.

The internet could give way to a hybrid model that combines open-ended quests for information or content with the use of "apps" tailored to plug efficiently into offerings hosted on online servers, survey respondents said.

The mobile revolution

"Tech experts usually believe the mobile revolution, the popularity of targeted apps, the monetisation of online products and services, and innovations in cloud computing will drive web evolution," the study said.

Slightly more than a thousand experts were surveyed for the Pew Technology Center's Internet & American Life Project study that took a non-scientific look at how people will share and gather information online by the year 2020.

THE free-ranging internet is pursuant to this agreement assault by unimaginative app fans determined to survive on "walled garden" content.

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