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What’s the Next Killer App?

By killer apps, I mean technology products or services that have been in use by at least, a million people in the internet and mobile space. So while karaokes, videokes, franchising and the like have been extremely popular as well among businesses and consumers alike, killer apps in this listing are only restricted to those products and services that are being produced, distributed and consumed through electronic means such as the web and cellphones and/or the combination of both.

Here is the listing:

Communications

  • Email
  • Text Messaging
  • Instant Messaging
  • VoIP

Internet

  • Search Engines
  • Web browsers

Expression

  • Blogging (Wordpress)
  • Podcasting (Apple iTunes)
  • Social Network Apps (MySpace, Facebook)

Commerce

  • Ecommerce (Amazon, eBay)
  • mCommerce (GCash, Smart Money, Micropayments)
  • Online/mobile banking (Bank of America)

Entertainment

  • Video/online/mobile games
  • Music downloads

Speaking of killer apps, here are some interesting links:

 

In the spirit of entrepreneurship or simply to stir your mind in case you are thinking what’s the next killer app, it is interesting to note what Thomas Friedman has put in his book "The World is Flat" that in order to survive in this competitive world, we need not look further to re-invent the wheel of business processes. Once you have identified a market niche or see a demand for something that is not immediately obvious or introduce value-added services to what are now plain, commoditized digital services, you might just stumble upon a good opportunity. Or you might be the next YouTube of tomorrow.

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One Response to “What’s the Next Killer App?”

  1. John Says:
    August 27th, 2007 at 2:40 pm

    You might be interested in the Killer App we have been working on with rural banks in the Philippines. Over the past two years, we have been designing financial services using the GCash platform to facilitate money transfers, remote micro loan payments, and remote deposits and withdrawals and have found that this saves small clients lots of time and money dealing with the bank. In addition, rural banks are supporting their clients who want to accept mobile payments to sell their goods and services by making it as easy as sending a text to convert their mobile commerce transactions back into cash at the bank for safe keeping. Take a look at our new You Tube video at http://youtube.com/watch?v=yo3rXPHAzrY

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