On November 19, 2013 in Mountain View at Fenwick and West, WCA held their fourteenth annual “What’s Hot VC Predictions Panel.” They discussed Microsoft acquiring Nokia, the decline of RIM’s Blackberry, the continuing rise of Android and Apple. Ten years ago there was talk about closing the last mile to the home with high speed internet. Now wearable devices may close the last centimeter. Every business will have to have a mobile strategy, but the direction and amount of disruption is still up in the air. Mobile technology can give great power to the consumer when they comparison shop or to the store if they know everything about a person when they walk in the door. In either case, the question is whether the transaction be secure.

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