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The social web of things – a social network for your devices

Feb 17, 2011 by Mats Alendal in the theme Connections: you, me and 50 billion devices

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The social web of things – a social network for your devices

I’ve noticed that talking about 50 billion ‘connected’ devices and the fact that these devices need a network to become connected tends to confuse people.

The technical association of the word ’network’ can make what we’re talking about more difficult to understand than it really is.

What is about to happen is that things will have ’friends’ – and post messages, follow news feeds, and even chat with other things and/or friends.

This will introduce a stage of ’networkedness’ rather than single connections on a one-to-one basis. Such networkedness unleashes the true power of a web with 50B connected devices. The devices become social, just as we are. You have a social network, and your devices will have a social network: the social web of things.

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Tags: 50 billion connections, consumers, connectivity, networked society, MWC

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