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Gartner's survey of consumer sentiment, reported by the Detroit Free Press, shows that consumers give higher priority to "specific applications that make sense when they're driving," according to Gartner analyst Thilo Koslowski, including features like weather forecasting, traffic conditions, and parking availability, along with features such as voice recognition and automated crash notification systems. Gartner found that 82% of U.S. consumers would be willing to pay extra for such features, up from 20% just a few years ago.

"According to research firm Gartner, by 2017 the CMO will spend more money on information technology than the CIO. It's a startling statement, but based on the rapid rise in data and analytics, is a means to better target and engage consumers."

Connected car overview from the connected cars expert at Gartner

Growth in online music revenue = decline in physically-packaged music

interesting to observe their workplace predictions for 2020

Analysis of shifts in smartphone ownership rates.

Forecast numbers for tablet sales:

Nice example and forecast from Gartner: 70% of world's 2000 largest companies will have at least one "gamified application" by 2015

Interesting stats on gamification and companies.