As the year comes to a close it’s time to take a look back at some of the events that shaped the tech landscape in twenty-fourteen. There were some high profile buyouts this year as Internet giants rush to dominate emerging markets and consolidate established ones. Smart watches and other wearables were perhaps the buzzwords of the year but we’ve yet to see a clear winner to emerge here. We also saw a fair share of disruptions, controversies and security disasters with the likes of Apple, Google, Uber, Sony and the NSA -- among others -- as protagonists. More importantly, the battle over net neutrality is heating up in anticipation to the FCC’s new rules in 2015.
This is a quick recount of the most relevant stories of 2014, divided into eleven categories. We hope you enjoyed our daily dispatch of technology news and analysis as much as we’ve enjoyed bringing it to you.
