Tug of war or new innovation?

By John Maingi

The notion of war has taken a new angle with all sorts of wars over the internet ranging from cyber bullying, hate speech to recent war between China and U.S in the smartphone market after Android announced termination of license to Huawei, one of the largest telecommunication company in the world. This just came after Huawei release the first ever smartphone with 5G network which the U.S claimed had potential of spying secret information from the states. The reaction was just beyond U.S as other countries such as Australia banning the use of Huawei in the country.

This has led to need of independent software which the Chinese have to create and incorporate with her devices as the sanction hit the ground. The users remained worried since Huawei was denied access to any system updates with Google being the sole provider of Operating System updates. Despite the mobile phone assuring users high speed experience, states went ahead as worries of insecurity and safety of state secrets hit the ground. In this case the innovation was behind satisfying the need of high speed for faster access of information which is ever pilling up.

The digital age has been defined by people adopting new technologies at a very high pace than any other age as people crave for mobile phone which are beyond communication to include other possibilities such as image capturing capabilities, multimedia software and online business transactions among many other uses of smartphones. Of late the phone is adding up feature to undertake tasks which were before reserved for laptops and desktop computer. People are chasing each and every innovations, with the need of fast and efficient access of information being prioritized. The need for improved experience of information among the users is driving new innovations in satisfying information needs. Almost everyone in the world is admiring a certain smartphone and dynamic nature of technology will always give us an improved version of what we want.

As technology extends beyond, new wars have emerged informs of restrictions and sanctions in adverse cases as with google earth, some movies among many others. But if internet users have always adopted new innovation, the resolution of Huawei to develop its own software will pave way for diversity so that people can choose between China and U.S as the two economic giants prove their prowess. All of us having been used to Google, getting used to Chinese operating system will be an uphill since the information culture has all been framed by Google. If Chinese wins in this battle then society will prove to be feeble as far as technology is concerned. Indeed technology is proving to be a powerful force beyond control, it seems to be advancing to create for us needs which we never knew existed in our midst.