Enterprises can deploy M2M technology now to reduce the cost of field service management through remote maintenance, they can optimize fleet scheduling with real-time location and traffic data and they can tap into new business models such as usage-based (or pay-as-you) go billing.

FORBES: The Massive M2M Business Opportunity (Part 3)

And while the app revolution started with the easy stuff like games, social interaction, Instagram-like photo services, making newspapers easier to read mobile, or restaurants easier to schedule, apps now migrate to seeing, controlling and scheduling everything in the interstices of our economy, including things like automotive and aircraft maintenance.

FORBES: Apps Lead the Way to the Next Innovation Hypercycle