He says it was imperative that the company turn to corporations with pre-developed day-to-day connections with consumers, as well as those companies already working on improving recycling efforts in the offline world.
By 2020 an increasing number of people will be living and working within "virtual worlds" being more productive online than offline, the majority of the respondents said.
The most glaring shortcoming: You can't use Google Apps offline, so you can forget about putting together a slide show or document while working on an airplane.
Established home security companies like Kwikset and mobile carriers (via unnamed OEMs) are working to combine smartphones and deadbolts, while startups like Smart Knob are using offline technology to simplify vacation rentals.
Whereas traditional land-line phones would keep working in the event of a power cut, mobile networks and cordless phones are more easily taken offline by outages.