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Mary Meeker's 2018 Internet Trends Report (recode.net)
Mary Meeker has published her anticipated internet trends report of 2018. This year, the Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner released 284 slides in rapid succession, covering everything from smartphone behavior in the U.S. to tech company competition in China. Some takeaways: 1. 2017 was the first year in which smartphone unit shipments didn't grow at all. As more of the world become smartphone owners, growth has been harder and harder to come by. The same goes for internet user growth, which rose 7 percent in 2017, down from 12 percent the year before. With more than half the world online, there are fewer people left to connect.
2. People, however, are still increasing the amount of time they spend online. U.S. adults spent 5.9 hours per day on digital media in 2017, up from 5.6 hours the year before. Some 3.3 of those hours were spent on mobile, which is responsible for overall growth in digital media consumption.
3. Despite the high-profile releases of $1,000 iPhones and Samsung Galaxy Notes, the global average selling price of smartphones is continuing to decline.
4. Mobile payments are becoming easier to complete. China continues to lead the rest of the world in mobile payment adoption, with over 500 million active mobile payment users in 2017.
5. Voice-controlled products like Amazon Echo are taking off. The Echo's installed base in the U.S. grew from 20 million in the third quarter of 2017 to more than 30 million in the fourth quarter.
6. Tech companies are facing a "privacy paradox." They're caught between using data to provide better consumer experiences and violating consumer privacy. The most popular courses on learning platform Coursera last year were (in descending order): Machine Learning (Stanford), Neural Networks & Deeper Learning (Deeplearning.ai), Learning How to Learn: Powerful Mental Tools to Help You Master Tough Subjects (UC San Diego), Introduction to Mathematical Thinking (Stanford), Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency Technologies (Princeton), Programming for Everybody (University of Michigan), Algorithms, Part I (Princeton), English for Career Development (University of Pennsylvania), Neural Networks / Machine Learning (University of Toronto), and Financial Markets (Yale).
2. People, however, are still increasing the amount of time they spend online. U.S. adults spent 5.9 hours per day on digital media in 2017, up from 5.6 hours the year before. Some 3.3 of those hours were spent on mobile, which is responsible for overall growth in digital media consumption.
3. Despite the high-profile releases of $1,000 iPhones and Samsung Galaxy Notes, the global average selling price of smartphones is continuing to decline.
4. Mobile payments are becoming easier to complete. China continues to lead the rest of the world in mobile payment adoption, with over 500 million active mobile payment users in 2017.
5. Voice-controlled products like Amazon Echo are taking off. The Echo's installed base in the U.S. grew from 20 million in the third quarter of 2017 to more than 30 million in the fourth quarter.
6. Tech companies are facing a "privacy paradox." They're caught between using data to provide better consumer experiences and violating consumer privacy. The most popular courses on learning platform Coursera last year were (in descending order): Machine Learning (Stanford), Neural Networks & Deeper Learning (Deeplearning.ai), Learning How to Learn: Powerful Mental Tools to Help You Master Tough Subjects (UC San Diego), Introduction to Mathematical Thinking (Stanford), Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency Technologies (Princeton), Programming for Everybody (University of Michigan), Algorithms, Part I (Princeton), English for Career Development (University of Pennsylvania), Neural Networks / Machine Learning (University of Toronto), and Financial Markets (Yale).
Who's Mary Meeker? And why should I care what some parasite organization thinks?
...how much of this is GENUINE analysis, how much is wish-fulfillment, and how much is just telling companies what they want to hear?
5. Voice-controlled products like Amazon Echo are taking off. The Echo's installed base in the U.S. grew from 20 million in the third quarter of 2017 to more than 30 million in the fourth quarter. ....and that's it. I understand early-adopters will try anything, but I'm astonished that ANYONE wants what amounts to a live, recording surveillance device in their home.
6. Tech companies are facing a "privacy paradox." They're caught between using data to provide better consumer experiences and violating consumer privacy. ....you mean they're caught between their BUSINESS PLAN (which included the monetization of private data) and violating consumer privacy?
-Styopa
Zero people want #5. We don't want a "better user experience". It was fine before. We want our privacy.
Very few companies use my data to provide better consumer experiences. Amazon used to be one with its book recommendations. The majority just sell my data to the highest bidder instead.
Don't care about some unknown author's opinions about unimportant trends.
And the value of coming to slashdot continues to slide...
Next!
People, however, are still increasing the amount of time they spend online.
That's not something to celebrate. :-(
China continues to lead the rest of the world in mobile payment adoption
Sure. One more way to track their citizens.
Voice-controlled products like Amazon Echo are taking off.
Sure. One more way to track our citizens. :-(
Tech companies are facing a "privacy paradox." They're caught between using data to enhance their profits and violating consumer privacy.
Fixed that for you. :-(
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There are two articles on Slashdot today: "Americans are still watching more than 7 hours and 50 minutes per household per day." and "U.S. adults spent 5.9 hours per day on digital media in 2017".
Sooooo 8h per household (say 2.5 people per household) + 6h for each adult = a LOT of hours.
Do people not work?
I worked with her, not with her, but with her at Morgan Stanley during the dotcom bubble. She was the "Internet Queen" and was compensated into the 8 figures for "extraordinary" insights like this.
Of course, Morgan was happy to promote a figurehead like Meeker which helped them collect hundreds of millions in fees for all of the Pets.com startups choosing them to aid through the IPO process.
Good work if you can get it.
The big markets are India and China and android is big there.
When you can pick up a Oneplus 6 for 1/3rd the price of an X, with the same feature set (on paper), no one in rational price sensitive market would buy a luxury phone.
I'm a long term iPhone user but paying a premium for no headphone jack? Forget it.