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Before smartphones, it seemed as though everyone was building mobile versions of their websites. This even happened again for a short while with smartphones until app stores arrived. Now it seems more attention is being paid to making apps than making versions of websites optimized for smartphones screens. On the horizon, however, I see a world where both native apps and web apps will coexist.
It seems like you can’t go anywhere in Silicon Valley without hearing about someone who’s making an app. Apps are all the rage these days and software engineering is one of the hottest jobs all over the world. But in the not too distant past, there wasn’t this much excitement around software.
If Bill Gates’ original vision was that every desk in every home would have a computer, then the next major frontier will be bringing a computer to every person’s pocket.
I was having a discussion with a few executives at a technology summit I was attending and an interesting question was asked to me concerning what America would look like without Apple. The more I thought about it, the more interesting the question became
The annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) show in Barcelona, Spain is a great place to get a glimpse of the state of mobile technology. This year was no exception, and a few things caught my eye.
It may be difficult to imagine a world where human beings are even more connected than we are now. Yet the reality is that when it comes to connectivity, we’re barely scratching the surface in terms of where we’ll be in the future.
Technology will only become more integrated into our lives and, most importantly, as an essential part of America’s infrastructure.
With the proliferation of smartphones and tablets and their role in driving the next generation of personal computing, we’re now firmly planted in the age of touch computing. There’s no turning back.
With the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) upon us, the whole of the technology industry converges for a few days in order to see what’s new and innovative. CES gives us a quick snapshot into technology advancements for 2012, but I believe that the technology industry’s greatest and most innovative years are still ahead.
The current smartphone intender market is one I am very interested in. It’s up for grabs. In the U.S., this group presents a sizable opportunity. Nielsen has recently published some data suggesting that 44% of U.S. mobile subscribers now own smartphones. So more than half of the U.S. population falls into what we call smartphone intenders.
Last year, September’s average minutes per user for Facebook was 287, a 42% increase. During the month of September this year, Facebook commanded 14.7% of total U.S. consumer Internet usage minutes, the most of any website. Given that the site is still on a growth trend, how can I be crazy enough to ask if it’s the beginning of the end for Facebook?
