New Statistics and Insights: A New "Internet Trends" Report by Morgan Stanley's Mary Meeker and Team Now Available
If you're interested in the Internet today and what the future holds the following report linked below is 100% essential reading.
Mary Meeker's "Internet Trends" reports are regularly quoted (as is she) and contain numerous charts full of current statistics, many that you can't find anywhere else.
Meeker is one of the best known and most respected Internet analysts out there. Her official title is a managing director of Morgan Stanley and leads the firm’s global technology research team.
Her latest "Internet Trends" report was presented yesterday in New York City. It contains 53 slides.
The Report is Divided into Several Topics. We've includes the fact-filled titles of several slides. Just about all of the 53 slides contain
contain a graph or a table. We think the mobile Internet section will be of greatest interest.
1. Mobile Internet
A) Mobile Internet Ramping Faster than Desktop Internet Did – Apple Leading Charge
B) Smartphone > PC Shipments Within 2 Years, Global – Implies Very Rapid Evolution of Internet Access
C) 3G = A Key to Success of Mobile Internet – 2010E ‘Mainstream’ Inflection Point, 3G Penetration >20%
E) Mobile Apps & Mobile Search – Users of Both Up 2x Y/Y…Search = Most Used Browser Feature, USA
F) Apple iPad = Among One of the Fastest Growing New Consumer Computing Devices Ever
G) Great Slide!!! User Interface + Device Usage Evolution Over Past 30 Years – From Input…to Output…to Sharing
2. Innovation
A) Mobile Internet – Tortoise vs. Hare? USA Surpassed Japan as Country with Most 3G Users in CQ1:09 – USA Has Become Global Leader in Mobile Users + Innovation
B) Unusually High Level of Global Innovation – Facebook & Tencent Learning From Each Other’s Playbooks…
C) Facebook’s 500MM+ Users + Under-Monetized ‘Like’ Connections Offer Significant New Ad Opportunities
3. Online Advertising
4. Online Commerce
5. Communications
A) Social Networking > Email Usage…
6. Cloud Computing
7. Technology (What's Next)
A) Mobile Connectivity Drives New Ways to Do Old Things Faster / Better / Cheaper
Including:
+ More Connected – Real-time connectivity / 24x7 / in palm of hand…
+ Easier to Use – User Interface revolution + location awareness provide something for nearly everyone…
+ Access Nearly Everything – Music / video / documents / ‘stuff’ in cloud...***
*** We think Meeker is just a bit over optimistic here. While she doesn't give a specific time frame it's going to be many years (if ever) that "nearly everything" will be accessible. It's not only the massive amount but as we are seeing many places, there are also many legal issues surrounding the digitization of content be it in print, video, music, etc. and these rules/laws change from country to country. No doubt over time (most likely sooner then later, these rules will be changed) but it's still going to take time.
Plus, don't forget about financial issues of actually digitizing the content. Who is going to pay for all of it? Especially, more esoteric, non-commercial content. Will those who can potentially fund large projects have the funds to do so?
In terms of content from the past couple of years and going forward, material that's being born digital will of course be accessible. However, long term preservation and accessibility are major issues in this area.
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