KPCB Internet Trends Report

The latest edition of the annual Internet Trends report finds continued robust online growth. There are now 2.4 billion Internet users around the world, and the total continues to grow apace. Mobile usage is expanding rapidly, while the mobile advertising opportunity remains largely untapped. The report reviews the shifting online landscape, which has become more social and content rich, with expanded use of photos, video and audio. Looking ahead, the report finds early signs of growth for wearable computing devices, like glasses, connected wrist bands and watches - and the emergence of connected cars, drones and other new platforms.

Facebook poised to announce its 'new home on Android'

Facebook poised to announce its 'new home on Android'

Guardian:
http://gu.com/p/3ez5g

How the best marketers are creating great content quickly

 

How the best marketers are creating great content quickly (part 1 of 2) 

from Sales Benchmark Index

Windows 8 fails to reignite PC market: Gartner | Reuters

"Tablets have dramatically changed the device landscape for PCs, not so much by 'cannibalizing' PC sales, but by causing PC users to shift consumption to tablets rather than replacing older PCs," said Mikako Kitagawa, principal analyst at Gartner.
"Whereas as once we imagined a world in which individual users would have both a PC and a tablet as personal devices, we increasingly suspect that most individuals will shift consumption activity to a personal tablet, and perform creative and administrative tasks on a shared PC."

Windows 8 fails to reignite PC market: Gartner | Reuters

Microsoft Surface review

Google Now and the predictive future of search

Apple reports $36B in revenue, sells 27M iPhones, 14M iPads

Apple’s fiscal fourth quarter figures: 

• 26.9 million iPhones in the quarter, up 58 percent from the same quarter a year ago.

• 14 million iPads, an increase of 26 percent.

• 4.9 million Macs, barely above the same quarter a year ago, just a 1 percent unit increase.

• 5.3 million iPods, which is a 19 percent unit in the last year.

More details here: Gigaom.com

China's Yihaodian Plans 1,000 Virtual AR Supermarkets Where You'll Shop With Your Smartphone's Camera

China’s biggest food e-commerce site, Yihaodian, announced plans to form 1,000 virtual supermarkets at locations across the country. These stores, to be called “Unlimited Yihaodian” will actually just be blank city spaces where Augmented Reality (AR) technology and your smartphone’s camera bring the store to life. So, yes, no actual physical products. The items that are bought will then be delivered – just like with Yihaodian’s regular website.

Read at TechInAsia.com