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Mobile Internet Report 2009 - Jay Liew from Bookmarklet

“Print media has declined consistently, but if you add up the amount of time people spend surfing the Web, they are actually reading more than ever.” - Jay Liew from Bookmarklet

Yup, .. sometimes you have to roll with the idea even if others think it's stupid. When Jack first created Twitter in 2000, the market simply wasn't ready. And now the same idea is spreading like fire - Jay Liew

This looks like a real game changer - Jay Liew

"“No one person is on duty, or can be on duty, 24-by-7, and yet there’s an expectation on Twitter that this is a real-time conversation.”" - Jay Liew from Bookmarklet

Twitter as a business tool - Jay Liew from Bookmarklet

Coda Research Consultancy in a new report forecasts mobile broadband search and display ad revenues in the US to grow to $4.2 billion in 2015, up from $1 billion in 2010. The firm predicts that 70% of those revenues – or nearly $3 billion – will come from search advertising, and sees a bright future for local search in particular. SMS revenues on the other hand are forecasted to drop to a mere 3% in the next 5-6 years, down from 55% in 2010. As we’ve noted before, most reports from research agencies predict a steep rise of revenues from mobile search in the coming years, and I’m bullish about that too, but Coda seems overly optimistic about the general growth curve in its forecasts. I also don’t believe revenues from SMS, which continues to be one of the cheapest, quickest and easiest to use form of peer-to-peer mobile communication, will really decrease so rapidly. Mobile advertising isn’t a zero-sum game. A couple of weeks ago, eMarketer reached more conservative conclusions based... more... - Jay Liew from Bookmarklet

* trendwatching.com Global consumer trends, ideas and insights. * Monthly Briefing * Database * Premium Service * Presentations * Tips * Spotters * About us MINIPRENEURS First published: September 2005 | Increasingly, consumers are participants instead of passive audience members, and this mega-trend manifests itself in a variety of ways. In fact, the more we hear about GENERATION C making money from its creations, and the more we focus on the financial rewards consumers are reaping from participating in CUSTOMER MADE projects, the more the myriad of other entrepreneurial undertakings by ordinary consumers makes sense. We have dubbed this trend 'MINIPRENEURS': a vast army of consumers turning entrepreneurs; including small and micro businesses, freelancers, side-businesses, weekend entrepreneurs, web-driven entrepreneurs, part-timers, free agents, cottage businesses, seniorpreneurs, co-creators, mompreneurs, pro-ams, solopreneurs, eBay traders, advertising-sponsored bloggers and so... more... - Jay Liew from Bookmarklet

Hi Sarah, This topic is right up my alley - I'm a security researcher for Websense. YouTube as a conduit for spammers is another sore spot for Web 2.0 services. I know this may sound counter-intuitive at first glance, but we're not Google/YouTube, yet we have visibility into these YouTube spammy videos that are actively being used in spam. Carl who just commented above is from Defensio,... more... - Jay Liew from FriendFeed MT Plugin

That's really interesting, Jay, thanks for sharing. Please feel free to keep me posted on your research. sarah at readwriteweb.com - Sarah Perez

Hi Sarah, This topic is right up my alley - I'm a security researcher for Websense. YouTube as a conduit for spammers is another sore spot for Web 2.0 services. I know this may sound counter-intuitive at first glance, but we're not Google/YouTube, yet we have visibility into these YouTube spammy videos that are actively being used in spam. Carl who just commented above is from Defensio, and we have insights into comment spam. Meaning, if a spammer posts a spam video on YouTube, they will then want to "market" it around on blogs, etc .. and we can tally the URLs that are being circulated throughout the spam-blogosphere, and monitor for spikes, etc. We also track the IP address of the people posting the blog spam comment (containing the YouTube link), so we know who they are. Among the other variables we track.. On a related note, can the community effectively flag most of the spammy content and rid of them somewhat reasonably well ? http://securitylabs.websense.com/content... Cheers! Jay Liew Websense Security Labs @jaysern - Jay Liew from FriendFeed MT Plugin

Go Ann ! - Jay Liew from Bookmarklet

nice! - Jay Liew

Interesting observation: “The action of these pioneering agents blazes the trail, giving rise to increasing externalities and conditionings – including production experience and the training of consumers- that make it easier to follow suit.” However, to continue this logic, it could be that the Apple store is also just another pioneering agent which is a means to an end, not an end in itself. Messina argues that just like the walled gardens, the app store is also an interim development phase and the future is a mobile browser that’s yet to be finished. Phew. - Jay Liew

Mack Redmond - KA5JNL ! - Jay Liew from Bookmarklet

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A business case for Elon Musk 's SpaceX - Jay Liew from Bookmarklet

"Ecommerce in China has gone from 7% adoption to 25% adoption. Payment capabilities are just happening. Really, it’s a lot like the late 90s in the U.S. Remember how quickly Amazon and eBay and even Google search took off? You have to imagine the current Chinese Internet as news and games and blogging, but a big shift is inevitable. The average Chinese Internet user is just 25, compared to 42 in the U.S. That means they are getting older, getting more money, getting married, having kids… A rising ecommerce will lift all boats." - Jay Liew from Bookmarklet

"opean and North American Internet traffic below. To make the graph more readable, we show both European a" - Jay Liew from Bookmarklet

Go go G(oo)mail! - Jay Liew from Bookmarklet

"multiple systems running in a building including heating, ventilation, air conditioning, electricity, water, telephony and data. The cost of the mediator and peripherals can start from $5,000 and go up to around $1 million. But Vij is quick to add that with 25-30% energy saving, the return on investment" - Jay Liew from Bookmarklet

Yes. You rule. You have a team of people that rule. Your service rules... Slumber has been achieved :) - Johnny Worthington

congrats Paul! :) - Arun Nambiar

Only in Silicon Valley - Jay Liew from Bookmarklet

"But in a world crowded with iPhones, BlackBerrys and other smartphones, success for the Pre — and possibly the survival of Palm itself — is going to take a lot more than a well-designed device." - Jay Liew from Bookmarklet

"Selling banking software and hardware During high school, Carol worked as a bank teller, earning $.75 an hour. After taking a programming class during school, she came out and sold automated banking services for a living. Carol told More magazine she remembers "driving around in my go-go boots, traveling to small towns, trying to convince little banks to automate."  At one point Carol worked as a cocktail waitress at a place More describes as an "elite club." Carol told More she applied the tricks she learned there  -- remembering a clients' home towns, names, and favorite drinks -- to the many marketing gigs she's held over the years." - Jay Liew from Bookmarklet

Definitely a big win for Qik - Nokia is world #1 and has access to the "Bottom of Pyramid" markets - Jay Liew from Bookmarklet

Very bold claims .. but yes, welcome to the ever increasingly connected world! - Jay Liew from Bookmarklet

"to our lives. Ironically, this comes from a giant company that finds itself playing catch up on cloud initiatives, in part, because of the complexity tha" - Jay Liew from Bookmarklet

I don't understand why people bother paying for stale news and getting their fingers dirty with ink - Jay Liew from Bookmarklet

Technological convergence watch: Is that a phone trying to be a computer, or a computer trying to be a phone? Android OS on a no-heatsink netbook! Check out the video - Jay Liew from Bookmarklet

Apple (AAPL) and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIMM) have a relatively low market share in the mobile industry as measured by units shipped. But because they focus on the high end smartphone sector, their share of the industry's profits are much higher than their unit share, as shown by this Deutsche Bank chart. For instance, Apple and RIM will combine to sell somewhere between 5% to 10% of mobile phones shipped worldwide this year. But Apple will capture 31% of the industry's operating margin dollars, and RIM will represent 35%, according to a report by Deutsche Bank analysts Brian Modoff and Jonathan Goldberg. - Jay Liew from Bookmarklet