Before Brad got on his soapbox, he chatted with Forbes about whether we were living in a second Dot Com Bubble. He said to the magazine that sometimes he doesn't know how certain startups will make money or even "live up to their private market valuations." He added:
There is something unhealthy happening in Silicon Valley where people are most focused on the hype cycle than building a great experience for their customers.
We asked Brad to elaborate on his …
We're only a few days into 2013, and we've already come across a fair share of bold prediction posts under various verticals.
One post, in particular, caught our attention. The post forecasts 10 predictions for the mobile industry in the coming year.
Here's the point and partial quote from the article by Forbes writer Parmy Olson:
1. HTML5 will make a comeback, helping to make smartphones cheaper. ... "But HTML5 will make a comeback because of the release …
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…largest company in the world" if you go by its market cap — according to Forbes , it's now "The Most Valuable Company in History" . Android may have the larger market share, but when it comes to the platform that people line up for, makes the news, is considered to be the reference platform, has the developer love and makes them the most money, it's iOS.
Here's the question, which I'll leave up to you to answer: now that we're "under …
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…way to test, iterate and refine. For more perspective about innovation, read the recent article in Forbes by our CEO, John Dillon: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2012/04/30/how-you-can-use-the-cloud-for-rapid-fire-innovation/
The cloud also changes the economics of improving the customer experience and customer engagement. With the cloud, it is now practical to create, deploy and track services or campaigns or promotions that truly engage consumers and allow them to experience …
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According to Forbes, IDC says that Windows Phone's market share will edge out iPhone's and reach almost 20% by 2016. Here are their predicted numbers:
Table 1: IDC's Smartphone OS Market Share Predictions (May 2012) Smartphone OS 2012 Market Share 2016 Market Share 2012 - 2016 CAGR Android 61.0% 52.9% 9.5% BlackBerry 6.0% 5.9% 12.1% iOS 20.5% 19.0% 10.9% Windows Phone and Windows Mobile 5.2% 19.2% 46.2% Others 7.2% 3.0% -5.4%
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Tara Tiger Brown in "Dear Fake Geek Girls: Please Go Away" , currently the most popular article on Forbes ( Information for the World's Business Leaders indeed):
Today the word [geek] is the exact opposite of its original meaning; a term once used to inflict social cruelty is now a term of endearment, everyone and their dog self-proclaims themselves as a geek in whatever passing interest they have. The definition of ‘geek' is so broad now that it is meaningless.
Recently Forbes wrote about the rise of 'developernomics' , noting that companies are seeing programmers as a 'safe haven' investment in otherwise troubled times. Maybe.. maybe not.. but the Ruby and Rails job market is as hot as ever, so if you're looking for a new position, be sure to negotiate well! ;-)
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