Thought leader and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) partner Mary Meeker presented Wednesday her annual take on the Internet industry and upcoming trends at Code Conference, hosted by Re/Code.
One of the most interesting movements Meeker notes is that Internet adoption is slowing down around the world.
While this may not necessarily be a brand new idea, the pace is surprising – adoption of the Web is now growing at a rate of less than 10 percent.
Smartphone growth is also being snuffed. With growth at around 20 percent and falling, the engines of adoption are now in the developing world, according to the report.
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Among the more startling statistics she revealed was that more than 1.8 billion photos are shared every day and the dating app Tinder, which allows conversation only after both people have “liked” each other, now registers 800 million swipes per day and 11 million matches.
Meeker delivered her observations and predictions at the Code conference in California. Her seminar is hugely influential in the technology industry, as well as for media buyers, strategists and the markets.
She describes the biggest “re-imagination” of the net as a trend toward mobile devices with sensors that enable users to share a huge and diverse range of information.
Companies can use this “big data” to solve big problems. Meeker points to innovations in sleep patterns, fuel efficiency, speech recognition software and media personalization, arising from millions of data points collected on mobile devices.
The new Samsung Galaxy S5, for example, features 10 separate sensors including barometer, fingerprints, accelerometer and heart rate monitor.
But she warns that the mining of so much big data also raises questions about rights, particularly individual privacy. Malicious attacks targeted at mobile platforms are likely to intensify, amid a general rise in active threats and nation-state activities.
Among Mary Meeker’s other key observations:
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