The rise of the mobile web will dramatically affect the go-to-market strategies for organizations of every size across virtually every industry and market segment.
2. It is estimated that 4 Exabytes of unique information will be generated this year. Thatâs more than all of the information of the last 5,000 years.
3. The 10 fastest growing jobs in 2010 ⊠did not exist in 2004. We are now preparing students for jobs that do not exist, using technologies yet to be invented.
4. For students that start studying for a Technical Degree this year ⊠half of what they learn will be outdated by their third year of school.
5. It took radio30 years to reach an audience of 50 million ... It took television13 years ⊠The Internet 4 years ⊠the iPod 3 years ⊠Facebook 2 years. The Mobile Web?
6. By 2013, the US mobile Internet audience is expected to reach 134.3 million users
7. The first commercial SMS text message was transmitted in 1992. Today, the number of text messages sent everyday exceeds the population of the planet.
8. AT&T has seen its mobile data traffic increase by 50X in just the last three years
9. Appleâs iPhone, has stimulated 3 billion mobile application downloads since opening of the Apple App Store
10. Analysts project a $1.56 billion mobile advertising market by 2013
16. Google has 68.2% of the U.S. mobile search market. Yahoo followed at 31.5% and Bing trailing at 0.2%.
17. âMobile is very important to our strategy and will only become more critical as consumer and usage becomes more widespreadâ
18. ABI Research reports that mobile shopping increased more than 300% in one year, from $396 million in 2008 to $1.2 billion in 2009
19. 68% of smart phone users conduct many behaviors of mobile shopping such as looking for reviews, shipping information or store coupons.
20. THE TOP M-COMMERCE MERCHANTS eBay: 5.03 million visitors 2. Amazon.com: 3.51 million visitors 3. GameSpot: 2.58 million visitors 4. Netflix: 1.85 million visitors