Share of platform time spent by age 65+ 55-64 45-54 35-44 25-34 18-24 0 25 50 75 100 Desktop Smartphone App Smartphone Web Tablet App Tablet Web Source: comScore Media Metrix Multi-Platform & Mobile Metrix, U.S., age 18+, June 2016
Awareness of the internet in developing countries is very limited. For many users, Facebook is the internet, as it’s often the only accessible application. qz.com/333313/milliions-of-facebook-users-have-no-idea-theyre-using-the-internet/ Leo Mirani
qz.com/333313/milliions-of-facebook-users-have-no-idea-theyre-using-the-internet/ Internet users and Facebook users per 100 people 0 12.5 25 37.5 50 Myanmar Indonesia Philippines Thailand Internet Facebook
At every time throughout the day, there is a touchpoint between WeChat and your normal life. medium.com/@katie/product-insights-from-wechat-97c51695e159 Stephen Wang
Watch software is, in a sense, a notification framework for your iPhone app. The Watch is merely the delivery device for it. Joshua Porter blog.rocketinsights.com/we-partnered-with-virgin-pulse-to-design-and-build-their-apple-watch-app
Choosing the web to enable experiences in the physical world doesn’t just expand the possibility space for IoT, it compels us to re-think the very shape of the web… slideshare.net/yiibu/the-internet-of-things-is-for-people …
… from a network of monolithic ‘destinations’ to one of small, non-linear, distributed, and serendipitously discoverable (and ideally shareable) experiences. slideshare.net/yiibu/the-internet-of-things-is-for-people Stephanie & Bryan Rieger
A containerized, embeddable article that travels to any site with brand, revenue, analytics, and links attached. medium.com/@stephanierieger/why-conversational-commerce-may-be-our-best-chance-to-re-imagine-the-web-32af5e22f799 Kevin Kelly
While in the West companies are still native-first (usually iOS-first), in China the most important presence one may have is a mobile-optimised website. medium.com/@alxdwn/debunking-wechat-e5805e358f8 Alessio Basso
In the context of AR, equating the browser to web is not only inaccurate but limiting. medium.com/web-ar/new-challenges-ar-will-pose-for-the-web-48b754dfcdbc ‘saranyan’
I don’t define “the web” as websites alone, but rather as any user experience that’s delivered across multiple channels and devices. recode.net/2016/6/3/11841458/heres-how-the-web-gets-conversation-optimized Dries Buytaert
If we are going to continue to use “the web” as a label then it needs to represent a 20+ year vision that transcends web browsers. wirfs-brock.com/allen/posts/459 Allen Wirfs-Brock