A strong set of announcements and launches from Apple this WWDC, covering all platforms and services.
Keynote here and specific previews here.
The future of shopping is on smartphones. This Black Friday proved it.
If you noticed shorter lines outside of Walmart and Best Buy this Black Friday, it wasn’t because people weren’t shopping. They were just doing it from their smartphones.
According to a holiday shopping report by Adobe, Black Friday 2019 saw a total of $7.4 billion in online sales. A whopping $2.9 billion came from consumers making purchases on their smartphones, making Black Friday the biggest U.S. mobile shopping day ever.
Smartphone purchases made up 39 percent of all ecommerce sales, a 21 percent increase over last year.
Good summary here on Techcrunch.
Most Downloaded Apps and Games of 2019
Along with sharing its picks for the best apps and games of 2019, Apple today also updated the App Store with Top Charts that highlight the top free apps and games, paid and free, on the iPhone and the iPad.
Mary Meeker's 2019 Internet Trend Report
The Internet Trends report — everyone’s favorite slide deck — is back. Bond Capital founder and former Kleiner Perkins general partner Mary Meeker made her presentation onstage at Vox/Recode’s Code Conference.
Here’s a look at all 333 slides. You can view the full internet trends report archive here.
Everything Google announced at its Google I/O keynote
Good summary including compilation video on The Verge of everything Google announced at its IO conference
App Annie: Mobile App Store Revenue to Exceed $139B in 2021
App Annie published a five year projection for app store revenue. They believe revenues will reach $139 Billion in 2021(!), a CAGR of 18%. Note this projection includes non-Google Android (AOSP) stores in China and some emerging markets. Ad revenues are NOT included.
You can download the full report here.
