new technology 2015 l02 state of technology
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THE SMARTPHONE EATS THE WORLD
4 billion people are buying new smartphones every two years
1.6 billion PCs every five years
Source: ITU, a16z, Benedict Evans slides
THE SMARTPHONE EATS THE WORLD
7.5 trillion SMS message sent each year globally
WhatsApp, an app that was built by a team of 30 people and acquired by Facebook for $19 billion, processes 7.2 trillion messages a year.
Source: ITU, a16z, Benedict Evans slides
Source: ComScore Media, multiplatform & mobile metrix, Benedict Evans slides
MORE TIME IS SPENT IN APPS THEN THE TOTAL WEB
THE SMARTPHONE EATS THE WORLD
RESULT?
TRANSFORMATION OF COMPANIES,INDUSTRIES,GOVERNMENTS…
Source: ITU, a16z, Benedict Evans slides
20TH CENTURY SOCIETY WAS HIERARCHAL
Governments structure
Corporation structure and interaction of companies
Coordination cost is high
Responsibility and titles (and compensations) floats up, speciality and knowledge down
21ST CENTURY SOCIETY BECOMES NETWORK
Software connects individuals
Coordination drops towards zero
Responsibility goes to the individuals and knowledge becomesstatistics in analytical software
21ST CENTURY SOCIETY BECOMES NETWORK
“Sharing economy”
Coordination cost is low Rating systems replace inspections
Any business that is built around a hierarchy with high coordination cost, will be crushed by a networked software solution with low coordination cost
Middleman, gatekeepers and inspectors are at risk
Consumers interact directly with companies using apps
Consumers interact with each other using apps
This will result in a changed work market
21ST CENTURY SOCIETY BECOMES NETWORK
NETWORK OF TASKS
Uber of X
Then X can be anything
Need to buy groceries, paint the wall, clean the house…?
REDEFINITION OF JOBS
When the cost of coordination drops, the smaller the task can be
The X can now be a small chore, and still be beneficial to both
Will the job of the future be self employment with cloud based agents?
SOFTWARE IS THE COORDINATOR
If the app is the magic wand the consumer uses to get his/her wishes fulfilled, the software is the magic spell
Software connects consumer and worker/service
New services, impossible before, become possible
SOFTWARE IS GOING ANYWHERE
With sensors becoming tiny they can be anywhere and in any product
Computer hardware becomes so small, software can go anywhere
We can even wear them