The 2014 Mary Meeker Internet trends report is now available, it’s essential reading if you want to get an idea of where we are at in the tech world.
This year the presentation focuses on 6 key areas:
1. Key Internet trends showing slowing Internet user growth but strong smartphone, tablet and mobile data traffic growth as well as rapid growth in mobile advertising.
2. Emerging positive efficiency trends in education and healthcare.
3. High-level trends in messaging, communications, apps and services.
4. Data behind the rapid growth in sensors, uploadable / findable / shareable data, data mining tools, and pattern recognition.
5. Context on the evolution of online video.
6. Observations about online innovation in China.
Mary Meeker is an American venture capitalist and analyst at successful Silicon Valley venture capitalist firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.