Four of the world's most valuable internet companies are based in China.
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Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies
Gartner Group's latest Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies is out.
Last year, Big Data was at the “peak of inflated expectations.”
This year, the Internet of Things is at the top of the hype cycle.
A new entry to the Hype Cycle this year is “data science,” projected to reach the plateau in 2 to 5 years. It’s more a discipline for dealing with big data then a specific technology or set of technologies, so it’s interesting to note that big data is still considered by Gartner to be 5 to 10 years away from reaching that stage.
Source: Gartner, August 2014
Gartner's Hype Cycle Special Report highlights “the four Nexus of Forces (social, mobile, cloud and information),” which were highly correlated with items that had changed most significantly on the peak portion of the Hype Cycle. Two trends Gartner called out especially as having an impact at earlier stages of the Hype Cycle were digital business and the Internet of Things.
The 2014 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies marks the 20th anniversary of the report.
For more, see this video, which talks about the Hype Cycle as a tool for tracking how innovations and their business impact evolve over time and what is new about the 2014 version. -
Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies
Gartner Group's latest Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies is out.
Last year, Big Data was at the “peak of inflated expectations.”
This year, the Internet of Things is at the top of the hype cycle.
A new entry to the Hype Cycle this year is “data science,” projected to reach the plateau in 2 to 5 years. It’s more a discipline for dealing with big data then a specific technology or set of technologies, so it’s interesting to note that big data is still considered by Gartner to be 5 to 10 years away from reaching that stage.
Source: Gartner, August 2014
Gartner's Hype Cycle Special Report highlights “the four Nexus of Forces (social, mobile, cloud and information),” which were highly correlated with items that had changed most significantly on the peak portion of the Hype Cycle. Two trends Gartner called out especially as having an impact at earlier stages of the Hype Cycle were digital business and the Internet of Things.
The 2014 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies marks the 20th anniversary of the report.
For more, see this video, which talks about the Hype Cycle as a tool for tracking how innovations and their business impact evolve over time and what is new about the 2014 version. -
The Wealthiest Individual In Every State [Map]
According to data from Forbes and Celebrity Net Worth, there are various paths to wealth. For this group, the most common were:
- Entrepreneurs
- Heirs/Heiresses
- Widows
About half are founders of companies.
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Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading
Guess the "Ice Bucket Challenge" isn't for everyone …
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
- Is Disruption Dead … or the Status Quo? (DigitalTonto)
- Chinese hackers take command of Tesla Model S. (CNet)
- Why Mosquitoes Bite Some People But Not Others. (BusinessInsider)
- 21 Things You Didn't Know Your iPhone Could Do. (APlus)
- Why Pixar President Ed Catmull's New Book Is One Of The Best Reads On Creative Leadership. (Forbes)
- The Hidden Costs of Cash . (Harvard Business Review)
- Marc Andreessen and Jim Barksdale on How to Make Money. (IdeaCast)
- Markets Aren't Immoral (Bloomberg View)
- These Big Data Companies Are Ones to Watch. (Fortune)
- Why "Margin Debt" Is Meaningless In The New Shadow Banking Normal. (ZeroHedge)
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Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading
Guess the "Ice Bucket Challenge" isn't for everyone …
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
- Is Disruption Dead … or the Status Quo? (DigitalTonto)
- Chinese hackers take command of Tesla Model S. (CNet)
- Why Mosquitoes Bite Some People But Not Others. (BusinessInsider)
- 21 Things You Didn't Know Your iPhone Could Do. (APlus)
- Why Pixar President Ed Catmull's New Book Is One Of The Best Reads On Creative Leadership. (Forbes)
- The Hidden Costs of Cash . (Harvard Business Review)
- Marc Andreessen and Jim Barksdale on How to Make Money. (IdeaCast)
- Markets Aren't Immoral (Bloomberg View)
- These Big Data Companies Are Ones to Watch. (Fortune)
- Why "Margin Debt" Is Meaningless In The New Shadow Banking Normal. (ZeroHedge)
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Surprised Steve Ballmer Went Bonkers In His Clippers Intro Speech?
Here is how new Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer introduced himself to fans in his introductory pep rally.
Ballmer, the former Microsoft CEO who's known for his emotional speeches, was quite excited.
He even gave the crowd his email address ([email protected]).
Here is the video.
via YouTube.
The best part came at the nine-minute mark, when he told the crowd:
"We're going to be hardcore. HARD-core. HARDCORE! We're going to get better everyday. We're going to be tenacious. Something knocks us down and we're going to get back and keep coming and coming and coming and coming. Did you watch these guys? That was hardcore! Hardcore baby! Nothing gets in our way, BOOM! Keep coming. HARD-core. The HARDCORE Clippers, that's us."
Speaking of hardcore … For the record, Ballmer bought the Clippers for a $2 billion (four times the record sale for an NBA team, according to the LA Times).
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Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading
I'm surprised how many of my favorite quotes are from Thomas Edison. He was a master of purpose and persistence.
Here are ten posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
- Work-Life Balance through Interval Training. (Harvard Business Review)
- The Secret to Creativity, Intelligence, and Scientific Thinking. (FastCompany)
- Why We Need to Tame Our Algorithms Like Dogs. (Wired)
- How Much Exercise Makes You Smartest? (RunnersWorld)
- Is Math Liberal? Math is more than just calculations. Beneath it all lies a nuanced way of thinking. (MotherJones)
- Why Venture Capital is So Much More Compelling Now. (BothSidesOfTheTable)
- An angel investor's ultimate guide to AngelList Syndicates. (VentureBeat)
- 50 Top Startups from 2010: Acquired, Pivoted or Still Going? (LouisGray)
- The Fascinating Relationship Between the Price of Coffee and Starbucks. (Finance)
- U.S. House May Soon Kill the Death Tax. (Forbes)
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Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading
I'm surprised how many of my favorite quotes are from Thomas Edison. He was a master of purpose and persistence.
Here are ten posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
- Work-Life Balance through Interval Training. (Harvard Business Review)
- The Secret to Creativity, Intelligence, and Scientific Thinking. (FastCompany)
- Why We Need to Tame Our Algorithms Like Dogs. (Wired)
- How Much Exercise Makes You Smartest? (RunnersWorld)
- Is Math Liberal? Math is more than just calculations. Beneath it all lies a nuanced way of thinking. (MotherJones)
- Why Venture Capital is So Much More Compelling Now. (BothSidesOfTheTable)
- An angel investor's ultimate guide to AngelList Syndicates. (VentureBeat)
- 50 Top Startups from 2010: Acquired, Pivoted or Still Going? (LouisGray)
- The Fascinating Relationship Between the Price of Coffee and Starbucks. (Finance)
- U.S. House May Soon Kill the Death Tax. (Forbes)
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What Is $100 Actually Worth In Your State?
Money goes further in some states than others. Here is one way demonstration.
The Tax Foundation released a map showing the relative value of $100 in every state (compared with the national average using the data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis).
The same amount of dollars are worth almost 40 percent more in Mississippi than in D.C., and the differences become even larger if metro area prices are considered instead of statewide averages," writes the Tax Foundation. "A person who makes $40,000 a year after tax in Kentucky would need to have after-tax earnings of $53,000 in Washington, D.C., just in order to have an equal standard of living, let alone feel richer.
Here's the map:
The states with the smallest relative value of $100 were:
- Washington, D.C. ($84.60)
- Hawaii ($85.32)
- New York ($86.66)
- New Jersey ($87.64)
- California ($88.57)
While the states with the largest relative value of $100 were:
- Mississippi ($115.74)
- Arkansas ($114.16)
- Missouri ($113.51)
- Alabama ($113.51)
- South Dakota ($113.38)
