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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 20^th 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 Monkey Selfie Cannot Be Copyrighted

This monkey took a selfie using a photographer's camera. 

 

 

via Mashable.

It went viral. 

Then the photographer tried to sue to protect the copyright he thought he deserved because it was his camera, his set-up, his planning, etc.

However, the U.S. Copyright Office has settled the recent debate over the so-called monkey selfie, declaring in updated rules that a piece of content produced by an animal can't be registered.

Aren't humans animals?

Top CEOs Recall Their First Year (Infographic)

Inc.'s annual check-in with the nation's top private-company CEOs shows how owners got their start and how their views on innovation and social media have changed.

 

via Inc.

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

What's been good for ALS, but bad for your Facebook stream?

 

 

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• Ask This Small Question To Make Big Changes. (FastCo)
• The Next Twenty Years Are Going to Make This Last Twenty Years Just Pale. (CDixon)
• Hackers reverse-engineer NSA's leaked bugging devices. (NewScientist)
• Masters of Love. Science says lasting relationships come down to these two things. (Atlantic)
• How Our Delusions Keep Us Sane: The Psychology of Our Essential Self-Enhancement Bias. (BrainPickings)

 

Trading Links:

• The Hockey Stick of Human Prosperity. (MarginalRevolution)
• America's Top 10 Fastest-Moving Housing Markets. (Forbes)
• Mind-Blowing Fact Of The Day: China Has Over 52 Million Vacant Homes. (ZH)
• Offshore Accounts. Far-reaching new rules aim to catch overseas tax cheats. (WSJ)
• Echo Boom. There are more 23-year olds than any other age group in the US today (BusinessInsider)

"Humans Need Not Apply" - Video about Automation and Humanity

Here is an interesting video about automation and what it will do to jobs and humanity.

 

 

via YouTube.

The point is to anticipate (and be prepared) for what is coming.

What Happens On the Internet in 60 Seconds (Updated

Talk about information overload, almost 139 million emails are sent each minute.

 

A lot more than that happens in a minute on the Internet. 

 

This infographic looks at what happens in just one minute on social web.

 

 

 

via Qmee.

 

It is interesting to think about the scope and scale of what's happening ... and what is yet to come.

 

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

Airlines are trying to make it easier to choose your seat for summer travel.  But, here is one I wouldn't choose.

 

 

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• Here Are The Top 10 Skills For The Future. (Forbes)
• The Surprising Reason We Procrastinate. (Salon)
• Where Do Our Thoughts Physically Exist? (EpochTimes)
• The Science of 'Transcendence' isn't Just Fiction—It's Surprisingly Real. (DailyDot)
• Meet the New Google Self-Driving Car: No Steering Wheel, No Pedals, No Problems? (GigaOM)

 

Trading Links:

• Will Russia Colonize The Moon? (PopularScience)
• Disruptive Innovations List 2014. (Citi Research)
• What Are The $10+ Billion Big Industries Of The Future? (Forbes)
• Share Of Teens Working Tumbles 42% Since 2000 In Labor Market Crisis. (Investors)
• The Average Stock Is More Expensive Now Than It Was At The Peak Of The Dot-Com Bubble In 2000. (BusinessInsider)

Tech Immigrants: A Map of Silicon Valley's Imported Talent

Did you ever wonder where talent in Silicon Valley comes from?

Here is a map that purports to show that ... and a lot more.

 

 via Businessweek.

Some of the data is hard to believe.  Interesting though.

Related articles

Global Tech: Way Beyond Silicon Valley

12 Innovation Lessons from 2014 (Fast Company)

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

The Game of Thrones is getting more popular.  Who do you think will win?

 

 

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• Sun Tzu's 33 Best Pieces Of Leadership Advice. (Forbes)
• Lessons From The Samurai: The Secret To Always Being At Your Best. (Bakadesuyo)
• Obama Is Finally Acting Like Lincoln. (The Week)
• John Oliver: Stop Calling It Net Neutrality; It's 'Preventing Cable Company F**kery'. (TechDirt)
• Scientists Discovered A Way To Reverse The Process Of Aging. First Succesful Organ Regeneration in a Living Animal. (Discover)

 

Trading Links:

• Record Numbers Renounce U.S. Citizenship---And Many Aren't Counted. (Forbes)
• 5 Dirty Secrets About the U.S. Economy. (Harvard Business Review)
• AngelList’s Newest Experiment: a $25 Million Fund to Invest in Angel Investors. (WSJ)
• The End of Behavioral Finance? (PragCap)
• Introduction of the Commodity Markets. (Voices)

Turning a Profit: See How Quickly Tech Giants Build Wealth

Do you want to know how much Apple earns in a minute? What about Twitter or Google?

Here is an interactive graphic that highlights how quickly these businesses are making money.

 

Click image to open interactive version (via WorldPay Zinc). 

 

The results are surprising.  Here is an example showing how much revenue and profit these tech giants make per minute.