The mobile web,
past present and future


    Alex Christoforou
       Wadja, Inc.
      @alexwadja
We’re at the beginning of a new era for social Internet
innovators who are re-imagining and re- inventing a Web of
people and places, looking beyond documents and
websites.

John Doerr, Partner, KPCB
Web is undergoing a social evolution
A historic technology shift
Mobile is phones and tablets
Mobile devices surpassed PCs in 2010
The post PC world – R.I.P.
Post PC world




- iPhone 2007 (modern smartphone)
- iPadin 2010 (modern tablet computer)
Shift in how we interact with devices
Apple defined the ecosystem




Hardware      Apps         App Store
PC - evolution of discovery
Mobile - evolution of discovery
Do you see a pattern here?
History is repeating itself, it’s doing so at a
             much faster pace.
What is an App?



Can Be Device Native
Can Be Web Native
Can Be Hybrid
(HTML5 running through an app wrapper)
Device vs. Native
Differences are more blurry everyday
      Can you spot the web native apps?
         (hint: 8 of the below are web native)
The App store economy
38+ App store platforms




500,000 Apps   450,000 Apps
From Apps to everything media
Thank you




The mobile ecosystem
Apple released a study saying that the
ecosystem associated with its devices
has created over 514,000 US jobs, with
more than 200,000 jobs attributed to the
app business alone.
Understanding the platforms
Developers are the new kingmakers
Apps make the mobile device a must have
              Thank you
Thank you




Internet Trends 2011
Web 2.0 Summit
San Francisco, California
Thank you




Mobile usage numbers
Mobile usage ramping up fast
Mobile adoption – straight line up
Smartphone shipments surpass feature
     phones in Europe and USA
3G - 35% year on year growth
Smartphone usage has huge upside
Mobile and social is global
Thank you




Mobile commerce
Mobile commerce – we have lift off!
In a mobile commerce, transparent
    world – pricing matters a lot
Mobile is huge for local commerce
Thank you




Mobile advertising
Global mobile app and ad revenue
              rising
Advertisers follow eyeballs
Mobile advertising growing fast,
           globally
Ad spend upside is in mobile and web
Thank you




Today’s mobile players
Smartphones and tablets –
   2 horse race so far
iPods changed media – iPhone grew
   fast – iPad growth is amazing!
Android adoption even faster
        thaniPhone
Android is on top of mobile browsing
Thank you




The opportunities that lie ahead
From an operators viewpoint
                            Thank you
- Apps are important, they drive mobile internet usage
- More usage equals more revenue
-Operators want to become part of the app ecosystem
  - APIs for developers
  - Operator billing
  - Revenue share with app owners
  - Developer community programs (at&t developer network)
  - Promote local apps (at&t and verizon app store)

  source (mobile entertainment - http://www.mobile-ent.biz/)
Mobile search is exploding
Web traffic from tablets is rising
How an app makes money
                 Thank you
Revenue share with app store owner…

- Pay to download / access
- Free but ad supported
-In-app payments
-Subscriptions to access areas
Average number of apps per user
37 Apple - 22Thank you Blackberry
              Android - 10
Happy customers
84% Apple App Store - 81% Android
            Market
   58% Blackberry App World
Female focus
                         Thank you
- 39% of smartphone owning woman 55+ have downloaded 1 or more apps.
- 22.5% discover their favorite app from a friends recommendation
An analyst viewpoint
    Thank you
People pay for apps
                         Thank you

- 50% of iPhone owners buy at least one paid app a month
- 101,204, the average copies sold per iPhone app over 261 day lifetime
- 35% of apps showing on most “popular app chart” lists are paid
- 7% of iPhone owner have spent $50 on games in last 3 months
Thank you
Alex Christoforou
   Wadja, Inc.
  @alexwadja

Mobile web

Editor's Notes

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  • #27 MentionOnce you've signed up and chosen a Twitter username, you and others can mention an account in your Tweets by preceding it with the @ symbol, eg: "Glad your shipment arrived @janesmith!"RetweetWhen you see a Tweet by another user that you want to share, click Retweet below it to forward it to your followers instantly.MessageIf you want to privately Tweet to a particular user who's already following you, start your Tweet with DM or D to direct-message them, eg: "DM @joesmith234 what is your order number?"HashtagUsers often prepend # to words in their Tweets to categorize them for others eg: "Check out our new products for the Fallhttp://t.co/link2 #fallsale" Think of hashtags as the theme of your Tweet. Users can then click on a hashtag to see other similarly-themed tweets and find yours in search.
  • #28 MentionOnce you've signed up and chosen a Twitter username, you and others can mention an account in your Tweets by preceding it with the @ symbol, eg: "Glad your shipment arrived @janesmith!"RetweetWhen you see a Tweet by another user that you want to share, click Retweet below it to forward it to your followers instantly.MessageIf you want to privately Tweet to a particular user who's already following you, start your Tweet with DM or D to direct-message them, eg: "DM @joesmith234 what is your order number?"HashtagUsers often prepend # to words in their Tweets to categorize them for others eg: "Check out our new products for the Fallhttp://t.co/link2 #fallsale" Think of hashtags as the theme of your Tweet. Users can then click on a hashtag to see other similarly-themed tweets and find yours in search.
  • #35 MentionOnce you've signed up and chosen a Twitter username, you and others can mention an account in your Tweets by preceding it with the @ symbol, eg: "Glad your shipment arrived @janesmith!"RetweetWhen you see a Tweet by another user that you want to share, click Retweet below it to forward it to your followers instantly.MessageIf you want to privately Tweet to a particular user who's already following you, start your Tweet with DM or D to direct-message them, eg: "DM @joesmith234 what is your order number?"HashtagUsers often prepend # to words in their Tweets to categorize them for others eg: "Check out our new products for the Fallhttp://t.co/link2 #fallsale" Think of hashtags as the theme of your Tweet. Users can then click on a hashtag to see other similarly-themed tweets and find yours in search.
  • #39 MentionOnce you've signed up and chosen a Twitter username, you and others can mention an account in your Tweets by preceding it with the @ symbol, eg: "Glad your shipment arrived @janesmith!"RetweetWhen you see a Tweet by another user that you want to share, click Retweet below it to forward it to your followers instantly.MessageIf you want to privately Tweet to a particular user who's already following you, start your Tweet with DM or D to direct-message them, eg: "DM @joesmith234 what is your order number?"HashtagUsers often prepend # to words in their Tweets to categorize them for others eg: "Check out our new products for the Fallhttp://t.co/link2 #fallsale" Think of hashtags as the theme of your Tweet. Users can then click on a hashtag to see other similarly-themed tweets and find yours in search.
  • #44 MentionOnce you've signed up and chosen a Twitter username, you and others can mention an account in your Tweets by preceding it with the @ symbol, eg: "Glad your shipment arrived @janesmith!"RetweetWhen you see a Tweet by another user that you want to share, click Retweet below it to forward it to your followers instantly.MessageIf you want to privately Tweet to a particular user who's already following you, start your Tweet with DM or D to direct-message them, eg: "DM @joesmith234 what is your order number?"HashtagUsers often prepend # to words in their Tweets to categorize them for others eg: "Check out our new products for the Fallhttp://t.co/link2 #fallsale" Think of hashtags as the theme of your Tweet. Users can then click on a hashtag to see other similarly-themed tweets and find yours in search.
  • #49 MentionOnce you've signed up and chosen a Twitter username, you and others can mention an account in your Tweets by preceding it with the @ symbol, eg: "Glad your shipment arrived @janesmith!"RetweetWhen you see a Tweet by another user that you want to share, click Retweet below it to forward it to your followers instantly.MessageIf you want to privately Tweet to a particular user who's already following you, start your Tweet with DM or D to direct-message them, eg: "DM @joesmith234 what is your order number?"HashtagUsers often prepend # to words in their Tweets to categorize them for others eg: "Check out our new products for the Fallhttp://t.co/link2 #fallsale" Think of hashtags as the theme of your Tweet. Users can then click on a hashtag to see other similarly-themed tweets and find yours in search.
  • #50 MentionOnce you've signed up and chosen a Twitter username, you and others can mention an account in your Tweets by preceding it with the @ symbol, eg: "Glad your shipment arrived @janesmith!"RetweetWhen you see a Tweet by another user that you want to share, click Retweet below it to forward it to your followers instantly.MessageIf you want to privately Tweet to a particular user who's already following you, start your Tweet with DM or D to direct-message them, eg: "DM @joesmith234 what is your order number?"HashtagUsers often prepend # to words in their Tweets to categorize them for others eg: "Check out our new products for the Fallhttp://t.co/link2 #fallsale" Think of hashtags as the theme of your Tweet. Users can then click on a hashtag to see other similarly-themed tweets and find yours in search.
  • #53 MentionOnce you've signed up and chosen a Twitter username, you and others can mention an account in your Tweets by preceding it with the @ symbol, eg: "Glad your shipment arrived @janesmith!"RetweetWhen you see a Tweet by another user that you want to share, click Retweet below it to forward it to your followers instantly.MessageIf you want to privately Tweet to a particular user who's already following you, start your Tweet with DM or D to direct-message them, eg: "DM @joesmith234 what is your order number?"HashtagUsers often prepend # to words in their Tweets to categorize them for others eg: "Check out our new products for the Fallhttp://t.co/link2 #fallsale" Think of hashtags as the theme of your Tweet. Users can then click on a hashtag to see other similarly-themed tweets and find yours in search.
  • #54 MentionOnce you've signed up and chosen a Twitter username, you and others can mention an account in your Tweets by preceding it with the @ symbol, eg: "Glad your shipment arrived @janesmith!"RetweetWhen you see a Tweet by another user that you want to share, click Retweet below it to forward it to your followers instantly.MessageIf you want to privately Tweet to a particular user who's already following you, start your Tweet with DM or D to direct-message them, eg: "DM @joesmith234 what is your order number?"HashtagUsers often prepend # to words in their Tweets to categorize them for others eg: "Check out our new products for the Fallhttp://t.co/link2 #fallsale" Think of hashtags as the theme of your Tweet. Users can then click on a hashtag to see other similarly-themed tweets and find yours in search.
  • #55 MentionOnce you've signed up and chosen a Twitter username, you and others can mention an account in your Tweets by preceding it with the @ symbol, eg: "Glad your shipment arrived @janesmith!"RetweetWhen you see a Tweet by another user that you want to share, click Retweet below it to forward it to your followers instantly.MessageIf you want to privately Tweet to a particular user who's already following you, start your Tweet with DM or D to direct-message them, eg: "DM @joesmith234 what is your order number?"HashtagUsers often prepend # to words in their Tweets to categorize them for others eg: "Check out our new products for the Fallhttp://t.co/link2 #fallsale" Think of hashtags as the theme of your Tweet. Users can then click on a hashtag to see other similarly-themed tweets and find yours in search.
  • #56 MentionOnce you've signed up and chosen a Twitter username, you and others can mention an account in your Tweets by preceding it with the @ symbol, eg: "Glad your shipment arrived @janesmith!"RetweetWhen you see a Tweet by another user that you want to share, click Retweet below it to forward it to your followers instantly.MessageIf you want to privately Tweet to a particular user who's already following you, start your Tweet with DM or D to direct-message them, eg: "DM @joesmith234 what is your order number?"HashtagUsers often prepend # to words in their Tweets to categorize them for others eg: "Check out our new products for the Fallhttp://t.co/link2 #fallsale" Think of hashtags as the theme of your Tweet. Users can then click on a hashtag to see other similarly-themed tweets and find yours in search.
  • #57 MentionOnce you've signed up and chosen a Twitter username, you and others can mention an account in your Tweets by preceding it with the @ symbol, eg: "Glad your shipment arrived @janesmith!"RetweetWhen you see a Tweet by another user that you want to share, click Retweet below it to forward it to your followers instantly.MessageIf you want to privately Tweet to a particular user who's already following you, start your Tweet with DM or D to direct-message them, eg: "DM @joesmith234 what is your order number?"HashtagUsers often prepend # to words in their Tweets to categorize them for others eg: "Check out our new products for the Fallhttp://t.co/link2 #fallsale" Think of hashtags as the theme of your Tweet. Users can then click on a hashtag to see other similarly-themed tweets and find yours in search.
  • #58 MentionOnce you've signed up and chosen a Twitter username, you and others can mention an account in your Tweets by preceding it with the @ symbol, eg: "Glad your shipment arrived @janesmith!"RetweetWhen you see a Tweet by another user that you want to share, click Retweet below it to forward it to your followers instantly.MessageIf you want to privately Tweet to a particular user who's already following you, start your Tweet with DM or D to direct-message them, eg: "DM @joesmith234 what is your order number?"HashtagUsers often prepend # to words in their Tweets to categorize them for others eg: "Check out our new products for the Fallhttp://t.co/link2 #fallsale" Think of hashtags as the theme of your Tweet. Users can then click on a hashtag to see other similarly-themed tweets and find yours in search.
  • #59 MentionOnce you've signed up and chosen a Twitter username, you and others can mention an account in your Tweets by preceding it with the @ symbol, eg: "Glad your shipment arrived @janesmith!"RetweetWhen you see a Tweet by another user that you want to share, click Retweet below it to forward it to your followers instantly.MessageIf you want to privately Tweet to a particular user who's already following you, start your Tweet with DM or D to direct-message them, eg: "DM @joesmith234 what is your order number?"HashtagUsers often prepend # to words in their Tweets to categorize them for others eg: "Check out our new products for the Fallhttp://t.co/link2 #fallsale" Think of hashtags as the theme of your Tweet. Users can then click on a hashtag to see other similarly-themed tweets and find yours in search.