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Predictions 2015: Uber, Google, Apple, Beacons, Health, Nest, China, Adtech…

John Battelle's Searchblog

The post Predictions 2015: Uber, Google, Apple, Beacons, Health, Nest, China, Adtech… appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. So what might happen in 2015? ” Plenty of interesting technology, Internet, and media trends seem poised to break out in 2015. My eleventh year of making predictions.

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Predictions 2016: How’d I Do?

John Battelle's Searchblog

But I did predict that massive companies would put their missions at the core of their marketing, and that certainly happened with corporations like Unilever, Ikea, H&M, and many others. 11 – China goes shopping. In 2015, we all expected Chinese companies like Alibaba to start snapping up startups left and right.

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Predictions 2016: Apple, Tesla, Google, Medium, Adtech, Microsoft, IoT, and Business on a Mission

John Battelle's Searchblog

Twelve years of making predictions doesn’t make writing them any easier, regardless of my relatively good showing in 2015. And given that more than 125,000 of you read my post summarizing how I did in 2015 (thanks Medium and LinkedIn!), Ouch, 2015 was not kind to Twitter, especially if you were a stockholder.

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10 Personal Finance Lessons for Technology Professionals

Troy Hunt

In fact, those guys are all pretty good examples of the ability to build amazing things from the ground up and I'm sure that many of you reading this have sat down and started building something with the same enthusiasm as, say, Zuckerberg did with Facebook in 2004. It's also up there with the highest paying industries around.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

billion in 2021, and growing concerns over data security , software supply chains , and ransomware suggest the market will remain strong through economic ups and downs. As a leading VC, BVP offers budding companies plenty to consider, with a set of roadmaps and tools for today’s technologies and market complexities.

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Predictions 2022: How’d I Do? Strangely, My Best Year Ever

John Battelle's Searchblog

I usually do ten predictions each year, which means I’m planning on writing 11 posts this week. Many less “stable” coins have been wiped out entirely, and overall, the crypto markets have dropped by nearly $2 trillion since last year. Predictions 2015. 2015: How I Did. 2004 Predictions.

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Predictions 2021: How’d I Do? Pretty Damn Well.

John Battelle's Searchblog

And hey, China’s got the Minority Report market in the bag!) And NFTs – the web3 equivalent of dot com stocks – grew into a massive market as well, clocking more than $10 billion in purchases last quarter. Unlucky #8: The markets take a breather, and SPACs get a bloody nose. Predictions 2015.