Appsolutely Essential
Presnetation to the American Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong November 2014
Why mobile is eating the world and apps rule on mobile
What are companies doing in mobile across start ups and industries targeting different stakeholders from local app developers to global industry giants
How should you get into mobile app and where to start
2. 2
Founder
&
CEO
of
Exicon
20
Years’
in
So?ware,
Mobile
and
Internet
Sun
Microsystems,
Lucent
and
Siemens
Successfully
mobile
network
to
China
Unicom
Top
50
Global
Mobile
Entertainment
Chairman
Emeritus
of
MEF
Advisor
and
Mentor
http://www.exiconglobal.com/about-us/
8. 8
Technology
is
selling
to
everyone
By 2020 80% of the adults on earth will have a smartphone
Source: World Bank, GSMA, a16z
9. 9
Everyone
has
a
supercomputer
A new iPhone CPU has 625 times more
transistors than a 1995 Pentium
Source:
Apple,
Intel,
a16z
in
their
pocket
10. 10
Mobile
is
more
important
than
the
desktop
Cannibalizing Desktop as search
volumes decline
More than half of Google’s revenue ……
Source: eMarketer
Source: AJ Kobo
11. More
.me
is
spent
in
apps
11
than
on
all
the
web
Source: ComScore, Flurry Analytics
12. 12
Source: Technographics, Forrester
Asia more than anywhere
“Mobile Mind Shift Index”
Device
20
Access
40
Locations
40
MMSI
100
+ + =
17. 17
Drama.c
enterprise
investment
in
mobile
apps
2011 2012 2014
Source: Forrester
$19B
$69B
$114B
In just 3 years
Lead by Marketing & Line of
Business
Source: Altimeter