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"Richard Ferrers, Research Data Specialist (2011-present) Answered Jul 14, 2015 Source: IBM (What is big data?) At a recent Data Science meetup, a second statistic that puts the  90% figure in context. The 90% figure has been true over the last 30 years. Every two years we generate 10 times as much data.  ie 1985 = 1, 2015 = 1 * 10 ^ (30/2) i.e. 2015 has 10^15 more data than 1985. 13.9k views · View 9 Upvoters"

PricewaterhouseCoopers is saying that consumers appear more willing to pay for content delivered to tablets, so they are seeing that tablets will fuel growth in paid newspaper circulation in the U.S. Also forecasts growth in Mobile TV and its respective ad spend.

Mobile applications will drive serious growth in mobile advertising in the coming years, according to a new study. Juniper Research reported today that in-app advertising will hit $2.4 billion by the end of the year. By 2015, that figure will soar to $7.1 billion. In-app advertising is widely viewed as the key to success for developers in the coming years. Mobile users are becoming increasingly loath to pay too much for applications, driving prices down. In-app advertising can help soften the blow of charging so little for an expensive app.

When we look back 2015 will be the year that OTT toppled pay TV.

Good high level read on robots and AI in 2015.

Between the Turing test, robot bartenders and this I'm begining to wonder if "Rise of the robots" should be a 2015 trend.