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The Yankee Group study forecasts that tablets will account for 53% of mobile ad dollars in 2014 compared to 47% for mobile handsets. By 2016, tablets' share of mobile ad sales will rise to 60%. Ads within mobile applications in particular will help to drive growth. Yankee Group found that a quarter (24%) of tablet owners clicked on ads while using apps, and 29% purchased extra content.

Real-time marketing based on LBS

Evolution and growth of gamification. "A world beyond badges: Badges will increasingly become less and less important, and the rise of true virtual currencies will become more prominent to offer users more than vanity accomplishments in the form of badges."

Maybe are next "monthly" should be on 3D printing?

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

The Verizon bloodbath begins. Now imagine a T-Mobile & Sprint merger with Softbank's dough and Legere running the show.

The company revealed today that 10 percent of its entire user base will see promoted stations. This is actually the first time that Pandora has incorporated an ad product inside the station list. While the company has seen a gradual rise in listening hours it has been working hard to improve its ad products in order to increase revenue. This is certainly a major step in that direction. At first the company has created promoted stations for 10 national advertisers which include Kleenex, Taco Ball, StubHub, Toyota and more. The advertisers will create the music personality of their stations and will also decide how many ads per hour do the users have to listen to.

Interesting article overall. I think the author is specifically focused on journalism as I don't think that 95% of media helps anyone make better life decisions;-)

Not directly Small Data but definitely part of the "rise of the consumer"

I think this is huge. Some of the most developed countries have a "working population problem." Now that all goes away. Do countries with low human and high robot populations have a massive strategic advantage?

Interesting news in the live events and instant shopping front from some upcoming Gucci and Burberry executions.

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