12.04.10

Eero P. (Finland)
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  1. mobile
    moving or capable of moving readily
    Two overwhelming trends that will affect consumers, the hardware/infrastructure industry and the commercial potential of the web: mobile and social networking.
  2. ramp up
    bolster or strengthen
    Meeker says that mobile Internet usage is ramping up substantially faster than desktop Internet usage did, a view she and her team arrived at by comparing the adoption rates of iPhone/iPod touch to that of AOL and Netscape in the early 1990s.
  3. mainframe
    a large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room
    The previous four were the mainframe era of the 1950s and 60s, the mini-computer era of the 1970s and the desktop Internet era of the 80s.
  4. price tag
    a tag showing the price of the article it is attached to
    Meeker says that users are more willing to pay for content on mobile devices than they are on desktops for a number of reasons, including:

    * Easy-to-Use/Secure Payment Systems — embedded systems like carrier billing and iTunes allow real-time payment

    * Small Price Tags -– most content and subscriptions carry sub-$5 price tags

    * Walled Gardens Reduce Piracy -– content exists in proprietary environments, difficult to get pirated content onto mobile devices

    * Established Stor...
  5. crystal ball
    a glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers
    And what does Meeker see in her crystal ball this year?
  6. brokerage firm
    a stock broker's business
    She was covering the sector when the brokerage firm was the lead underwriter for Netscape Communications’ initial public offering in 1995, was dubbed the “Queen of the Net” by Barron’s magazine in 1998 and was covering the space in 2004, when Morgan Stanley helped launch the Google IPO. Now a managing director at Morgan Stanley and head of the global technology research team, she has released her latest massively detailed “State of the Internet” report, which she has been putting out ...
  7. embedded
    enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass
    She presented the report during an event this afternoon at Google, which was streamed live as part of the Events@Google series (the presentation is embedded below).
  8. embed
    fix or set securely or deeply
    She presented the report during an event this afternoon at Google, which was streamed live as part of the Events@Google series (the presentation is embedded below).
  9. ramp
    an inclined surface connecting two levels
    The current cycle is the era of the mobile Internet, she says — predicting that within the next five years “more users will connect to the Internet over mobile devices than desktop PCs.” As she puts it on one of the slides in the report: “Rapid Ramp of Mobile Internet Usage Will be a Boon to Consumers and Some Companies Will Likely Win Big (Potentially Very Big) While Many Will Wonder What Just Happened.”
  10. trajectory
    the path followed by an object moving through space
    Meeker’s report suggests that the rest of the world — which is still below the 14 percent-mark — could see much the same trajectory over the next 10 years.
  11. underwriter
    an agent who sells insurance
    She was covering the sector when the brokerage firm was the lead underwriter for Netscape Communications’ initial public offering in 1995, was dubbed the “Queen of the Net” by Barron’s magazine in 1998 and was covering the space in 2004, when Morgan Stanley helped launch the Google IPO. Now a managing director at Morgan Stanley and head of the global technology research team, she has released her latest massively detailed “State of the Internet” report, which she has been putting out ...
Created on Tue Apr 13 11:23:40 EDT 2010

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