Research firm Forrester’s latest prediction for the smart-devices market focuses on the US alone, we should say. “Smart home devices are expected to grow tenfold between 2017 and 2022,” claimed the company in its latest blog post.
“Forrester expects the adoption of smart home devices in the US to be 10 times higher by 2022, driven by smart speakers and the devices that these speakers can control, such as smart bulbs and smart thermostats.”
It’s been received wisdom for some time now that young internet users are drifting away from Facebook in favour of other social and messaging apps. But is it true?
Research firm Forrester has published the results of a new survey of 4,517 American 12-17 year-olds that it claims shows Facebook still has BFF status with teens.
“Facebook remains young users’ favourite social network. More than three-quarters of online youth use Facebook — twice as many as use Pinterest or Tumblr or Snapchat, and more than use Instagram and WhatApp combined,” explained Forrester analyst Nate Elliott in a blog post.
Last year, 14% of online adults in Western Europe owned a tablet, according to industry analyst Forrester. However, the company expects this to grow to 55% by 2017.
Analyst firm Forrester claims that the number of people paying for music, video, games and/or news will grow by between 8% and 12% in the next five years.
Analyst firm Forrester has published its latest predictions for the ‘paid content’ market in Western Europe.
Forrester’s James McQuivery: “Digital disruption isn’t disruption squared. It’s the disruption of disruption itself”.
Analyst firm Forrester Research has published its latest tablet forecasts, claiming that 56m were sold in 2011, but that this will rise to 375m in 2016, by which point there will be 760m tablets in use around the world.
Analyst firm Forrester Research has published its latest tablet forecasts, claiming that 56m were sold in 2011, but that this will rise to 375m in 2016, by which point there will be 760m tablets in use around the world.
Some new research into how Apple’s iPad and its tablet rivals are doing (and likely to do in the coming years) today, from analysts Forrester and IMS Research.
More than one billion people will own smartphones by 2016, according to the latest predictions by tech industry analyst Forrester. What’s more, consumers will be spending $56bn on mobile apps that year, the company predicts, with a call to arms for businesses.
Forrester Research CEO George Colony ruffled a few feathers at the Le Web conference yesterday by laying into the hype around social networking and related startups.
Mark Mulligan, formerly of analyst firm Forrester, interviews Adam Kidron, CEO of forthcoming music service Boinc (formerly known as Beyond Oblivion).
