January
Sony debuts a new $1200 Walkman: Walkman NW-ZX2 with audiophile quality sound.
Dell is also making a 4K resolution laptop with 3840×2160 screen pixels.
About one quarter of Intel’s workforce is female and 16% of managers are women.
Blacks and hispanics are 12% of Intel’s workforce and just 4% of executives & senior managers.
Facebook’s WhatsApp reaches 700 million active users.
Active users: Facebook 1.3 billion, WhatsApp 700 million, Instagram 300 million, Twitter 284 million.
2014 shopping apps grow 174% in use over 2013.
App use grows 76% in 2014 over 2013.
More signs that you will be ditching your HDTV for a new Ultra HD TV.
Kodak announces Android smartphone: the IM5 with 5 inch screen, 13 megapixel camera, Android OS 4.4 KitKat.
For you new Kodak smartphone you’ll want to do a butt selfie also called a “belfie”.
Intel says 600 million PCs worldwide haven’t been upgraded in last 4 years.
Microsoft officially stops supporting Windows 7.
Google to stop selling Google Glass on Monday, Jan 19, 2015.
Chinese smartphone makers capture 40% global marketshare in 2014.
Chinese smartphone makers ship 453 million units in 2014.
Six Chinese smartphone makers now in global top ten: Lenovo, Huawei, ZTE, Xiaomi, CoolPad, TCL.
World smartphone market grew 26% in 2014 year-over-year with 1.2 billion units shipped. 10% growth forecast for 2015.
2015-Q1 Apple sells 74.5 million iPhones.
2015-Q1 iPhone revenue for Apple greater than Microsoft & Google 2015-Q1 revenue COMBINED.
Global smartphone average selling price (ASP) drops from $440 in 2010 to $275 forecast in 2015.
Cheapest new iPhone costs $649.
Apple sells its BILLIONTH iOS device (iPhone & iPad).
34,000 iPhones sold every hour.
February
Reddit tightens up policy on nude photos.
Google buys the “.APP” domain in entirety for $25 million.
Android and iOS own 96% global smartphone marketshare.
Android is 82% of that 96% global smartphone marketshare number.
March
Gartner projects almost TWO BILLION smartphones to be sold this year.
NXP Semiconductor buys Freescale Semiconductor.
Google to phase out Google+.
Macbook with USB-C introduced.
April
Microsoft is 40 years old.
Facebook buy Oculus VR for $2 billion.
Moore’s “observation” is 50 years old.
Google launches “Project Fi,” an MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator).
73% of Facebook ad revenue comes from mobile.
Facebook has 1.44 BILLION monthly users.
Instagram has 300 million users.
Gartner reports PC shipments down 5% in 2015-Q1 year-over-year.
Apple in 2015-Q2 sold 61 million iPhones up from 44 million in 2014-Q2.
iPad sales continue to decline from 16 million in 2014-Q2 to 13 million in 2015-Q2.
Revenue from China is now 29% of Apple’s total.
