John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Back in the heady days of 2004 to 2010 – not very long ago – a riot of innovation had overtaken the technology and Internet world. But again, they built a new architecture of governance over our economy and our culture – a brutalist ecosystem that repels innovation. 2019: The Year of Internet Policy.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

2004 saw the first worm designed to infect cell phones in Cabir. Though both governments have formally denied responsibility for the attack, Stuxnet is today commonly known to be the work of a joint effort between Israel and the United States, as reported by both “The New York Times” and “The Washington Post,” among others.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 29, 2022

This one, my last, will focus on a grab bag of market-related topics that have dominated the headlines at one time or another over the past few years. It’s hard to fathom how poorly the crypto market has had it these past twelve months, unless, like me, you were a participant in the Great Crypto Winter of 2018.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

billion in 2021, and growing concerns over data security , software supply chains , and ransomware suggest the market will remain strong through economic ups and downs. As a leading VC, BVP offers budding companies plenty to consider, with a set of roadmaps and tools for today’s technologies and market complexities.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

IP holders – artists, newspapers, craftspeople – will press their lawsuits and infuse the market with uncertainty and hesitancy. AI is driven by data, and as a society we’re not particularly good at structuring, governing, or sharing data. But stress fractures are inevitable as market forces shift.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Netflix opens the door to marketing partnerships. There is no doubt that marketing money positively benefits NetFlix’s bottom line – and the practice absolutely accelerated in 2020, as did everything streaming-related during COVID. ” Yup. This prediction requires a bit of clarification. I have no f*cking idea.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

JANUARY 2, 2019

If predictions are like baseball, I’m bound to have a bad year in 2019, given how well things went the last time around. But nature won’t relent in 2019, and we’ll endure something so devastating, right here in the US, that we won’t be able to ignore it anymore. 2019 will be the year it happens.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 27, 2019

This past year, I predicted the fall of both Zuck and Trump, not to mention the triumph of cannabis and rationale markets. But in 2019, the sociopaths won – bigly. Despite my glancing protestations (#2 and #4, below), Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump did not go gently into the good night of 2019. Damn, was I wrong.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

And hey, China’s got the Minority Report market in the bag!) I am a cautious proponent of crypto’s technology, philosophy, and new governance models, but there’s a hell of a lot of b t in there as well. Unlucky #8: The markets take a breather, and SPACs get a bloody nose. Predictions 2019.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 30, 2018

A tanking stock market that has lost all faith in the President’s leadership. As I wrote: “All the year-in-review stock pieces will note that tech didn’t drive the markets in the way they have over the past few years. That sets a high bar for my predictions for 2019…coming, I hope, in the next week or so.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

JANUARY 1, 2021

The company’s own employees are increasingly uncomfortable with their leadership, and its consumers and marketing partners are increasingly looking for alternatives to a platform they see as toxic and unwilling to change. The markets take a breather, and SPACs get a bloody nose. Predictions 2019. 2019: How I did.

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