As one of the most popular popular term in technology today, "Internet of things" is actually a use undeserved, it is a big problem for the technology. As the name suggests, the "Internet of things" is composed of a large number of devices, such as intelligent household equipment manufacturer Nest thermostat used Apple, Apple smart Watch Watch and Fitbit fitness equipment, etc. But in fact, they are not really form the Internet, at least not as defined in the dictionary.
The Internet is the way to connect many different computer network, so that they can communicate with each other. It connects things, which have greater power. The current form of the "Internet of things" is composed of chaos electronic equipment, and they are not in the true sense, there is no doubt that this trend is coming to a dead end.
In addition, the name is ironic, because the "Internet of things" is more like the 1960 s before the advent of the Internet in the computer system. In a sense, the United States a professor of computer science at the university of California, Los Angeles, "crane DE rock (Leonard Kleinrock) is regarded as the" father "of the Internet, on October 29, 1969, he sent for the first time in human society packet-switching communication network information, and knocked on the door of the network age.
This seminal event led electronic communications field a high-speed growth in the following decades, spring from the world wide web, electronic commerce, Facebook, and smartphone applications, etc. In contrast, the emergence of the Internet of things has constrained the evolution of the personal computing technology.
Reasons include:
First, the Fitbit and Apple Watch not like PC and smartphones have mass appeal.
Second, they are not connected devices in the true sense, but a smartphone appendages, like accessories sales, which have reduced the level of consumers purchase enthusiasm.
Third, they don't like the Internet, open the door to the world, just in order to attract more consumers into its ecosystem.
There are a lot of effort to promote these products with each other, but these efforts itself as chaos broken network. Google has a Brillo platform, apple has HomeKit platform, even for the "Internet of things" devices chip maker qualcomm are called AllJoyn platform. These different platforms starting point may be good, want to spread the equipment together, but in fact failed to fundamentally change the status quo.
Now in urgent need of the second wave of the larger Internet computing, as the crane rock 47 years ago, the pursuit of. But many people may forget, crane rock project won a department of defense's defence advanced research projects agency (Darpa), the support of the public institutions. And because each Chinese, apple, Google and other companies are building their complex "nest". Now, perhaps only crane rock similar public sector need to save us from this.
"Internet of things" to the dead end of a typical example is the apple, it can be displayed in the state of stock fluctuation. Apple shares have dropped to the lowest level since June 24, 2014, this reflects Wall Street's growing despair for apple's future tone, although apple was the world's most valuable company. Apple market value shrink to $494.7 billion at most a few days ago, was Google parent Alphabet beyond, when the latter market value of $494.9 billion. Investors have seen a similar test. In the past 12 months, apple shares fell 27%. Apple co-founder and chief executive Steve Jobs (Steve Jobs) died, apple shares have plunged more than 40%.
Even in the era of Steve jobs, apple shares have slumped, including during in late 2007 and early 2008 fell 40%. At that time, apple has just released the iPhone, this product will eventually apple market value on the highest peak. But recently, apple shares once again in ups and downs, has fallen 14% so far this year, and this is different from past. Apple has spent nearly four years to launch new products and services, as much as possible hoping to impress Wall Street.
Apple to perform in the history of the largest stock buyback and dividend plan, and always in an extension of the plan. Apple plans to march in 2018 for $250 billion before implement the plan, but promote the plan of the activist investor Carl Icahn (Carl Icahn) has been selling the stock. When a company to give in to demands on Wall Street were did you get any rewards on the stock performance, can you say?
There is one thing you can say, it's hard to understand, because apple executives never comment. Compared with other companies, Tim Cook, chief executive of apple always refuse (Tim Cook) or chief financial officer luca mads trey comment (LucaMaestri). For the scale of the company, which is unprecedented. Cook recently accepted Jim Cramer (Jim Cramer) interview, but that is completely out of respect for kramer, this accident behavior cannot meet people eager to continue dialogue with apple's management.
Another possible answer is that, as the recession in the past, apple shares will eventually rebound. In the long run, apple asset value is always growing, though there will be a short term. Apple is driven by the product, and its products is driven by technology innovation. If you think that apple still has the potential to dig, and have many of the world's most talented engineers continue to promote its evolution, you can buy the stock, hope the final price can reflect the value of innovation.
Recent need to give an answer of another company's chip makers nvidia. Not long ago, nvidia over Wall Street's quarterly forecast, and provide the optimistic forecasts, and to promote its shares rose 15.2%. Over the years, nvidia began to gradually tend to smart phones and other products, such as qualcomm has been only a few competitors to beat. But its chief executive jen-hsun Huang (Jen Hsun Huang) has never wavered in their faith, he thinks the company's chip has extensive applicability.
This strong belief and vision is very rare, perhaps with jobs have a ratio. Huang may finally realize their dream. The rise of machine learning is bring big returns to the nvidia, make its graphics chips was given a new mission, to help develop a new form of artificial intelligence. Currently, nvidia shares at $40.98, the price is not cheap, 20 times forward earnings estimates can reach. But with the rise of emerging business such as machine learning chip, its revenue surged 63% last quarter, may make the nvidia shares rose sharply.
