<story><title>Mary Meeker&apos;s 2016 Internet Trends Report [pdf]</title><url>http://www.kpcb.com/file/2016-internet-trends-report</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>_xander</author><text>The concept of Messenger becoming a second homescreen for the smartphone is an interesting one. Suddenly their decision to separate Messenger from Facebook on mobile makes a lot more sense. If you think of Messenger as a different &lt;i&gt;type&lt;/i&gt; of interface, I think the value-add are the limitations it places on providers: services have to be primarily text-based and updates will all arrive as nested within one push notification (at least on android). Plus, as the analysis mentioned, the threading, logs and identity functionality is built-in. It&amp;#x27;s almost like having a terminal window for a bunch of rigid functions that works in plain English and anyone can get to grips with.&lt;p&gt;Now I&amp;#x27;m thinking about a parallel universe where text-based interfaces never went away...</text></comment>
<story><title>Mary Meeker&apos;s 2016 Internet Trends Report [pdf]</title><url>http://www.kpcb.com/file/2016-internet-trends-report</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>billhendricksjr</author><text>Was surprised to see Ring get mentioned so prominently in the deck. Then I saw them on &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.kpcb.com&amp;#x2F;companies&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.kpcb.com&amp;#x2F;companies&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;p&gt;They disclosed it at the end of the deck, but that&amp;#x27;s some great pub for Ring. If they wanted to use an example that resonated with more of the audience, Nest would have been a better choice.</text></comment>