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*Debuted on [[The New York Times]] Bestseller list at position #31 in Hardcover Nonfiction the week of July 23, 2012, and ranked in position #5 in Hardcover Business in August 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/hardcover-nonfiction/list.html|title=HARDCOVER NONFICTION BEST SELLERS}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/hardcover-business-books/list.html|title=HARDCOVER BUSINESS BOOKS BEST SELLERS}}</ref> |
*Debuted on [[The New York Times]] Bestseller list at position #31 in Hardcover Nonfiction the week of July 23, 2012, and ranked in position #5 in Hardcover Business in August 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/hardcover-nonfiction/list.html|title=HARDCOVER NONFICTION BEST SELLERS}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/hardcover-business-books/list.html|title=HARDCOVER BUSINESS BOOKS BEST SELLERS}}</ref> |
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*Ranked #1 in [[The Washington Post]] DC-area Bestsellers list in August 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/the-dc-areas-bestsellers/2012/08/06/bdfb454a-dcdd-11e1-9974-5c975ae4810f_blog.html|work=The Washington Post|date=Aug 3, 2012}}</ref> |
*Ranked #1 in [[The Washington Post]] DC-area Bestsellers list in August 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/the-dc-areas-bestsellers/2012/08/06/bdfb454a-dcdd-11e1-9974-5c975ae4810f_blog.html|work=The Washington Post|date=Aug 3, 2012}}</ref> |
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The book has met with positive reviews and as of July 2012 was ranked #1 in the categories of Engineering, Wireless Networks, and Consumer Behavior books on [[Amazon.com]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.com/The-Mobile-Wave-Intelligence-Everything/dp/1593157207 |title=Amazon.com: The Mobile Wave |accessdate=July 20, 2012}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:42, 3 November 2012
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| Author | Michael J. Saylor |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Mobile technology Business intelligence |
| Genre | Technology |
| Publisher | Perseus Books/Vanguard Press |
Publication date | June 26, 2012 |
| Publication place | USA |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 304 |
| ISBN | 159315720 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: length |
The Mobile Wave: How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything is a 2012 nonfiction book by technologist Michael J. Saylor, the founder, chairman, and CEO of MicroStrategy, Inc. The Mobile Wave provides an analysis of then-current trends in mobile technology from the point of view of a scholar of the history of science. The book argues that mobile devices will become essential tools for life in the modern day, changing how businesses operate and how industries and economies are powered.
Overview
In The Mobile Wave: How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything, Saylor argues that mobile technology will change how people live worldwide, affecting businesses, entire industries, and the very economies they power.[1]
Saylor wrote The Mobile Wave with an appreciation for today’s technological currents and provides the reader with navigational tools to ride the "mobile wave". Saylor sees the life of tomorrow abiding by the laws of cyberspace, unconfined by the laws of physics. He explains how software minded companies like Apple, Google, and Amazon will thrive in this cyberspace environment while companies like Microsoft, Dell, and Best Buy, who continue to think and operate in a physical bound world, will quickly decline. This is an idea he has referenced in the past in his speech at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on September 9, 2011.[2]
Saylor claims that all the products we currently use today, including textbooks, keys, and wallets, are quickly becoming software. This is an idea he has referenced in the past, as in the MicroStrategy World user conference keynote in 2012.[3]
Saylor has also been featured in Forbes and CNN for the ideas presented in his book.[4][5]
Reception
The Mobile Wave has been featured on several book bestseller lists:
- Ranked #5 on The Wall Street Journal Bestseller list on July 15, 2012 in the Hardcover Business category.[6]
- Debuted on The New York Times Bestseller list at position #31 in Hardcover Nonfiction the week of July 23, 2012, and ranked in position #5 in Hardcover Business in August 2012.[7][8]
- Ranked #1 in The Washington Post DC-area Bestsellers list in August 2012.[9]
In USA Today, reviewer Jeanne Destro writes,
"The MIT-educated Saylor exhibits a deep knowledge of the mobile world, and gives readers a peek free of boring geek-speak. Readers will be able understand and appreciate his clear and engaging exploration of a complex, red-hot, and thoroughly up-to-the minute topic."[10]
The Washingtonian review of the book cited Saylor's vision for the future:
"In The Mobile Wave his vision is clear—we face a future in which paper, devices such as phones, credit cards and cash, entertainment venues, doctor’s office visits, and even the classroom will be obsolete, or nearly so."[11]
References
- ^ Saylor, Michael (2012). The Mobile Wave: How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything. Perseus Books/Vanguard Press. ISBN 159315720.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: length (help) - ^ "National Press Club - A Technologist View of the Future of Commerce". September 9, 2011.
- ^ "Michael J. Saylor Keynote" (PDF). Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ "Jobs of the Future: Why the Political Class Should Read Michael Saylor's "The Mobile Wave"". Forbes. 10/09/2012.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Sutter, John (September 10, 2012). "How smartphones make us superhuman". CNN.
- ^ "Best-Selling Books, Week Ended July 15". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "HARDCOVER NONFICTION BEST SELLERS".
- ^ "HARDCOVER BUSINESS BOOKS BEST SELLERS".
- ^ The Washington Post. Aug 3, 2012 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/the-dc-areas-bestsellers/2012/08/06/bdfb454a-dcdd-11e1-9974-5c975ae4810f_blog.html.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Destro, Jeanne (6/21/2012). "Review: IPads, smartphones in world-changing 'Mobile Wave'".
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor's "The Mobile Wave" Examines the Implications of Mobile Technology". The Washingtonian. June 27, 2012.
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