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The parable of the telegraph
As previously described in an earlier piece on the transistor, there is a theory that underlies much of what this web diary is about. Telecommunications is undergoing wrenching change. And not for the first time. The…
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BusinessWeek: Nokia failed because it's in Finland
How Nokia Fell from Grace – BusinessWeek. The author asserts that company success and failure are determined by the location of its headquarters. He also adds a bit of stupid manager theory to flesh out his thesis for…
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Asymco Favorites
By request, a list of some of my favorite asymco articles. Asymco Favorites
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Windows Phone Thoughts: AT&T set to release multiple Windows Phones
That makes a total of six devices for [AT&T] who is looking more and more like the premier Windows Phone 7 partner. via Windows Phone Thoughts: AT&T Set to Release Multiple WP7 Devices. With Verizon shaping Android into…
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IBM CEO: the PC era ended three years ago
But one area where IBM won’t compete with HP is personal computers. In 2005, IBM sold its PC business to China’s Lenovo Group for $1.75 billion. The PC era, Mr. Palmisano said Tuesday, ended three or four years ago. “We…
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What Apple and Android owe to Symbian and RIM
Following up on survey data showing that up to 25 percent of Americans have moved to smartphones, here is another survey (Comscore) which shows that US smartphone users are at about 23 percent. Comscore also surveyed…
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Per Lindberg predicts things
“The N8 is certainly a step in the right direction, it’s much more multimedia,” Per Lindberg, an independent technology analyst at MF Global in London, told Marayam Nemazee on Bloomberg Television’s “Countdown.” “But…
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Nielsen: Nearly 25 percent of US adults use smartphones
Nearly all U.S. adults have cell phones, and 1 in 4 uses a smart phone, compared with about 16 percent last year, Carson said. Nielsen, which surveyed 4,000 mobile-phone subscribers in August, predicts that the majority…
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iPad in the enterprise: Once the head goes, the body follows
In my talks with about 100 senior-level people at as many companies over the past six months, the feeling is that the tablet is here to stay and it’s going to be bigger than everyone expected it to be. It’s an always-on,…
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FaceTime and the elevation of emotion over function
With 50 million clients installed likely this year, FaceTime is a service which may have potential. By potential I mean, of course, its potential to make a dent in the universe, the universal goal Jobs has set for Apple…