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When reading the comments disputing the possible end of the voice-phone era I’m reminded of similar comments disputing the end of the PDA era. Although the Apple Newton pioneered the market in 1992 and John Sculley came…
Toshiba plant to make LCD panels for Apple: report | Reuters. Apple will invest in a portion of the investment for the factory, the Nikkei said. This is one of the more interesting news items I’ve seen for a while.…
In the latest version of Android, Google shifted from bitmaps to vector rendering for maps. The shift is probably more a function of available processing power on the device than a strategic shift to position value on…
Yesterday I attended the first meeting of the Forum for Growth and Innovation. It’s an initiative where practitioners of Clayton’s Christensen’s theory of innovation can review new academic research before it’s…
I’ve been traveling the past few days and did not have access to substantial enough bandwidth to make meaningful contributions to the blog. However, I will be online for the next few days and will catch up. One…
The release of the iPhone is rightly acclaimed as a watershed event in the history of telecom. It was a sensation. But it was also a product that was widely underestimated and dismissed. Even today expert opinion is…
So the SEC is investigating analysts who peddle “channel checks” for violation of securities laws. Former SEC chairman Paul Atkins summarizes the law as follows: “Insider trading basically comes down to where you know or…
When I wrote my opinion on the future of publishing (Citizen Publisher), I focused my lens on books and magazines. Published works that have relatively low time-sensitivity and hence relatively long shelf life are quite…
When the iPhone vs. Android rhetorical war heats up, both sides bring up the history of Macs vs. Windows PCs. The commonly held thesis is that Windows triumphed as the PC was commoditized (and modularized). This triumph…
Apple has been contemplating a SIM card that would make carrier switching a lot easier. Sounds great, doesn’t it? “Apple is relenting,” said Rodman Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar. “They are now completely backing away from…