The tablet market isn't one big market, it's many small ones.
There's a profound shift in computing happening across the world: The balance of power is tipping towards smartphones.
India's smartphone penetration is still extremely low, making it a potential growth spot for hardware manufacturers.
The personal computer in the shape of a notebook or desktop has taken computers as far as those shapes would allow. Now, the future of...
Digital touch has the potential to extend unique and intimate communication methods in ways not possible before.
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We are on the path to connecting the planet via pocket computers. This is so incredibly significant that it's difficult to overstate.
People often criticize segmentation without realizing that these are very good business moves.
I don't dispute that tablet growth has slowed, but I'm not at all as concerned as other analysts about the industry going forward.
The phone as an app is the popular way to think about the role of telephony on a mobile device today.
Many seem to believe that smartwatches may be the next hot category. I still have my doubts.
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Mobile ended Microsoft's dominance, saved Apple, made Facebook and could upend Google. So what's next?
As consumers catch on that these devices are more capable than their smartphones and more portable that their PCs, the floodgates will open.
"I have to have it" or "I'll use it until it breaks" -- which type of consumer are you?
In all likelihood, the tech history that may “repeat” itself still has yet to happen.
The shifting shapes of technological worldviews invite new challenges and new opportunities.
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