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Oh, But The Home Of The Future Is Sooooo 1939

By Adam | Published: June 26, 2008
The future home will probably be equipped with a number of control centers, from any one of which the homemaker can give her commands to appliances at work in the kitchen and laundry. Electric ranges already are equipped with automatic controls for temperature and cooking time, but there is no practical reason why these operations [...]
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The Big .Mac Mystery

By Adam | Published: June 2, 2008
On the heels of the WWDC next week, comes news of a possible, ever-so-slight shift in strategy on the part of Apple. From the New York Times Bits Blog: …there is a flurry of speculation about improvements to a minor icon an the Apple Pantheon: the .Mac online service. For six years, .Mac has been [...]
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Forrester: The Future of Apple?

By Adam | Published: May 25, 2008
ITNews.com.au out of Australia is running an article today on a new report by Forrester entitled “The Future of Apple.” Rather than cite the ITNews article, here’s the abstract from Forrester: Consumer product strategists frequently ask Forrester how Apple’s product strategy will evolve: What will Apple’s product portfolio look like five years from now, and [...]
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NYTimes: Cloud Computing: So You Don’t Have to Stand Still

By Adam | Published: May 25, 2008
NY Times today has a great article explaining the concept of Cloud Computing. Have a look: Prototype – Cloud Computing – So You Don’t Have to Stand Still – NYTimes.com
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And Bringing Up The Rear…

By Adam | Published: April 23, 2008
Live Mesh, announced today, is Microsoft’s version of the strategy I described in yesteraday’s post. I’ll reserve judgement until I’ve had a chance to read more, but from what I’ve seen thus far, it’s likely that MS will not be great at the one thing that they’ll need to do to make this work: Make [...]
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So I've been wondering…

By Adam | Published: April 23, 2008
…What is Apple’s strategy with Safari, exactly? Really… I mean with Firefox, Opera, IE, and others, what’s the reason that Apple is aggressively entering the Browser wars? Marc Andreesen can tell you that IE is a monster to compete with, and Firefox is whomping butt in the space. The other day, it struck me: Apple’s [...]
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