As Borders filed for bankruptcy - supposedly at the hands of online shopping and eBooks - economist Josh Gans had one thing to say tweet:
"Borders closing? Where will I go now to browse through books I then buy on my Kindle?" (@joshgans, 2011)
The Motorola Atrix 4G is taking another shot at one of the IT indutry's holy grails: a handphone that can also serve as your primary computer. Just drop the phone into the back of the laptop and you have a full size, if somewhat limited, computer. The phone even recharges while you work. Based on reviews there is still some room for improvement, but its not hard to imagine a future where this is the norm. http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20110216/US.TEC.Digital.Life.Tech.Test.Motorola.Atrix/
So others can do all this. See the (clickable) original here.
A look at the rapid expansion of digital information over the last 10 years.
Link to full Washington Post article http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/10/AR2011021004916.html?sid=ST2011021100514.
Another Economist article on how 3D printing could potentially revolutionize manufacturing. No longer would we need manufacturing plants to make small numbers of products. Could be a huge boon to innovators and small scale entrepreneurs. Potentially bad for freight companies like FedEx and UPS.http://www.economist.com/node/18114221?story_id=18114221&fsrc=rss
This graph from The Economist demonstrates how the once seemingly invincible Nokia has been knocked off its mobile phone perch by Steve Jobs' iPhone. What is perhaps most surprising is how this has ocured without much of a loss in actual market share.
Whole article here:
Copyright: CNBC
Hey Posterous, too busy crossing that chasm to write in the year book? (H/T Blame It On the Voices)