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The PCs Death I enjoyed this article from Ed Bott looking at the predictions of the death of the PC that did not happen. Admittedly, I was in the group who soured on the PC when the tablet launched and questioned the relevance of the PC form factor in light of the easier to use … Continue reading The Death of the PC, Intel’s Roadmap Leak, North Focals 2.0

It’s been a while since we have discussed the Qualcomm anti-trust battle with the FTC, but some recent events make it worth exploring again. Several interesting things are afoot with the US FTC anti-trust battle with Qualcomm. Since I last wrote about it, Qualcomm was granted a stay in the ruling as it is reviewed … Continue reading Qualcomm’s Antitrust Battle Rages On

I have been covering the PC industry since 1981, which means I have watched the tech world develop over a four-decade period. The advances in tech come fast and furiously, but each decade has its own focus. For example, the decade from 1980 to 1989 saw the birth and growth of the personal computer industry, … Continue reading Can we Predict The Next Decade in tech today?

In my last two columns, I wrote about the future of mobile computing and stated that I believe that by the end of the next decade, the computer of today morphs into mixed reality glasses, and they become the computer of choice for the masses. These products could cause the mobile computer we use today … Continue reading Thoughts on the Next Ten Years of Mobile Computing

In last week’s column, I wrote about the potential of Apple introducing a set of AR glasses in 2020. I pointed out that financial analyst Ming-Chi Ko has repeatedly written to his clients stating that Apple will bring their first-generation AR glasses to market in the new year. I wrote that while I am still … Continue reading A New Understanding of Computing

Facebook’s Good Idea I watched most of Mark Zuckerberg’s speech at Georgetown on free speech and how Facebook plans to deal with their role in the world. While most of the commentary was pessimistic, there were a few things he discussed that I think merit more thought. The core of Facebook’s issue is their attempt … Continue reading Facebook’s Good Idea, Amazon Earnings, Intel Earnings

The business lessons being learned around Facebook on a regular basis are fascinating. The company has achieved once in a generation, or longer, user scale. We have never seen a company with the reach Facebook has, and we may never see it again. I know never say never, but the possibility we never see this … Continue reading Facebook and Well Intentioned Failures

Easily, one of the most interesting parts of Microsoft’s Fall devices launch event was the news that Microsoft had been working closely with Qualcomm and AMD on co-developing, or using somewhat customized Silicon, for their newest Surface products. Microsoft is certainly not going down the road Apple has been on developing their own custom silicon, … Continue reading Microsoft’s Silicon Influence

In case it is a helpful context, I attended the original launch of the Microsoft Surface in Los Angeles. Microsoft moving into hardware has been one of the most interesting developments within the Windows ecosystem and Windows hardware of the last decade. I followed Microsoft’s Surface journey from the start and listened to the PC … Continue reading The Surface Effect

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the tech industry at large being in a bit of a lull. What I pointed out is simply the time-proven observation of what happens with innovation in mature markets. In the early days of new technology, as we saw with PCs and smartphones, for example, we see year … Continue reading Apple’s Meaningful Improvements and the Industry Trend

In June of 2018, I attended the annual Society of Information Display Conference in Los Angeles, and I saw prototypes of foldable displays from BOE, a Chinese display manufacturer. I got to play with a folding phone that used their flexible display and wrote that the era of foldable smartphones was on the horizon. I … Continue reading Market Questions for Foldable Devices

It’s official. Apple is buying Intel’s smartphone modem business. Note, Intel still has their modem business for products like PCs and tablets and the IP they were selling was specific to smartphone modems. Apple has been working with Intel for years now integrating their modems, so they had a very good sense of the underlying … Continue reading Apple’s Plans and Needs for Intel’s Smartphone Modem Business