In the world of techno-toys and gadgets, it’s easy for companies to think that taking cutting edge hardware and wrapping it in an elegantly designed package will go a long way to making their product successful.
That was clearly what Sony had in mind when they built the PlayStation 3. Their PlayStation 2 game console [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Disruptive Innovation In The Gaming Industry…
Published March 27th, 2009 in Apple and Posts. Comments
When a market or industry is stable and predictable, the incumbent players can have what appear to be unassailable structural advantages - solid revenues, top talent, access to capital, and economies of scale just to name a few. But those advantages can end up being the catalyst for their undoing during times of disruptive [...]
There has been a lot of talk about the need for us to develop and deploy a smart power grid in this country. It is often mentioned as one of the pillars of our new 21st century economy, and an area we are going to need to commit some serious capital to.
In [...]
This may be the tipping point for ebooks…
Why?
Because with the release of Kindle Reader for iPhone, Amazon has just added 10 Million potential new ebook readers to their ecosystem. The reader is free, so there is no commercial reason why everyone couldn’t download it. I would also propose that there is a high [...]
I’ve had the chance to spend a little time with Amazon’s Kindle 2, and I want to share my initial thoughts. I have also included a photo gallery at the end of this post to give you some close up views of a few of the things I talk about here.
The Packaging:
The first thing [...]
Microsoft always paints an interesting picture of where technology is heading.
Their latest video - “2019″ - was produced as part of a presentation Microsoft’s Business Division president Stephen Elopat gave at last week’s Wharton Business Technology Conference. It’s an extrapolation ten years into the future of existing technology and trends. While [...]
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