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Why the tablet computer is a glitch and will die soon! |
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We wrote earlier about the big convergence of consumer electronics. This story was written in 2008. At that time, there was no iPad. So we needed an update on the story. At least we thought. The tablet computer had to fit in. But the longer we thought about it, the more it became eminent that the tablet computer is a glitch. A short 5-6 year glitch in the history of consumer electronics what will end in 2015. Why is that?
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The future of newspapers: meet Tabbloid |
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In a world that is moving from mass production to mass customisation,
the consuming of news changes rapidly too. Daily national news is
provided by free papers in mass transit stations, the regular papers
cut on editor wages, and internet brings enormous diversification
according to your personal taste. It takes hours to aggregate all your
favourite news every day... Until now. Meet the personal newspaper
Tabbloid.
Hewlett Packard is a big IT company doing computers, servers, services
and most important of all, doing printers. Instead of baking the next
flashy ad campaign they silently introduced Tabbloid. On tabbloid.com you
enter all the RSS feeds of news sources that you like and Tabbloid
creates a PDF newspaper out of all your feeds on your watch list, every
day at a time you like. Their purpose is to sell more ink. Ours is to
consume our news the best way possible.
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The big convergence of all consumer electronics |
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February 19th Toshiba announced to drop their support for the HD-DVD standard. HD-DVD was in battle with Blu-Ray to become the high definition successor to the DVD. Many may believe the battle is won in favor of Blu-Ray now. These people might be wrong. Both formats will die in the collision that will reorganise the comple consumer electronics market up to 2011. Your perception of the future of gadgets can be thrown overboard. In the year 2011 your options to spend money on the consumer electronics market will be totally different. Tech specs will become irrelevant. Fashion will be key to future sales. |
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Why internet search does not work anymore |
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We spend more time surfing the internet than we do on watching television.
So companies are going to spend their marketing budget accordingly.
Euros spend on internet advertisement will soon surpass those spend on
the good old television commercials. This shift transforms the internet search companies into the new Rupert Murdochs. The plain search
result is no longer the primary target.
The big players will try to
keep consumers satisfied, but the intention to deliver the best answer
to your question is definitely lost. Maybe Google, Live, Yahoo and the
others still believe they can give you the best result. But everyone
who is understanding the impact of these big new-media players, will try to
modify their search results. And that includes you, the user!
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Home electricity done the easy way |
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Wanda's "House of the Future" sports a complete new concept for feeding
your electric appliances. Forget about 230 Volt sockets and big
off-white wall mount switches. Fire your electrician and cable your remodelled attic room yourself. The new millennium brings new means of
distributing power and content. Welcome to the Wanda's Wonder Wire
System. Data and power distribution done the smart way. Fiction today,
but tomorrow someone might read this and gets things rolling (do not forget the credits!)
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