Google’s peak, Stratechery
“Google will continue to dominate, just as IBM has continued to dominate mainframes and Microsoft has continued to dominate the PC. They will be a very profitable company for many years to come. That is why this is not an article about disruption. Rather, the question is if Google might be eclipsed.”

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To Siri, With Love, NYT
“In a world where the commonly held wisdom is that technology isolates us, it’s worth considering another side of the story.

Autistic son’s practice conversation with Siri is translating into more facility with actual humans.”

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Amazon is doing the world a favor by crushing book publishers, VOX


“Amazon’s view is that since “printing” an extra copy of an e-book is really cheap, e-books should be really cheap. Publishers’ view is that since “printing” an extra copy of an e-book is really cheap, e-books should offer enormous profit margins to book publishers. If you care about reading or ideas or literature, the choice between these visions is not a difficult one.”

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The end of Apps as we know them, Intercom.io


“This new paradigm matches much more closely with how real life works. We don’t live our lives in silos, like the app silos that exist today. People start to forget about “apps” and just think about businesses and products and services. This is a great thing, the container for content should be invisible to users.”

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