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Interface Disruption
Can the Messaging User Interface eclipse the Graphical User Interface?
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Voice is the new Remote Control
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Why are we in a dark, cold winter for consumer software investments?
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What might an Apple wearable hold for runners?
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To preface this discussion: I haven’t been successful in making money on the App Store.
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You've heard the story. It’s January 2007, and Steve Jobs goes onstage to introduce not one, but three revolutionary products.
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My co-founder, James, and I have an argument. It goes like this.
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