TameBear: The FutureVisions of the near and distant future -- in technology, the environment, science, politics, society and religion. A TameBear weblog.(Untitled)- January 19, 2007 Why Apple Makes Me Cry: Now that all the hype and hubbub about Apple's new iPhone has simmered down a bit, here comes a Momus commentary that teases out the emotional content of Apple's creations... "This company understands the importance of beauty, managing to set the right balance between desire and spirituality, complexity and simplicity, form and function, software and hardware." Wired Newshttp://www.wisdomroad.com/tamebear/categories/theFuture/2007/01/19.html#a824 (Untitled)- January 19, 2007 How Yahoo Blew It: In 2002 Yahoo had a chance to buy Google for $5 billion. Didn't happen - Yahoo CEO Terry Semel thought that was too much to pay, and bought Overture instead. This tale of the text-ad-against-search competition between the two search giants, Yahoo and Google, focuses on the relative merits of deals and marketing vs. engineering and technology. In the winner-takes-all ecosystem of the global net, has second place become last place Wired Newshttp://www.wisdomroad.com/tamebear/categories/theFuture/2007/01/19.html#a823 |