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A few weeks ago, I gave a presentation summarizing my current thoughts and observations related to this AI moment we are observing. The most important caveat here is we are in one of those moments where there are more questions than answers, and all we can do is rely on our experience and historica
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Since Monday, I’ve been in South Korea to meet with Samsung’s executives and attend Samsung Unpacked. What has become the summer appointment with foldable saw the arrival of the 5th generation of the Galaxy Z Fold and the Galaxy Z Flip. These two devices hit the market as competition from brands suc
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A question I’m hearing coming up more frequently is about the timing of Apple Vision Pro. Before launch, my primary question for Apple launching a head-worn computer was, why now? While I agree with a broad consensus that there is a market for head-worn computers, I perhaps differ slightly with the
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For the entire history of software development, developers have been constrained by the device screen size they are creating apps for. This is the paradigm shift in software creation Apple hopes to accomplish with Apple Vision Pro. Apple intentionally has stayed away from terms like VR or metaverse
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This is essentially two different but interlinked analyses of the opportunity looming for AI development. On the back of Microsoft BUILD, where Microsoft outlined the fundamental computing platform shift we are witnessing, I wanted to set the broader market context, opportunity, and evolution of com
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We are witnessing an inflection point for AI. Before the release of ChatGPT, much of the debate was centered on what would cause AI to move beyond the monotony of backend system processes, automation, and other things there were largely invisible to end customers and cause us to have fundamentally d
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I was in Redmond this week to witness what we might look back on as a turning point in tech. Microsoft’s CEO, Satay Nadella, took the stage to introduce the evolution of Bing and Edge. On the back of the newly renewed partnership with OpenAI, Microsoft took what it referred to as OpenAI’s newest art
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If there was one pocket of the technology industry that truly benefited the most from a global pandemic that forced workers from the office into remote locations it was the security industry. A mass exodus from the office to the home caused many CSOs headaches and anxiety as office-based tools, hard
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Many years ago, I used to give a presentation to business school students specifically about the semiconductor industry. Part of that presentation focused on the wonder of semiconductors where we can marvel at the bigness and smallness of these magical pieces of science. Appreciating the bigness ref
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ChatGPT represents an important inflection point for AI, and an important one for the tech industry at a time when consumers, worn down by perhaps one too many hype cycles, have begun to lose faith in the sector’s ability to deliver on its promises. The tech industry’s current headwinds aren’t li
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Last year, I started a yearly theme highlighting my favorite tech products of the year. Last year, I highlighted the Remarkable 2 tablet and now believe that e-ink notepads may be more of a trend than I initially thought. If that’s the case, I’m glad I called it. This year, I’m combining my list of…
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You would be hard-pressed to find a large modern enterprise, in the US, that doesn’t have at least a few Macs running around its halls. As was with the early days of the iPhone, executives and board members, and specific employee levels/recruits, will get any technology they want. And, of course, Ma