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What I shared on Twitter, and a bit more…
#Samsung was making jokes about #ApplePencil for #iPadPro when they are not even half as successful with their Galaxy tablets.
PC shipment peaked back in 2011 with 364m units. Global #smartphone shipment in 2015 was 1.44bn heading towards flat/no growth year in 2016.
Is there such thing as a Microsoft Word-Killer? #MicrosoftOffice is alive and well. Should have bought #Evernote! http://fortune.com/2016/08/01/salesforce-quip/?xid=soc_socialflow_twitter_FORTUNE
#Sharewares on floppy & CD-ROMs, #Kagi was the main payment processer. Too bad they didn’t become an app store.http://www.kagi.com/
You can easily have a bluetooth keyboard and #Wacom pen and turn your #iPhone into a tiny computer too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zPYW6Ipgok
#Oracle #NetSuite deal isn’t what we are waiting for. We want to know who will get #Salesforce.com at the end. #Microsoft, #SAP or Oracle?
Freshly baked baguettes 24/7! #Automation rocks! http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/baguette-vending-machine-rises-to-the-occasion/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0b&linkId=27143914
Uber to pour $500m into global mapping project. Is this too little and too late? http://on.ft.com/2adCVn6 via @FT
#Uber quitting #China, merging business with Didi for $35B. What will happen to the partnership with #Lyft?
Will #Nest be first #Alphabet direct subsidiary to fail? A home automation company not trusted to make #GoogleHome. http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/07/26/nest-thermostats-offline/
I am hoping the next #iPhone will have Embedded Apple SIM like 9.7inch #iPadPro so #FindMyiPhone will one day work without any data plans.
#iPad has 84% share of tablets priced above $200. Interesting. But 0% share of tablets under $200.