Apple designed its first mobile “smartphone” to run the Mac OS Xoperating system, made popular on the company’s personal computers. The device’s most revolutionary element was its touch-sensitive multisensor interface. The touch screen allowed users to manipulate all programs and telephone functions with their fingertips rather than a stylus or physical keys. This interface perfected, if not invented, by Apple recreated a tactile, physical experience; for example, the user could shrink photos with a pinching motion or flip through music albums using a flicking motion. The iPhone also featured Internet browsing, music and video playback, a digital camera, visual voice mail, and a tabbed contact list. For its innovative design in the handheld computing market, the iPhone was named invention of the year in 2007 by
I’ve been playing around a lot with the Third Generation Amazon Echo Show 10, and it hit me earlier today that this form factor might be an ideal starting platform for the next-generation Desktop PC.
What makes this generation of Echo different is that it has a 10 inch screen that attempts to follow you around the room, making it ideal for use where and while you are doing projects. It reminds me a lot of the 2
nd Generation Apple iMac, which I maintain was the best desktop PC design of all time.
Let’s talk about whether the Third Generation Amazon Show could become the perfect future desktop PC.
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Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa speaking during the opening of the newly revamped Moi Avenue. [PHOTO: Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard}
Only the paranoid survive, and Safaricom s CEO has every right to be
Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa seems to have taken the words of former Intel CEO Andy Grove that “only the paranoid survive” to heart.
In an interview with the
Financial Standard, Ndegwa drew the analogy of the how English soccer clubs Arsenal and Manchester United that dominated the league two decades ago had suddenly fallen into the shadows of the likes of Manchester City.
Can the same fate befall Safaricom? Absolutely. Corporate history is replete with examples of high-flying and successful firms that failed to adapt to the changing times and were consigned to the dustbin of history. The bigger they come, the harder they fall… Nokia, Kodak, Research in Motion (Blackberry), are just a few of the examples. No success is permanent unless it is refreshed and
Ember Makes Big Moves Tapping Former Dyson Executive Jim Rowan as CEO of the Company s Consumer Division
The global temperature control brand known for its self-heating smart mugs restructures the chief executive role in order to grow Ember s consumer and healthcare verticals.
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WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Feb. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Ember Technologies, Inc. (Ember®), maker of the world s first temperature control smart mug, announces today the appointment of former Dyson CEO, Jim Rowan, as the new chief executive of Ember s consumer division. Taking effect on February 16, 2021, Jim Rowan will take the reins overseeing marketing, sales, finance and operations for the consumer business and will join Ember s Board of Directors.
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Westlake Village-based
Ember Technologies, which makes temperature controlled coffee mugs, says it has named a former Dyson executive as its new CEO for its consumer division. The company said it named
Jim Rowan to the position, to head up marketing, sales, finance and operations for the consumer business. The company said Rowan has joined it board of directors. Ember Founder and CEO Clay Alexander will become Group CEO at Ember, and will continue to influence strategic business decisions and product development for Ember s consumer products, and will take the role of CEO of Ember s healthcare division, according to the company. Rowan also previously was head of Research In Motion (BlackBerry) from 2007 to 2012.