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Microsoft Stalling, Apple Growing - and a Warning About What Happens When Revenue Growth Stalls

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It appears that at some point this year, if current trends hold, Apple's revenues will surpass Microsoft's. In essence, then, Apple appears to be winning the second war between these two companies.

The post from which this graph appears sounds some dire warnings for Microsoft, specifically stating that it has become too focused on defending its core and lost any momentum on expanding into new markets. As the graph shows, once a company's revenue growth stalls, it is difficult to re-start it. Can Microsoft be one of the rare companies that manages to reinvigorate it's growth? It seems to be behind in any logical market into which it could expand (consumer electronics, smartphones, etc.).

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The Internet of Things - and What it Can Mean for Productivity and Service Opportunities

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This article neatly organizes six different big ideas on how companies can take advantage of the emerging "Internet of Things", where machines communicate with each other without direct human intervention. While we already see some of these applications in everyday life (such as the growth of location-based marketing), we are most certainly only scratching the surface of what is possible.

It is especially clear that opportunities in manufacturing are still to be uncovered. While many manufacturers may be aware of or even using "tracking behavior" techniques to monitor their supply chains, the possibilities for process optimization and automation could provide not just gains in performance for manufacturers (the primary goal of the MT-Connect initiative) but potential whole new revenue streams based on intelligent service offerings for providers of manufacturing technology. More than just remote diagnostics, network capabilities can even automate the scheduling and routing of service orders, consumable components, and more, overcoming the tendency of most customers to continue cutting back on preventative maintenance activities. Leadership in developing and implementing such technology would be one important element of improving the competitiveness of US manufacturers.

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If Apple’s Pitch Were Generic

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Wouldn't it be nice to have the "build it and they will come" luxury? Obviously, Apple has earned this through some major innovations, but the response to the iPad seems pretty much as laid out in this visual. More reserved reviews aptly describe it as a big iPhone. But it will be a success, because it is from Apple.

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A Day in the Internet. Some amazing figures

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This is like, even bigger than the universe, I think. I can't believe the 3 million images on flickr.

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25 Most Promising New Products for 2010

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I'll take one of these Star Trek type control pods please. To go. More practically, the Personal Energy Generator, Powermat Wireless Battery Charger, and Keyboard/Scanner look interesting. You can keep the waterless washing machine and Transformers Edition Camaro for now.

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10 Totally Ridiculous Combo Gadgets. Because who wouldn't want a Taser with their MP3 player.

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A taser with an MP3 player. I'm surprised Apple hasn't jumped all over that (in fact, I might say I'm shocked, but I'll resist the urge). Flip through the slides to see the VoIP phone that doubles as a mouse, the toaster / radio combo (as if anyone listens to a radio anymore), and the personal iPod FM transmitter that doubles as a Breathalyzer, with a handy charger for plugging it INTO YOUR CAR.

This is why you don't let engineers drive the product strategy. Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should.

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Can you spot the irony in this photo from Mobius (which Microsoft sponsors)?

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I wont' tell you the answer. It's as plain as the nose on your laptop, errr, face.

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