“In many ways, Yahoo’s decline from a $128 billion company to one worth virtually nothing is entirely natural. Yahoo grew into a colossus by solving a problem that no longer exists. And while Yahoo’s products have undeniably improved, and its culture has become more innovative, it’s unlikely that Mayer can reverse an inevitability unless she creates the next iPod. All breakthrough companies, after all, will eventually plateau and then decline. U.S. Steel was the first billion-dollar company in 1901, but it was worth about the same in 1991. Kodak, which once employed nearly 80,000 people, now has a market value below $1 billion. Packard and Hudson ruled the roads for more than 40 years before disappearing. These companies matured and receded over the course of generations, in some cases even a century. Yahoo went through the process in 20 years. In the technology industry, things move fast.”
Category: Tech
The Magazine : So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen
I’m not gonna comment any further than I previously did, but I can only thanks Marco and Glenn for their work. They are both outstanding people.
The Magazine felt so great that you were only left with the words and some heartwarming stories.
Yep, this was definitely a success.
The experiment was a success, but it didn’t turn into a long-term business.
How Fast Is the Rolling Droid in Star Wars VII?
Using a ball radius of 0.38 meters, this gives a droid land speed of 6.118 m/s (13.7 mph). So, about the speed of a human powered bike (but not a professional cyclist).
The Secret Life of Passwords
An ode to passwords :
But there is more to passwords than their annoyance. In our authorship of them, in the fact that we construct them so that we (and only we) will remember them, they take on secret lives. Many of our passwords are suffused with pathos, mischief, sometimes even poetry. Often they have rich back stories. A motivational mantra, a swipe at the boss, a hidden shrine to a lost love, an inside joke with ourselves, a defining emotional scar — these keepsake passwords, as I came to call them, are like tchotchkes of our inner lives. They derive from anything: Scripture, horoscopes, nicknames, lyrics, book passages. Like a tattoo on a private part of the body, they tend to be intimate, compact and expressive.
Introducing The Blackberry Classic
Seems like Blackberry definitely established its product line based on the motto : Down with the new.
Note : the official website for the Classic points my iPhone to this weird page, without any photo of the device, while being on pre-order.
Note bis : You’ll have to wait till December 17 to put your hands on that antique and iconic piece of kit.
Weird all the way.
