Speaking at the Digital Landscapes conference at UCD, European director of Google’s online sales John Herlihy said that Google is mostly oriented towards mobile devices, claiming they’ll become more important than desktop PCs.
“In three years time, desktops will be irrelevant. In Japan, most research is done today on smart phones, not PCs,” he said.
True, with Android (
) and Nexus One Google has shown a commitment to extend its dominance from the online world to the mobile world. But will desktop PCs really become irrelevant? Depends on how you look at it. Google (
And if your data moves to the cloud, and most of your daily online activities are done on devices such as the Nexus One and the iPad, where simple, widget-style applications cater to your precise needs, then yes, desktop PCs as we know them now will become a lot less important.
Google: Desktops Will Be Irrelevant in Three Years’ Time
via mashable.com
Google facts and figures (massive infographic)
Google has perhaps more than any other company become “The Internet Company.” It’s grown hand in hand with the internet and its entire business model has from the start been totally focused on the internet as a delivery platform.
And let’s face it, Google is a pretty interesting company. In fact, we think it’s so interesting that we put together this infographic with a ton of facts and figures about Google. We’ve been digging through Google’s SEC filings, news articles and the trusty old Wikipedia to get plenty of interesting data to include. We hope you like it!
The world first floating bed - Amazing !!
Consider this one for the record books. Know this is not furniture any of us will have, or even see for a long time, but here is just the way things are going in this day of technological advancement.
Dutch architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars worked for six years to develop this floating black platform using opposing magnets that repel each other to create the world first floating bed dining table.
Ruijssenaars was inspired by the mysterious monolith in Stanley Kubrick s 1968 cult film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Thin steel cables tether the $1.54 million dollar modern sleeping platform that the designer admits needs some comfortable bedding, in place holding out for them mass produced version that will significantly drop the price so can be the first on my block to float to sleep.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)