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As we can see from the infographic from Staff.com, Apple’s introduction of the iPhone 3GS in 2008 corresponds to the explosive growth of their revenue, profit and market capitalization. In late 2010 and early 2011 we also see a drop in Microsoft’s profit which corrisponds with the release of the iPad and what many are referring to as the beginning of the Post PC era (review several post on this topic). With the lack of success in the release of Windows 8 and poor sales of Microsoft’s Surface tablet we may see and even greater decline in the future for Microsoft.
Unfortunately, the infographic does not include the most disrupted company Research in Motion (RIM), which is now called Blackberry. Back in 2007 Blackberry dominated the smartphone market and just six years later many are wondering if the company will survive despite the release of their long awaited new OS and phones. Another perspective that the infographic doesn’t reveal is the way that Android is now beginning to disrupt Apple. It will be exciting to watch how the whole mobile industry which didn’t even exist six years ago will evolve over the next few years.
Source: Staff.com
Facebook Pushes Plot To Kill Your “Phone” App By Giving Messenger For Android VoIP In Canada | TechCrunch via kwout
Josh Constine from Tech Crunch ponders the impact:
… if Facebook could minimize the voice minutes these users have to buy by offering VoIP that’s free beyond the cost of data usage? Suddenly Facebook goes from a nice way to connect with friends to a critical communication service that saves them money.
Anything that has the potential of breaking the monopolistic control of the carriers here in Canada not only has my voie it is something that I will use and promote.
On another note, this is another reason why Android is the platform that will see significant innovative gains in unique areas. There are simply more Android users who don’t want to spend the money that they typical IOS user is willing to spend so the necessity to create a more cost effective solution is much more pressing for Android open source community then it is for the Apple and its walled garden IOS.
I do need to note, Apple’s walled garden IOS is still currently the best mobile infrastructure and it is still the phone I recommend to most average users but the grass is really starting to look greener on the other side of the wall.
I find it very interesting to read about a disruptive innovation like Facebook which has now become the market leader who is being challenged by Google. The social networking platform Google+ features circles which allows people to organize their connections according to different purposes or needs. You can have close friends, acquaintances, work groups and so on in unique or interconnected circles.
Dhanji R. Prasanna makes the argument that Facebook will not be able to change its core functionality to meet the challenge of circles. With 10 million users in a couple of weeks Google+ has a long way to go to challenge Facebook’s 750,000 users but if any company can challenge Facebook it is Google.
