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Disruptive Technology

In case the title is a little baffling, we’ll go step by step through what it means.  Apologies to those who wish to proceed more rapidly.  A disruptive technology is defined as follows:

Disruptive technology is a term coined by Harvard Business School professor Clayton M. Christensen to describe a new technology that unexpectedly displaces an established technology.

Christensen demonstrates how it is not unusual for a big corporation to dismiss the value of a disruptive technology because it does not reinforce current company goals, only to be blindsided as the technology matures, gains a larger audience and market share and threatens the status quo.

As you will see, that is a most appropriate explanation for what we are about to discuss.

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iPhone vs Android: Which Won In 2011?

This is a guest post by Sam Peters.

The biggest conflict we have seen all year has been in the smartphone industry. iPhone and Android have been battling each other all year long, which has actually put several phone makers in court. So which really is the best? Should you go with Android or iPhone? 

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Android’s Majel Is Not An Apple Siri Rival

What Siri Offers

Siri, the virtual assistant for the Apple iPhone 4S, when it appeared two months ago seemed possibly to be an Android killer.  It had both natural language technology together with artificial intelligence.  Given Apple’s emphasis on usability and user convenience, it promised to be impressive and so it was to many.  Google perhaps as one might expect was less enthusiastic.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Looks A Winner

Mobile or portable devices are clearly the future of the computing world.  Although iPhones and iPads have up till now been the market’s darlings, albeit at premium prices, Android is now coming up strongly.  An example of this is a tablet put out by Samsung that may well take the lead.  According to TechRadar, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is without doubt one of the best tablets yet to hit the shelves.
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Siri Is An Android Killer

As usual Apple has created major waves as it introduces new technology.  We are talking about the iPhone 4S with the Siri voice technology application.  Forbes with a two-step back-and-forth series has helped the hype.  Perhaps Siri is a Google killer.  Perhaps Siri is not a Google killer.  Given the growing importance of the mobile Internet, there are huge implications in how this conflict plays out.

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Should Smartphones Be Smart

Should smartphones be smart?  That is the question I should have asked earlier in the day.  What I did ask was, Is an iPhone still a phone with Siri.  I would have thought the answer was self-evident but of all people Andy Rubin (SVP of Mobile with Google) takes the contrary view.
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Making Websites Mobile Friendly Is Better Than Nothing

I wrote a recent article entitled, Mobile-Friendly Is Not Enough. The concept of a mobile friendly website was the reason why this blog was formed more than five years ago.  The wisdom at that time supported the notion that a single URL should deliver an appropriate Web page whatever the device being used.  The idea suggested in this blog was that a multi-web practice would be better than the One Web Principle which was the goal of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
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