Wireless Electricity Or Surgically Implanted Web Under Our Skin?
January 31, 2010 7 Comments
by Elias Shams
Which one is next?
The launch of iPad by Apple last week, took me back to the mid 90’s when I had just started accessing the Internet using my state of art technology 9600 bps analog modem 
I still remember my excitement over 18,200 bps modem when it came out. WOW! Then, there was ISDN that became obsolete two years later, then DSL, Cable, and Wi-Fi in parallel with struggling WiMax.
Can you now imagine functioning without Wi-Fi? Even Wi-Fi is old News these days. Considering how fast the smartphones like iPhone, Google’s Nexus One, Droid are becoming our next computing device, let’s skip the internet access topic from PC to 3G (3rd Generation) mobile network that was introduced in the early 2000s and quickly spread to major cities worldwide.
There is even 4G Phones that its rumors came out by the French website earlier this month. It is supposed to be the next generation of iPhone (to be released in July of this year). The Apple Tablet is even rumored to have a data plan on Verizon and AT&T’s 3G networks. More and more laptops come with built-in 3G and WiMax access as well. Read more…
To really enjoy Best of Jon Stewart for this week, you need to watch an older one which is related. I shall call it “the South Carolina Connection” 
I have no doubt the continuous seed-stage financings has a lot to do with the fact the investors know some of America’s most successful companies were founded during recessions. Historically, when times are bad for the economy, it can be a great time to start a business. 16 of the 30 companies that make up the Dow industrial average were started during a recession or depression. These include Microsoft, Disney, McDonald’s, General Electric and Johnson & Johnson. In fact, from what I remember, Although, Google started during the glory days of late 90’s, but it really started kicking ass during the 2001 recession. 
Elias Shams
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