If you travel often for business, you know the routine—new cities, new languages, last-minute meetings, and piles of receipts. It can be exhausting and isn’t always the fun others think it is. Fortunately, Google’s newly announced Gemini AI, paired with your phone’s camera, called Gemini Live, brings some cool new technology to many of the […]
Monthly Archives: May 2025
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May
May
There great new business book, Apple in China, is currently number one on the business bestseller chart. Check out John Stewart’s interview with the author, Patric McGee. As noted in my review of two-weeks ago, the fast-paced book traces how Apple’s first foray into Asia, started with Taiwan and expanded into massive facilities in China. […]
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May
May
There was a big announcement this week from Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, that his company is buying a device startup called io, launched by former Apple designer Jony Ive, for $6.5 billion. Altman said they will be “figuring out how to create a family of devices that would let people use AI to create […]
15
May
May
It’s that time of the year when the rumors begin about the next generation of iPhones due out in the Fall, and whether it’s worth upgrading to one of the new models. Let me get right to the point – based on all that’s been reported: No. As popular as the iPhone is – it’s […]
10
May
May
Throughout my product development career I’ve used Asian resources to supplement the work being done in the U.S. to bring new consumer tech products to market more quickly. When designing cameras at Polaroid in the 80s, I worked with Japanese camera manufacturers. Years later when I was at Apple developing the Newton, I used resources […]
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May
May
Low cost manufacturing in China has taken manufacturing jobs from this country, but that doesn’t tell the real story of its economic impact. It misses one of the great benefits of China manufacturing: by being able to have China produce products at lower costs, it has given U.S. companies the ability to grow their businesses […]