"Here’s the important lesson for consumer electronics companies: The future of tech may not be in flashier, more powerful hardware, but instead in services enabled by clever software. The gadgets matter, but only if they allow for software that can create useful, perhaps groundbreaking services that work across all our gadgets. “Today, what every customer expects is for their device to be a platform,” said John MacFarlane, the chief executive of the connected-speaker company Sonos, referring to a design practice in which the machine’s intelligence and user interface are built out of flexible software rather than baked into the hardware — thus enabling future improvements through updates."In a World of Phones, Gadgets Must Adapt - NYTimes.com:
Thursday, January 08, 2015
In a World of Phones, Gadgets Must Adapt - NYTimes.com
A timely software + platforms perspective
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