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Computer Literacy in a “Post-PC World”

I don’t buy the popular notion that we’re in an post-PC era. Of course, the proliferation of mobile devices has outpaced PCs to a large degree. They are accessible in a way that PCs never managed—the combination of low costs, mobility, and ease of use has given the phone a reach that...

Whether Mobile Products Monopolize

I got in a brief discussion with the famous Startup L. Jackson on Twitter the other day. The thread started with a comment from me: @StartupLJackson Mobile is even more winner-take-all than web. — Allen Cheung (@allenmhc) August 13, 2015 We went a bit back and forth on the characteristics of mobile products vs. web products....

The Modularization of Microsoft

All the interesting news coming out of Microsoft from their Build conference revolves around interoperation. Across desktop and mobile, they’re courting developers with initiatives – Visual Studio in OS X, Android apps running in Windows,...