Science fiction is, believe it or not, a pretty damn reliable barometer for the future sometimes. One could even argue that some technological innovations take shape because the inventor/key player saw or read about it in something science fiction-y. For anyone who watched the original Star Trek (c. 1960s), two technological marvels of the show were …
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Apple’s Evil Empire
Apple isn’t evil, of course. They do what every for-profit corporation strives to do: maximize shareholder value, drive revenues, and defend their intellectual property. But the way in which Apple does this screams schoolyard bully. Apple has a long history in the consumer electronics and software industries, having launched the year after Microsoft (the latter was …