The Digital Labyrinth :: TDL: October 2009

For many, Apple products will always a cut above the rest.

Once the PC market really started to catch on, its popularity propelled it self.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_personal_computers#1977_and_the_emergence_of_the_Trinity

Having a PC at home was even better than having a Mobile_telephone in your Car.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_personal_computers#The_IBM_PC

Of course the Pocket_PC was still several years away. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_PC

However, some people knew that the dawn of smartphones was just a matter of time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone#Early_smartphones

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_of_the_Nerds (1996)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_98#System_requirements ,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows ,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_computer#Laptop

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#1984-1991:_Success_with_Macintosh ,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macworld/iWorld#History

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/30/Movieposterposv.jpg

Is it rivalry, or just two side of the same tech coin?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168122

"The film ends in 1997, with the return of 42-year-old Jobs to Apple (after its acquisition of NeXT Computer) and with his announcement at the MacWorld Expo of an alliance between Apple and Microsoft." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_Silicon_Valley (1999) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEyrivrjAuU

"Pirates of Silicon Valley"

http://d5.allthingsd.com/20070530/d5-gates-jobs-interview ,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_Silicon_Valley#Historical_accuracy ,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_artistic_depictions_of_Steve_Jobs#Films

Bill_Gates sure started something big in the world. https://www.forbes.com/richest-in-tech/#74546b087316

Several years after people embraced the PC, it was time for the iPhone_(1st_generation).

The summer of 2007 was the dawn of a new era in mobile phone tech.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_(1st_generation)#Release

Secret History of Silicon Valley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTC_RxWN_xo

William_Gibson took the 1980s Sci-Fi tech landscape up to a new level and U2 took music and concerts up to a new level in the 1990s. The last couple decades of the 20th_century took a big leap in technology and Cyberpunk entertainment.

Bill Gates celebrated his 54th birthday in Vancouver at a U2 concert.

http://www.straight.com/article-267058/u2-wishes-bill-gates-very-happy-birthday-bc-place

It's amazing to see the scale that Seattle is allowed to function on a larger level, simply because it's not bound by any Vancouver type restrictions or limitations.

Wednesday

U2 Setlist: October 28, 2009 at Vancouver BC, Canada

https://www.u2gigs.com/show1603.html , https://www.u2gigs.com/BC_Place_Stadium-l33.html

City Of Blinding Lights by U2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziOZCSBy4YE

https://www.u2.com/news/title/surrender-in-vancouver

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2009/10/u2-360-tour.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=tech

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Bill+Gates