Seven Social Transformations Unleashed by Mobile Devices

November 30, 2010 Off By David
Object Storage
Grazed from MIT Technology Review.  Author: Jeffrey F. Rayport.

This Big Picture essay wraps up our month-long special report on the Mobile Enterprise. Starting tomorrow, the entire report will be available only as a premium publication (in PDF format) for those who pay to receive it.

Today’s mobile device is the new personal computer. The average smart phone is as powerful as a high-end Mac or PC of less than a decade ago. And as billions of people worldwide rely on these ultra-compact machines for more and more tasks, the mobile device might qualify as humankind’s primary tool.