THE LIVING ARCHIVE

From punched cards to autonomous collaborators: the ideas, people, languages and systems that taught machines to follow—and increasingly interpret—human intent.

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Apple iPhone: The Multi-Year R&D Bet That Rebuilt the Software Economy Around Mobile

Apple’s iPhone was a multi-year R&D and platform investment that combined hardware, software, carrier negotiation, and an application marketplace into a new software economy.

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