An interview with Reuven Marko, on the origins of the first iPhone
An invention succeeds only if society is ready for it
The smartphone invention in 1994. Note the iPhone® name in the lower right, 13 years prior to the release of the Apple iPhone.
In our technology-saturated world, ideas fly by like bullets, and every so often there is a spark of brilliance. Yet, if a society is not ready for the idea, that spark will flicker and die, unrecognized. The fax machine is one …
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