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Why did the web take over desktop and not mobile?
With the benefit of hindsight, we can identify at least four substantial differences between Amazon’s approach to e-books and the prior efforts from tech giants Palm, Microsoft, and Sony and a whole slew of start-ups that had tried to make what seemed like an obvious business work for over a decade without very much success.
Mike Shatzkin • The Book Business: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Then came the mobile revolution. With the release of the iPhone in 2007, the internet became ubiquitous, accessible anytime, anywhere. This gave birth to a whole new wave of mobile applications, social sharing platforms, and real-time services, like Instagram (2010) and Snapchat (2011). The web had evolved from a desktop experience to a mobile-firs... See more