Krim thinks consumer computing will continue to become more Web-application centric, and he wants to put Jolicloud in a position to take a cut.
But the approaches both companies are taking to changing consumer computing habits are very different, and both strategies have their merits and their pitfalls.
"Within a couple of years we'll see eye-tracking in consumer products, like consumer computing and cars, " says Jenny Grant, strategic business development manager for Tobii Technology.
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"It's increasingly common for people to use more than one device over the course of the day, and we saw an opportunity to help ease the transition among screens with the Logitech Bluetooth Illuminated Keyboard, " said Mike Culver, vice president of brand development for consumer computing platforms at Logitech.
These innovations are used in a wide range of automotive, identification, wireless infrastructure, lighting, industrial, mobile, consumer and computing applications.
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NXP's product solutions are used in a wide range of automotive, identification, wireless infrastructure, lighting, industrial, mobile, consumer and computing applications.
It manufactures high performance mixed signal and standard products, which cater to automotive, identification, wireless infrastructure, lighting, industrial, mobile, consumer and computing applications.
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Nevertheless, there is a feeling that antitrust policy may have become too lax in fast-consolidating industries such as accounting, consumer credit and computing.
It tackles a wide variety of subjects: enterprise computing, consumer electronics, academic research and much more.
Micron Technology is a leading memory manufacturer of memory solutions for computing and consumer electronics markets.
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Right now, important new products in chips, communications, computing and consumer goods are on the drawing board.
It tackles a wide variety of subjects: enterprise computing, consumer electronics, gaming, academic research and much more.
Micron Technology is a global maker of semiconductors that store and retrieve data used by the computing, consumer, networking, telecommunications, and imaging markets.
But ubiquitous digital consumer data, cheap computing power and open-source software have created a tremendous opportunity for smart marketers to change the research game.
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In the distribution channel, sell through has yet to show signs of the normal seasonal increase in a number of end markets including computing and consumer.
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New orchestrated media creates emergent forms of company-consumer connections and social computing, interacting with a new kind of collaboration revolutionizing the way we interact, socialize and consume.
Founded by the pioneers of hard drives, Hitachi GST provides high-value storage for a broad range of market segments, including Enterprise, Desktop, Mobile Computing, Consumer Electronics and Personal Storage.
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Driven by the counter-intuitive economics of the Internet and computing technology, the spread of Internet Everywhere is deconstructing the supply chains in a wide range of once-mature industries, including broadcasting, telecommunications, mass media, computing and consumer electronics, to name just a few.
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Customers consist of original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, contract manufacturers, and distributors who serve numerous end-markets, including communications, computing, industrial, consumer electronics, automotive, and education.
Its advanced technologies are configured into applications for client and enterprise computing, embedded systems and consumer electronics, as well as its own consumer storage and media products.
Its advanced technologies are configured into applications for client and enterprise computing, embedded systems and consumer electronics, as well as its own consumer storage and home entertainment products.
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In addition, we are seeing more consumer I see spending diverted to alternative mobile computing devices.
While Napster is a consumer example of peer-to-peer computing, with the right networking technologies in place, businesses will be able to use it to harness the power of multiple computers connected to the Internet to run compute-intensive applications, he said.
"We are defining a new era of convergence in technology, with one unified operating system that underpins cloud computing, data centers, PCs and consumer electronics" says Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu and VP Products at Canonical.
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The BlackBerry PlayBook delivers professional-grade, consumer-friendly experiences that redefine the possibilities of mobile computing.
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Both of these advances are helping to build the foundation for practical quantum computing, and point to the possibility of consumer grade quantum computers in the future.
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Microsoft continues to push more and more of its business into the cloud, and its recent TV ads certainly added to the consumer-level buzz about (if not richer understanding of) cloud computing.
Microsoft, while missing out on most consumer technology revolutions, has been busy programming business servers and expanding into cloud computing.
Apple Computer Inc. designs, manufactures and markets personal computers and related personal computing and communicating solutions for sale primarily to education, creative, consumer and business customers.
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Brian Lempel, the fund's portfolio manager, looks for equipment companies that benefit from a number of long-term technology trends, including cloud computing, data analytics and consumerization, which refers to the growing demand for consumer tech products within large corporations.
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