On the technology side, TI has been focusing on shrinking its pico chipsets, which boast a miniature version of the technology TI provides to cinemas and overhead projectors.

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"I can't see any way Sony can possibly achieve that kind of number, especially since its business has been shrinking, " said David Rubenstein, senior technology analyst at Religare Global Asset Management Japan.

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"The truly disconnected corners of the globe are shrinking, and shrinking rapidly, " says Ethan Zuckerman, who studies technology use in the developing world as a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society.

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The company also anticipates bezels shrinking in the future, and so is working on an interaction technology that'll let users tile tablets in the future.

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As a city's economy tilts toward technology, it can result in a large jump in productivity but also a shrinking labor force, given the added productivity tends to require fewer workers.

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