a16z Podcast: A Copernican Update ... In Tech, the Smartphone is the Center
The a16z Show5 Aug 2015

a16z Podcast: A Copernican Update ... In Tech, the Smartphone is the Center

Given the endless time we all spend with our noses in our phones, it may not be too surprising to hear that the smartphone has taken over the tech world. But the smartphone’s dominance is so complete, says a16z’s Benedict Evans, that it’s useful to think of it as the sun, the object around which everything else in the (technology) planetary system revolves.

Technology meets astronomy, plus Android’s Stagefright bug, and why three German carmakers are getting into the software business in this segment of the a16z Podcast.

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