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Andrius Kulikauskas

The Includer
Episode 4
Phone + USB = Brilliant

With the ability to connect to peripherals, the phone becomes an open, expandable system. People can use phones as the heart of a computer system, in a similar way to a laptop or PC. They can write emails more easily, type messages for discussion groups, enter text into web-forms, etc. The ability to download information from the web and print it out will benefit the wider community.

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Media companies been trying to use technology to build new audiences and business models for ages now. Feels like too little, too late.

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