Google Wave RIP

Wave embodied the inherent value of cloud computing.
It was a tool developed with the ambitious aim of catalysing a shift from channels to platforms.
Channels such as email are inefficient, slow and reward scarcity.
Platforms prosper in abundance and provide an environment of collaboration and productivity.

Android takes over Blackberry and Iphone

No one is arguing the success and profitability of Apple and RIM, but I can't help but feel like the android tidal-wave is starting to roll in.

Phone makers (except Apple & RIM) are investing heavily in Android as they scrabble to keep up.

Phone carriers are fed up with the their profit margins being trimmed, and are keen to see open source succeed.

Customers will see the cost of impressive smartphone functionality dropping rapidly.

With android...everybody will be a winner. This will guarantee it momentum doesn't slow.