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Greg’s Bite:Robots, Browsers and Demand for Apple Products

by GMills | Aug 1, 2011 | MacTech Blog, Uncategorized | 0 |

Posted by Greg Mills

Robots to replace Chinese workers?
The assembly line in China got a rude wake-up call from Foxconn’s founder recently. Terry Gou has announced that he intends to replace up to 1 Million hard working assembly line workers with robots, within three years. The economics of robots can be pretty compelling. The cost, maintenance and installation of robotic assembly line automation can be very competitive with human workers. See: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-07/30/c_131018764.htm

Safari, Firefox reignite Web browser wars

by mactech | Oct 7, 2004 | Uncategorized | 0 |

The Web browser wars may have been reignited, according to Netscape founder Marc Andreessen. He sees the rise of Safari and Firefox as a “one-two punch” that will trigger a reaction from Microsoft. “It may turn out that there’s a one-two punch with Firefox and Safari,” Andreessen said on Wednesday at the Web 2.0 conference in San Franciso. “Microsoft is certainly going to respond competitively.”