Read this eerily accurate 1999 prediction of the iPhone and the death of privacy

Is there anything Star Trek writers can’t predict? Eight years before the first iPhone was released in 2007, science fiction writer David Gerrold was asked to write a column on the future of computing for a now-defunct magazine called Sm@rt Reseller. His description sounds eerily similar to the device we now all carry around in … Continue reading “Read this eerily accurate 1999 prediction of the iPhone and the death of privacy” Is there anything Star Trek writers can’t predict?Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2018-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Get ready for summer reading with $50 off our pick for the best luxury Kindle

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Los Angeles Times Book Club reads 'The Library Book'

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Los Angeles Times Book Club reads ‘The Library Book’

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Judge demands Facebook hand over data privacy records

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