Sales of snack sausages are up 40 percent in South Korea thanks to the iPhone, says Silicon Alley Insider. In the cold of winter, South Koreans are using the sausages as styluses instead of taking off their gloves.
That's one issue lots of iPhone users likely have encountered this winter. Kind of reminds you of the old Palm devices, doesn't it?
Friday, February 12, 2010
iPhones Drive Sausage Sales
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Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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