This ground-breaking analysis of the impact of mobile intelligence--the fifth wave of computer technology--argues that the changes brought by mobile computing are so big and widespread that it's impossible for us to see it all, even though we are all immersed in it. The current generation of mobile smart phones and tablet computers, in the hands of billions of people and accessible anywhere and anytime, are poised to become an appendage of the human being. With the perspective of a historian, the precision of a technologist, and the pragmatism of a CEO, Saylor provides a panoramic view of the future mobile world.--From publisher description.

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