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The Apple Family Tree [Infographic] Mashable has put together a wonderful infographic, called “The Apple Tree.” What would Apple products look like if they were placed into a family tree?

The Apple Family Tree [Infographic]
Mashable has put together a wonderful infographic, called “The Apple Tree.” What would Apple products look like if they were placed into a family tree?

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“Reverie” by Vincent Laforet
Just like Akira started the Manga craze, iPad started the tablet craze, Mac started the DTP craze, Madonna started the pointed-bra craze, etc., here,the video Reverie started the HDSLR craze that enable high quality video shooting on a DLSR camera at the fraction of the cost of traditional film making gears.

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The Adventures of Tintin - The Secret Of The Unicorn
Tintin and his friends discover directions to a sunken ship commanded by Capt. Haddock’s ancestor and go off on a treasure hunt.

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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
—Mahatma Ghandi
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You make a living by what you get; you make a life by what you give.
—Anonymous
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Small, Beautiful and Profitable Audi, BMW and Mercedes, each has a small percentage of overall automobile market share respectively while all being top three heavy hitters in the premium market. BMW remains #1 among the three in terms of worldwide numbers while Audi is reeling in real fast right behind Mercedes as the fastest growing brand. They have been innovating and inspiring us for years now, with sexy design, innovative space-frame, effective efficiency, possible alternative-powered options, exciting concepts, and there is no sign of stopping. And that’s a good thing. So, does the growth of BMW means the death of Mercedes? Does the acceptance of Audi into the top three premium hotspots means the demise of Lexus? Does the bigger number of sales from Toyota means Mercedes is dying? That would be absurd to assume such a notion if we were to be objective and factual of how dynamic market forces functions in the real world. Side-stepping that a little further, how about the fact that BMW didn’t invent the seat-belt means that it’s an awful company? How about the fact that Audi reinvented the all-wheel drive with its Quattro means Porsche will die because it doesn’t have Quattro? Apple’s market share is bigger than BMW’s or Mercedes’s or Porsche’s in the automotive market. What’s wrong with being BMW or Mercedes? Small and beautifully profitable while making a ding in the universe. It’s a wonderful position to be in.

Small, Beautiful and Profitable

Audi, BMW and Mercedes, each has a small percentage of overall automobile market share respectively while all being top three heavy hitters in the premium market. BMW remains #1 among the three in terms of worldwide numbers while Audi is reeling in real fast right behind Mercedes as the fastest growing brand.

They have been innovating and inspiring us for years now, with sexy design, innovative space-frame, effective efficiency, possible alternative-powered options, exciting concepts, and there is no sign of stopping. And that’s a good thing.

So, does the growth of BMW means the death of Mercedes? Does the acceptance of Audi into the top three premium hotspots means the demise of Lexus? Does the bigger number of sales from Toyota means Mercedes is dying? That would be absurd to assume such a notion if we were to be objective and factual of how dynamic market forces functions in the real world.

Side-stepping that a little further, how about the fact that BMW didn’t invent the seat-belt means that it’s an awful company? How about the fact that Audi reinvented the all-wheel drive with its Quattro means Porsche will die because it doesn’t have Quattro?

Apple’s market share is bigger than BMW’s or Mercedes’s or Porsche’s in the automotive market. What’s wrong with being BMW or Mercedes? Small and beautifully profitable while making a ding in the universe.

It’s a wonderful position to be in.

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kirojinlol: mmphhhh by kveye

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mmphhhh by kveye

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Jeep Survivor Concept Study - For the Man Who Has Everything A cross between the Warthog from Halo and the pseudo-militaristic Mercedes-Benz M-Classes from The Lost World: Jurassic Park, is the best description I can come up with for Max Ostap’s Jeep:Survivor concept study for the Art Center College of Design.

Jeep Survivor Concept Study - For the Man Who Has Everything
A cross between the Warthog from Halo and the pseudo-militaristic Mercedes-Benz M-Classes from The Lost World: Jurassic Park, is the best description I can come up with for Max Ostap’s Jeep:Survivor concept study for the Art Center College of Design.

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There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.
—Edward de Bono
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Superior Craftsmanship at its Best
Leica Announces the M9-P: Basically an M9 without the Red Dot
Turns out that mysterious Leica camera spotted on British singer Seal was in fact a Leica that didn’t officially exist yet, but now it does: Leica has just announced the M9-P digital rangefinder. The new camera is basically the M9 with a few cosmetic changes — all the guts are identical. Like on the non-digital Leica MP, the traditional red dot is missing from the M9-P, which meant to give the camera an “understated appearance”.