Apple made it into the Fortune-500 top-10

Last week, Apple finally managed to secure a spot in the Top-10 of Fortune-500's list of most valuable companies. Apple thereby replaced Hewlett Packard which has seen enormous losses, in fact the biggest losses of the entire list. While HP dropped from the 10th place to number 15, Apple made its first ever entry into the top-10 ranking at the 6th spot and is currently the only top-10 tech company present in the Fortune 500 list of most valuable companies.

Here's the full top-10:

1 - Wal-Mart - 469 billion dollars in revenue
2 - Exxon Mobile with 449 billion dollars in revenue
3 - Chevron with 233 billion dollars in revenue
4 - Phillips 66 with 169 billion dollars in revenue
5 - Berkshire Hathaway with 162 billion dollars in revenue
6 - Apple Inc. with 156 billion dollars in revenue
7 - General Motors (GM) with 152 billion dollars in revenue
8 - General Electric (GE) with 146 billion dollars in revenue
9 - Valero Energy with 138 billion dollars in revenue
10 - Ford Motor with 134 billion dollars in revenue

Source: CNN Money / Fortune

Future technology in 2030

The next few years are very exciting indeed, until we reach the year 2020 a lot of new technology is being introduced and will come to the mass global consumer market, such as the flexible AMOLED TV's I've talked about in an earlier post, transparent and flexible smartphones, optical technology like Google Glass, 64-bit 16-core mobile processors and a lot more.

But what if we look even a little bit further down the future technology horizon? What comes next in technology? Here is a small yet significant selection of my take on these future technological developments!

Communication in the future

I personally believe that we are going to see a big shift from devices we hold in our hands or on laps to wearable devices (think for instance about the Apple's iWatch, Google Glass, Sony SmartWatch, et cetera) and then moving on to further development in retinal implant technology allowing us to actually get all of our daily information streams straight and directly onto our eye's retina. In a gradual pace, more and more we are going to see people getting nanoscopical microchips (nanochips) implanted into their body. which communicate on a wireless basis with our retinal implants as well as the entire world around us, whether close by or thousands of miles away.

Medical science in the future

As time allows us to get to know more and more about the genomes / DNA of human race and other animal species, we will gradually be able to modify our DNA and in effect enhance our physical and mental features (body modification and mind modification). This will come sooner then you would expect. I believe we will get to see the first genetically modified humans being treated in various medical trials around 2025 while it should be commercially available in the early 2030's.

World economy in 2030

We can expect the current shift that is going on between the traditionally strong western economies and the Asian economies take a further increase. In many areas, China is already at the 5-before-12 moment of surpassing the US economy wise, and economic analysts expect that by the year 2020 China has fully surpassed the United States as being the world's largest and most valuable economy.

China, as well as other Asian countries such as Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan will be dominating the world economy by the year 2030. This effectively means that the traditional Western economies need to find new ways to support their own economies. It is widely believed that the major Western economies are going into a new, bigger then ever recession around the year 2032 or 2033 due to their inability to keep up with other global economies.

Do you any thoughts or value added expertise of your own on this topic? What do you think will become mainstream some 15 years from now? Your comments are very appreciated!

Enhanced sight and sound...with this innovative mask

Eiedos Hero mask gives you
audiovisual superpowers!

Have you ever been in a place so incredibly crowded, and you wonder what those people over at the other side of the room are talking about... Or maybe you would sometimes wish to be able to apply filters and effects to what you see...

With this innovative mask it can all be done! The awesome 3D-printed, technologically advanced piece of equipment is called Eiedos Hero and has been developed by a group of students from the Royal College of Art in London. Hi-tech vision and audio has been put inside to supply you with all the tools you need to perceive the world around you even better and even more awesome. The mask consists of two pieces, the lower part covers the ears, mouth and nose while the upper part goes around the eyes. You may look a bit like Iron Man, but hey, is this cool stuff of what!

Google and zerg rush

Here a neat little easter egg thing, go to Google Search and type:

zerg rush

hit enter and see what happens... :)

Recent Samsung patent submissions

Samsung files for patent of Panoramic camera lens

Samsung Galaxy S5: will this smartphone
get a panoramic camera/.

In a late March patent submission, Samsung filed for a patent on a panoramic camera lens stating that the particular invention would provide for a panoramic imaging lens that is capable of suppressing stray rays causing flare or ghost phenomenon while improving image quality, and a panoramic imaging system using the panoramic imaging lens.

I personally believe Samsung will start using this newly invented panoramic camera lens in their Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone (Galaxy SV), which has an expected release date in early 2015 (first quarter).

It should be noted that meanwhile, world's most high-end smartphone brand Xiaomi is also working on a similar panoramic 3D camera lens to be included in its Xiaomi Mi4 smartphone which has an expected release date at the end of 2014. It looks like we will be getting yet another game-changer in the field of smart devices now that both Samsung and Xiaomi (the world-leader and the best ranked) as well as reportedly Nokia (rumored) are all very busy with both panoramic and 3D camera technology.

Samsung patent reveals flexible TV screen 

Samsung patent HDTV flexible TV display screen

We record the 9th of May, 2013 on the calender. Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from the Korean smart device giant and market leader Samsung Electronics unveiling an interesting future technology:

An HDTV display that consumers will be able to bend to a better viewing angle with the use of their remote control.

Samsung flexible TV screen 
design concept prototype

Samsung's flexible HDTV screen patent summary showcases their invention which includes a panel deformation member that's located on the rear surface of the flexible TV display panel and changes the shape of the flexible TV display. The Samsung patent also describes a panel rotation unit supporting  the flexible TV display panel.

In a statement by Samsung, we get to know that the remote control of the Samsung flexible display unit can adjust the images in a way that the viewing experience will remain the same. The visual representation will be adjusted by the system according to the bend and viewing angle.

LG Curved OLED TV
available in the summer

When we take notice that LG recently announced it's now accepting pre-orders for its new curved OLED TV expected to be available in the summer, and other manufaturers are as well very busy with the "curved TV" thing, we can expect that the new trend in television land for 2014 is definitly

Curved OLED TV's

among the other new trends AMOLED TV and 4K TV / 4K screens. Just imagine... what would it be like to have a ginormous 84-inch transparant and flexible AMOLED 4K TV in your bedroom with full glass-less 3D and a mega high-end audio system?! And in the meantime the author of this article is still watching his favorite shows on a 4 year old Sony Plasma TV, which by the way just returned from the repair shop after being hit by a strike of lightning)...what a shame!

Nokia Lumia 1020 - Possible specs and design

Nokia Lumia 1020 design concept
specs, release date, deatures

This is what is being rumored in the scene and I'll share it with you. The highly probably specs for the

Nokia Lumia 1020

which is set to have a release date around September 2014.

Screen: 5" AMOLED display with a resolution of 1080 pixels
OS: Microsoft Windows Phone 8.5
Camera backside: PureView 14 megapixel with dual LED flash
Camera front: 3.2 megapixel BSI sensor
Processor: 2.4 GHz Quadcore
Internal memory (RAM): 2 - 4 GB
Internal storage: 64 - 128 GB
Battery: 7200 mAh
Casing: Metal and carbon-fiber
Weight: Approximately 140 - 145 grams

Samsung Galaxy S5 (SV) - Design, specs, release dates, prices, features and innovations

With each and every new Samsung Galaxy S installment (and not only limited to the Galaxy S series) of smartphones the rumors about the next big release intensify week by week. The Galaxy S5 / Galaxy SV is coming! And we sure want to know everything about it! Don't we? So let's go on a little journey with me and we'll explore the most probable features, specs, design specifications, capabilities, price and all sorts of other stuff related to Samsung's next big thing, the Galaxy S5. Let's go!

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Samsung Galaxy S5 (concept) design features

Samsung Galaxy S6 design concept

I can't say I have noticed any huge surprises in the way the Galaxy S design has changed over the couple of years, ever since the launch of the first model back in early 2010 (although I hoped for it), so based on that I just don't expect many revolutionary changes this times around. The Koreans are known to stick to things for years once they are satisfied with it, so that is another indicator that I believe the basic S5 design concept will remain somewhat similar to what we have seen so far.

That being said, I do know that Samsung has been working quite  some time on flexible display technology and we've also seen a concept phone using this technology at CES 2013 , and we are quite exited indeed to find out if this is something that will be incorporated into the SV design. Whether the flexible screen technology will be included in the Samsung Galaxy S6 which is said to have a realease dat in late 2014 (ref. Samsung Galaxy S6 release date) remains, for now, a big question mark on our desk I doubt it will come this time around, but Samsung can be full of surprises at times....

Samsung Galaxy S5 screen / display

The general trend in smartphone land is that the display sizes are constantly being increased (as it seems until we reach a certain ceiling of about 5.6 inch). And that will go on for a little while longer, until we will see a complete new display technology coming around which enables the user to actually choose the display-size according to his particular needs at that very moment (you can find more on that further on this blog). I expect the Galaxy S5 to come with a screen of 5.2 inch, although there are a few rumors that it may even get a little bigger then that! Here are some other highly rumored specs for the Samsung Galaxy S5 display:

• Unbreakable, unscratchable Gorilla 4 glass
• Super AMOLED plus
• Full HD, 3D and a very high resolution of 472 PPI
• Capacitive touchscreen
• Also rumored that Samsung will use its newly patented Samsung Youm flexible display in the new Samsung Galaxy S5, which steps away from Gorilla Glass and instead use a polymer as substrate removing the need for glass cover, a metal backing, and touch matrix, combining them into one integrated layer

Here you can see a demonstration of the 

Samsung Youm flexible display (CES 2013) 

Will it be included in the Samsung Galaxy S5?

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Samsung Galaxy S5 release date

When I observe all previous release dates of the Samsung Galaxy S series of smartphones it becomes quite evident that they aim to release a new Galaxy S once a year. Based on that plus the fact that Samsung always tries to overshadow its main rival A, I expect... Galaxy S5 release date to be in February 2014.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 price

We are receiving rumors that the Galaxy S5 is likely going to be priced around $700 for the US mainland market. This is slightly higher then the S4, but given the many new innovations and capacity enhancements this slight price increase in not a real surprise. The two versions 32 GB and 64 GB Galaxy S5 models will have a price difference of about $30 to $40.

Galaxy S5 to be equipped with in-case fingerprint reader

Smartphone technology has greatly evolved over the past two years, especially anything related to screens and processors. This time around though, a rumor of another kind has emerged, which reveals that Samsung is ready to incorporate fingerprint reading technology into its upcoming Galaxy S5 model.

Based on stereotypes that have recently filtered SamMobile, the South Korean tech company would work on this firmware adaption for a long time. It was even supposed to be developed for the Samsung Galaxy S3, then the S4 and now finally the S5. The fingerprint reader might even be ready for the Galaxy Note 3 . But what is certain is that it will have some impact on the design of the devices.