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Microsoft is a strong contender for this title now that their teams are no longer constrained by a narrow focus on Windows.

• whamlastxmas 10y ago
  It's hard to imagine any company making consumer devices or software is really the most innovative. Innovative to me means changing the way a society behaves. Uber is a great example despite all the negative things that could be said about them. Tesla is another.
  • vacri 10y ago
    The introduction of the iphone made everyone in a public space look downwards instead of forwards... But seriously, Apple has done more than Uber has. Uber's function is just a different form of taxi - they haven't changed the way the public behaves. Big-screen smartphones have.
    • whamlastxmas 10y ago
      The first iPhone only barely beat to market theHTC Dream. It was very similar to the iPhone in terms of being a modern smart phone, and the way we use smart phones today would not be that much different or that much less common if the iPhone never existed. If there was a bigger gap between the iPhone and HTC Dream, you could maybe make an argument that one influenced the other. But that's not really the case. If it wasn't for the first ride-sharing company like Uber getting successful, we could have very well seen another decade+ of shitty taxi cabs.