Book Review: Moving Data: The iPhone and the Future of Media
Editors: Pelle Snickars and Patrick Vonderau Publisher: Columbia University Press Book Review by: Venkat Subramaniam One of the people whose comments are on the back cover of this book describes the iPhone as no less than “the first landmark twenty-first century invention.” That person is Thomas Elsaesser, author of the book The Persistence of Hollywood. The iPhone is no doubt ubiquitous these days, and as I write this today, the latest version of the product – iPhone 5s – just sold more than five million units this past weekend, reaching a milestone in technological and business history. This invention...
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