The "Tech titans" of our time are preparing to deploy their next move to rule your living room TV entertainment center. The current heavyweight is Netflix, which is currently the biggest shareholder in the USA. Netflix is about  to get some serious competition from Apple, Google, and Amazon. But, the company that is worried the most is Comcast which is trying to protect it's massive content library from the listed companies aforementioned.

Netflix is the current  winner so far owning $6.25 billions in market capitalaization over any other on-demand streaming media company. According to Reuters, Netflix is in talks with the biggest cable provider in the US. It seems like Netflix is preparing to defend itself from HBO Go. If Netflix does partner up with cable providers around the US, Cable providers would then would be able to offer Netflix as a on-demand pakage option. Reed Hasting said:
"The competition we fear the most is HBO GO," Hasting said in the USB media conference."They aren't competing directly with us now, but they can. HBO is becoming much more HBO-like."

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Netflix is already expearincing some setbacks with Starz (contract expired after 4 years) But after some intense negotiation, Starz decided to drop Netflix. Starz was asking for too much money and as you probably observed from this: The Netflix "buying spree" has slowed down. This can be a major problem for Netflix. Companies like Apple which has a 97.6 billion in total revenue to play around with can inflict lots of damage to not only Netflix, but also Google, Amazon, and Microsoft.  

Comcast counter attacked  by introducing a new online service called "StreamPix". Comcast will provide it's 20 million plus subcribers with StreamPix  for free and even for non-Comcast subscribers can have access to  StreamPix  services for just $4.99 per month. 

Google already have their feet wet with the introduction of Google TV, which was announced back in 2010. And not to mention that Logitech and Sony will become partners with Google to provide the hardware. After a slow start, Logitech decided to drop Google TV. Not neccessarily a good start, but we'll see what Google has in store for their next Google TV version. 

Amazon made their moves by adding value to Amazon Prime member subcriptions. Amazon prime members are now able to access new content for only $79. This includes unlimited movies and 2 day shipping for free on most items on the Amazon online store. 

Apple over the years understood that the problem was not technology, but the cable carriers restricting their content and asking for hundreds of millions of dollars; making it hard for up and coming companies like Netflix to compete. What makes Apple different from the current competition is that they have full control of their ecosystem. Companies like Google and Microsoft have finally caught on to this and beginning to gain control of their ecosystem as well.

Microsoft has a good chance only if they are able to negotiate with content owners to sign-up with them, under circumstances like being able to play around with the new release of Windows 8. Consumers will preview how Microsoft is making their new OS look a lot like their mobile counter-part. Microsoft does have a fighting chance if they can gain leverage with the widely popular innovation, "the Kinect' which provides a different approach, enabling people to interact with their digital media.

We are like a musical note playing in its own unique sound, endlessly evolving. The beauty that surrounds our every moments we breath, see, touch, and experience.

These are our dreams transforming our every moment like quiet lullabies forming the formless but creating who you are in the process.

The end of our wonderful experiences we try so hard to capture to continue our sublime journeys beyond the extraordinary. Experiencing that which we have not yet experienced.

Transcendent you soar, through infinite possibilities!

From white dwarf to death star: Apple has become something magical; those are the exact words Steve Jobs would use to describe anything apple has created over the past decade. A few days ago I was talking to my uncle about how Apple paved the way to a better mobile experience; even to a cult that hates everything about the iPhone (the rise of android fan boys). It all started back in 2007, when the very first iPhone was released. Back when I had my precious Sprint Palm treo [a great smart phone] when the first iPhone was released the whole smart phone market was about to do a 360. Apple raised the bar and set the standards on how a smart phone should be. Now, [three years later] we have 4 different generations: iPhone, iPhone 3g, iPhone 3gs and the highly anticipated iPhone 4. Which was able to sell 3 million in it’s first 3 weeks of release. Apple’s most successful release to date. Apple has sold an estimated total of 59,639,.000 combined iPhone worldwide; starting from day one.

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What sold me was the whole browser experience. Being able to navigate the Internet 90% close to how you would use the Internet on a desktop or laptop PC. Forward to October 22, 2008 (The release of the HTC Dream aka the G1) and now we have the Google Android operating system standing in the right corner. Anyone into the whole Apple vs. Google ongoing mobile war would understand that eventually the android would become the number one selling operating OS in the mobile market. (Google CEO Eric Schmidt said they are now selling 200,000 Android devices a day)  Which is why they have now outsold the Apple iPhone. But, like Sun Tzu (Art of War) would say: “In war, numbers alone confer no advantage” the same applies to the iPhone.  But we’lll see what is going to happen in January when the very first iPhone sell outside AT&T. So both Google and Apple are playing a delicate strategy game here!

Apple has mastered the art of anticipation creating scarcity tactics. People would form lines outside of  the apple store anticipating the next and greatest hardware release. We all understand why AT&T sucks so much and it’s not because they don’t know WTF they’re doing; but because AT&T was never expecting the momentum the iPhone was going to unleash on their network resources.  AT&T is the only holder and provider of the iPhone family here in the USA.

Now let’s get back on to how Apple created these scare tactics. Apple knows and understands their users’ needs and wants [and knows] how to apply marketing techniques to their overall marketing strategy. Apple creates this magical bubble around their product that is very hard to resist. When people see you standing in line for a piece of hardware from Apple, they ask themselves: why are there so many people in line?  They will walk to a person standing in line and ask them:  what is this line for? and you reply happily: “it’s for the new phone apple has released!”. And then, their curiosity jumps. Going to prevail in the future is it going to be the iPhone or Android? Are we going to find out once the very first iPhone releases on another carrier? Only time will tell.

My prediction is Apple is going to become the number one selling phone provider in the USA. Why would I say something like this? I have explained the magic of Steve jobs creating a want around it’s flagship product the iPhone; even though it might not be Apple’s true intention. But what’s going to happen is: once Apple opens the flood gates from AT&T and let’s other cell phones carrier sell the iPhone. The iPhone will then have a preeminent dominance compared to all the other smart phones out on the market.

Here is a quick analogy: Think of this whole situation with AT&T and the Apple iPhone as a water dam. A dam can only hold so much pressure before collapsing on itself and releasing millions of gallons of water down below. Now apply the analogy to AT&T. For the past 2 years Americans have anticipated the iPhone on other carriers and this has created a major demand in the iPhone and this is where it get better. The iPhone has created a huge need that AT&T cannot handle alone; which is why it is going to be shared amongst other carriers. Once Apple decided to open the gates and  release the pressure from AT&T, that’s when people will rush to buy the iPhone from the other carriers like: Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile creating an even larger demand for the iPhone.

But there are still other obstacles that might make this theory fall. Steve jobs close system, which I think is a very detailed streamline Apple has. That can be scaled at anytime they wish. Apple can increase the iPhone demand at any time such hype is needed. Another obstacle iare Steve jobs emotions. He is very tied to apple. Steve is like a samurai willing to sacrifice everything to see apple succeed. But, this also could hurt Apple’s image. For example: by now, everyone knows the iPhone 4 was release with an antenna issue; if you hold the phone the incorrect way you will start loosing reception. This is not a good sign for Apple. Steve Jobs was quoted saying the following: “Just don’t hold it that way” Saying things like that could hurt the iPhone sales in the future.  
As the war continues with all the major smart phone [which  include the following:  Blackberry, Nokia, Apple iPhone, and Google android] and as technology advances, each company will be trying to perfect their phone in every possible way. We will find out who will win the war!

This is just my theory on how the iPhone will continue to succeed throughout the future.

The human race has come a long way since our early ancestors first discovered how to create fire. Humans love to invent and explore their imaginations. It's that inherent human characteristic that drives humans to create new tools to improve our quality of life, and reduce the hassle of mundane tasks.

The C.E.R.N project paved the way for what we now commonly refer to as the “Internet”. The creation of the Internet fueled our curiosity even more, and it drove us to keep exploring ourselves, and the world around us. How did human beings come into existence? And what is our purpose here on Earth? The Internet made it possible for humans to share their thoughts, stories, hobbies, and personal beliefs on a global scale.

As the Internet continues to evolve, so do the people that use it. As a society, we are slowly opening ourselves up to the idea of sharing more of our everyday lives with complete strangers. The power of the Internet makes it possible for others to connect with us as well. Online tools, such as websites like Facebook and Twitter, give us the resources necessary to share our personal moments and media with others. As we continue to improve the Internet, the platforms that govern the Internet space must also strive to keep up with the ever-changing technologies. Companies, like Comcast, are known as an ISP, (Internet Service Provider) and ISP's exist all over the world to help maintain the well-being of your Internet service. ISP's are critical to allow humans to make new discoveries and push innovation. 

We cannot afford to work alone. We must understand that in order to accomplish a very complex task, we must work together as a team. We are going to face extremely hard challenges in the future that will require support from Internet users all over the world. For example, if we wanted to coordinate a migration of the human species from earth to another other galaxy, we could not do it without the help of the Internet. This type of technology will be what the next chapter in our lives, as a human race, will be founded upon. But there are always people are resistant to change, and they tend to have a difficult time seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Our “Millennial Generation” must be agents of innovation, and pass on our knowledge to the next generation. (also known as the “I” generation.)  

Apple, Inc. is trying to create a new device in the mobile market with their newly announced “iPad”. Apple has already invented a phone that is smart enough to tell others our location, where we going, and what we are going to eat for lunch. But where does the iPad fit into our technologically complicated lives? I believe the iPad will be a great tool for the business market. Everyone from warehouse workers and doctors to astronauts or anyone that requires their data to be mobile. As we keep evolving the mobile tools that carry our crucial information, we will continue to look ahead to the next great tool that pushes us to re-think how efficiently we can perform our daily tasks.
Engineers will continue to make computer memory capacity larger and CPU's (Computer Processing Unit) faster and smaller. Technology like RFID chips can be embedded into our bodies or our outerwear to help us read our vital signs or to tell us if we need more water, food or exercise. Eventually, this technology will be available to all consumers.

Once consumers get a hold of this technology, then we can start working on creating things like “nano technology” and implement them into our bodies so that we can monitor our symptoms or even fight future diseases.

Ultimately, scientists and engineers would love to be able to develop a realistic, human-like robot to help us with our daily chores and tasks. This concept, however, scares many people that don't understand exactly how the technology works. We need to develop government standards, and laws for robots to abide by so that people feel safe.

Foursquare is a new online mobile application that allows you to check in wherever you are. For example, if you're going to a bar or restaurant, you can check in using Foursquare and the only people that will be able to view this information are the people that follow you, which are your friends and family. Once you check in, those people can view where you're at. And if they are close by they can join you for a nice dinner or whatever you're doing at that specific moment. All that information will be recorded and can be viewed in the future if allowed by you.

With Facebook, Foursquare, or twitter we are allowed to share and record our everyday activities, i.e: favorite places to go on Fridays, most watched movies, etc. These social tools enable us to share our common interests and habits.

What this means is as long as the internet is here to stay, anyone you allow will be able to tap into all this information, including our love ones. Imagine our kids being able to search for what countries we have traveled to and people we've met. Just think of the doors of possibilities that would open. Imagine your kids saying what daddy or mommy did when they were in their twenties; let's check Facebook timeline, all that information would be stored in one, or multiple online platforms. Our kids would be able to understand us better, they would know what we loved doing and the people that we were able to influence or help while we were alive. Think of how much happiness that would bring to our future children and grandchildren.

The possibilities of the things we can do online are endless. But there are also problems that arise once new technology comes into existence. Entrepreneurs understand that when they embark on new ideas most of them are going to be failures. They will encounter many hardships on their journey, those that don't move swiftly and fast enough will die, but those that do will be the ones to perfect the idea. Entrepreneurs will come up with better filter of privacy issues; we will come up with better solutions to privacy control for the end user (You). To better control the privacy of your life stream. But in the end, you have all the control over who can have access to your data, or life stream. Make the right decisions. Entrepreneurs will keep pushing new innovative technology forward, and we will learn from the mistakes we encounter. We must welcome these changes to our life for the future and benefit from our new ideas.

If you know anyone that has a dream, support them in anyway possible, regardless of their situation. We all must do our duties to support our followers and those that look up to us as role models. We must push in any way possible and kick the status quo away. We must have more leaders that are willing to show the way to those who are in need. We must simply show them the light. We must support their burning passion. We must be an agent of hope and not the fire extinguisher. We all have the greatest tool at our dispose wish is “choice”.

I decided I was going to start my first business and pursuit entrepreneurship, I knew I needed to change my habits. See, when you want to become a entrepreneur you have to understand that you must give up most of the bad habits you had back when you had all that extra free time after work. For example; watching movies, playing video games, going out to party, etc. I'm not saying you have to give them all up, but at least choose one and make time for it. Trust me, you're going to need it because entrepreneurship is a serious career decision. You're going to experience lots of stress and anxiety that are solely from frustration. This single hobby can become a comfort, and hopefully release some stress. You must condition yourself and change your old way of thinking. Dreams take a plethora of discipline to accomplish. There are going to be times when you must do something that you don't want to. That's when discipline comes in to play. Discipline teaches you to do something you don't want to do, but you must do, because if you don't, the outcome could damage your business or relationships.

I hope this helps in someway. Remember to have fun on your journey, life is to short to be wasted on petty things.To start you off, here is a simple list of habits to help you on your journey:

Start reading books, but not just any book, books that will help you develop as a entrepreneur. Here is a list of five books that I suggest you read to help you achieve your goals. 

1.The E myth Revisited "Michael E. Gerber" 

2. How to Win Friends & influence People by "Dale Carnegie" 

3. Never Eat Aloneby "Keith Ferrazzi" 

4. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by "Stephen R. Covey" 

5. Founders at Work "Jessica Livingston"

After reading all these books start taking action everyday. Go out and meet other entrepreneurs in your local community, use tools like: Twitter, Facebook, and Linkedin to connect with your potential customers. Learn from other people's mistakes and keep a journal close by where you can write down everything you've learned. Don't be afraid to write down your own mistakes either, because it's those little mistakes that will help you progress in the future of your entrepreneurship.