{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"OTAVA","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.otava.com","title":"Is Apple dying because it \u2018doesn\u2019t think about the cloud\u2019? That\u2019s debatable, but future of cloud computing is not","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wxkWDRHWrR\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/is-apple-dying-because-it-doesnt-think-about-the-cloud-thats-debatable-but-future-of-cloud-computing-is-not\/\">Is Apple dying because it \u2018doesn\u2019t think about the cloud\u2019? That\u2019s debatable, but future of cloud computing is not<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/is-apple-dying-because-it-doesnt-think-about-the-cloud-thats-debatable-but-future-of-cloud-computing-is-not\/embed\/#?secret=wxkWDRHWrR\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Is Apple dying because it \u2018doesn\u2019t think about the cloud\u2019? That\u2019s debatable, but future of cloud computing is not&#8221; &#8212; OTAVA\" data-secret=\"wxkWDRHWrR\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.otava.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Highly successful tech venture capitalist Fred Wilson created some waves last week when he predicted Apple wouldn\u2019t be among the top three most important tech companies in the world by 2020. Speaking at a conference in New York City, he said he envisions Google, Facebook and \u201cone that we\u2019ve never heard of\u201d making up that triumvirate. Why would his dismiss the current largest tech company in the world (Apple\u2019s first quarter revenues of $43.7 billion was more than Google, Facebook and &lt;insert name of any company you\u2019ve never heard of here&gt; combined). According to a TechCrunch article, he said Apple is \u201ctoo rooted in hardware\u201d and not sufficiently tied into the cloud. \u201cI think hardware is increasingly becoming a commodity,\u201d he said. \u201cTheir stuff in the cloud is largely not good. I don\u2019t think they think about data and the cloud.\u201d Of course, Wilson \u2013 who has backed huge success stories like Twitter and Tumblr \u2013 has been wrong about Apple before. As CNN Money points out, he dumped all of his Apple stock at $91.36 per share in January 2009. The day of his comments at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, Apple closed at $600.96. (Note: Wilson said he sold...","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/otava.test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/apple.jpg"}