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		kllrnohj on Dec 15, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google is the new Bell Labs Apple grew those industries they did not create them. Important, yes, but also by a large a safer role.

millstone on Dec 16, 2013 [–]

If you were to oversimplify the creation of the PC industry down to a single company, you'd probably land on Apple with the Apple II.

I'm also not sure which industry Google is supposed to have created?

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