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In This Issue     Feature: The SNS Big Shift Part II The SNS Big Shift, Part I The SNS Big Shift, Part II Smartphones vs. Pads India, Asia, and Purchasing Parity Emerging vs. Developed Nations   Quotes of the Week   Takeout Window The New BlackBerry Passport SNS Big Shift: Demographics vs. Income   Upgrades and Numbers Carbon Goes Solar Forbes Sells Out   Ethermail   In Case You Missed It... SNS Members Making News   Upcoming SNS Events & Media Links   In Other House News... How to Subscribe May I Share This Newsletter? About SNS About the Publisher Where's Mark?

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Recommended Reading:

 

The Human Shore: Seacoasts in History, by John R. Gillis (University of Chicago Press, 2012); recommended by SNS member Robert Jacobson.

 

 

For those who are interested in how coastal demographics is tied to economics, historic trends, and global warming, this book has it all. - mra.

 

 

 

The SNS Big Shift, Part II

 

 

The SNS Big Shift, Part I

 

In my original predictions regarding the SNS Big Shift ("SNS: The Big Shift," August 8, 2013), I described the effects of the commercial pressures flowing out of China's national business model (and, to a lesser degree, those of South Korea and Japan) on future sales of technology hardware.