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Video predicts iPad—in 1994

Do you think the guy interviewed in this video is sick of telling people, ‘I told you so’?

By {/%BYLINE%} {%AUTHOR%}Michael Sebastian{/%AUTHOR%} {%TITLE%}Video predicts iPad—in 1994{/%TITLE%} {%ALTERNATIVEURL%}{/%ALTERNATIVEURL%} {%IMAGE%}/Resource.ashx?sn=theTabletgrab{/%IMAGE%} {%ROLE%}87d65c27-6e78-4e5c-b423-78d47d4f2768{/%ROLE%} {%KICKER%}Social Media{/%KICKER%} {%CATEGORIESID%}055d8a23-ee23-4f9c-a2f4-df030843f312{/%CATEGORIESID%} {%CAPTION%}Do you think the guy interviewed in this video is sick of telling people, ‘I told you so’?{/%CAPTION%} {%BODYCOPY%}This 1994 video from a Knight-Ridder think tank basically predicts the iPad, YouTube,, RSS feeds. It also claims that people will never abandon their hometown newspapers for “generic news”—you know, the links you follow from Twitter, Facebook—and that advertising will flourish on tablets. If that doesn’t impress you, the “example” of how people will use the tablet, which features a rather sad looking couple having dinner, is worth the price of admission. (via Gawker){/%BODYCOPY%} {%ID%}8052{/%ID%} {%DATAID%}59eb437c-c5b3-4b41-94b6-b4fcf7afb3b7{/%DATAID%} {%CanonicalUrl%}{/%CanonicalUrl%} {%PUBLISHDATE%}4/26/2011 1:49:06 PM{/%PUBLISHDATE%} {%LINK%}https://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/8052.aspx{/%LINK%} {%BYLINE%}
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It also claims that people will never abandon their hometown newspapers for “generic news”—you know, the links you follow from Twitter and Facebook—and that advertising will flourish on tablets.

If that doesn’t impress you, the “example” of how people will use the tablet, which features a rather sad looking couple having dinner, is worth the price of admission.

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