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Lately, a hot topic to discuss in class has been the many booms found in the technology industry. Apple and Google seem to be the hottest companies right now. It seems to me that they are both proving to be quite formidable competitors to Microsoft. Apple has revolutionized the portability of music and video. Google has made it a piece of cake to access any kind of knowledge all across the world in a matter of seconds. Apple has pumped out several new generations and variants of the iPhone, iPod, iMac, iTunes, and Apple TV just wiithin the last few years. Similarly, Google has also created an explosion of products—Google Chrome, Google Wave, Googe Docs, Google Code, and Gmail. And that is not even an exhaustive list of their products. It would seem that after all these innovations and advances in technology, we would start to see a slowdown in the technology sector. But, I think, we're just getting started. I assert that the battle between the computer superpowers of our day, specifically Microsoft, Apple, and Google, is just getting started. And despite the rapid advances these companies have been making in such a short amount of time, I, the consumer, am loving every minute of it. The quality of my life is better. I can get more done sitting on my rear-end than ever before. I look forward to continually being bombarded by new IPhone apps and Google whatevers. It's great!