Beyond mobile, beyond web

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Argues native apps don’t scale and proposes a phone-level discovery service that surfaces nearby micro‑services for just-in-time interaction. Demonstrates with HTML5/JavaScript/canvas heatmaps (90,000 tap points captured in one hour) and a working Android prototype that parses Wi‑Fi SSIDs and Bluetooth names to open linked pages — a practical kickstart for Wi‑Fi QR codes. Notes iOS blocks full Wi‑Fi scanning, Bluetooth is unreliable, and mentions Boot to Gecko, Tizen, Sonos, Nest, Withings, GlowCap, Trackstick and Poken.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 6:39Mobile Target Data
3. 11:55Value Pain
4. 14:16Size and cost reduction
5. 16:13Devices leverage other platforms
6. 22:19What is our model crisis?
7. 27:45Breakout of the browser ghetto

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