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Mr. Bajarin is the President of Creative Strategies, Inc and has been with the company since 1981 where he has served as a consultant providing analysis to most of the leading hardware and software vendors in the industry. ## Tim Bajarin *  Oct 23, 2017 ### [This Is Augmented and Mixed Reality's Essential Missing Ingredient](https://time.com/4993027/augmented-mixed-reality-glasses/) It has to be effortless and omnipresent [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Oct 9, 2017 ### [Why Lenovo's ThinkPad Still Matters 25 Years Later](https://time.com/4974341/lenovo-thinkpad-25/) A brief history of the iconic laptop [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Sep 25, 2017 ### [How Intel Plans to Radically Change High-Speed Wireless Internet](https://time.com/4953206/intel-5g-wireless-speeds/) And the key is 5G [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Sep 11, 2017 ### [iPhone 8 Augmented Reality: How It Fixes Google Glass](https://time.com/4935202/iphone-8-augmented-reality/) The road to next-gen smartglasses starts with Apple's next-gen ARKit [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Aug 21, 2017 ### [These iPhone 8 Features Could Transform Your Smartphone](https://time.com/4908279/iphone-8-features-smartphones/) Apple's next iPhone could finally make these technologies mainstream [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Aug 7, 2017 ### [Why Social Media Users Should Never Lower Their Guard](https://time.com/4888350/linkedin-social-media-security/) Never automatically accept a friend request from anyone [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Jul 24, 2017 ### [We Need the Liberal Arts in Technology's Age of Distraction](https://time.com/4870642/liberal-arts-technology-distraction/) More anthropologists, psychologists and philosophers in tech, please [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Jun 26, 2017 ### [How The iPhone Changed 5 Major Industries](https://time.com/4832599/iphone-anniversary-industry-change/) A look back on the eve of its 10th anniversary [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Jun 12, 2017 ### [You Probably Missed Apple's Biggest News Last Week](https://time.com/4813276/apple-arkit-augmented-reality-wwdc-2017/) It's a huge deal for the future of iPhones — and tech in general [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  May 30, 2017 ### [Why You Should Take Your Kids To a Maker Faire](https://time.com/4797802/maker-faire-kids/) They'll get a fun introduction to science and math [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  May 16, 2017 ### [I Love Virtual Reality, But I'm Also Afraid of It](https://time.com/4780507/virtual-reality-vr-problems/) It's an incredible technology, but we need to be careful [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  May 1, 2017 ### [Why This Futuristic Tech Will Be The Future of Computing](https://time.com/4761298/augmented-reality/) You're probably already using it without even realizing [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Apr 18, 2017 ### [Will Smartphones Ever Be Obsolete?](https://time.com/4744303/will-smartphones-ever-be-obsolete/) New technologies could replace the phone in your pocket [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Apr 3, 2017 ### [Learning This 1 Thing Helped Me Understand Apple's Strategy](https://time.com/4723389/apple-strategy-iphone-ipad-apple-tv/) The company is actually pretty predictable [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Mar 6, 2017 ### [How Your Smartphone's Camera Will Change the World](https://time.com/4691749/smartphone-cameras-photography-snapchat-instagram-iphone-samsung/) Technological breakthroughs will remain a significant driver of so many future experiences, meaning ... 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