The Age of the Platform Has Arrived

On that one word that everyone is talking about.

Feb 17, 2012 1-min read

Don't tell me that we're not in the Age of the Platform.

Mashable is adding more "platform partners." I'm hearing more and more about government as a platform. At CES, the auto manufacturers were talking about the car as a platform. GigaOM reports that Kickstarter is a hot funding platform.

Everyone is talking about platforms. You can't watch a business/technology show without someone dropping that term every five minutes.

Today, the platform is king.

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