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Is McDonalds considered a tech company [1]? Toy manufacturers? Supermarkets [2]? Financial services companies?

Pretty much all companies are "tech companies" to some degree...

I'd personally tend toward a narrower definition of "tech company", which would be one in which a new and innovative idea forms the core of the business.

Unfortunately many well known "tech" startups (Uber, AirBNB) wouldn't fit that definition. They are enabled by the widespread adoption of the Internet (in the same way the telephone enabled chat lines), but I don't think I'd consider them tech companies any more than a normal taxi company or hotel...

[1] Can be argued! http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/mcdonalds-a-tech-company/584132

[2] http://blogs.marketwatch.com/behindthestorefront/2013/05/01/...