China is already the world's biggest internet market, and it's set to get much bigger in the next decade, so Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft saw it as the logical next territory for conquest.
All eyes have been on the living room and the wrist in terms of Apple's next land-grabs when it comes to new products, but the car is perhaps a more logical new territory to explore.
About a Boy is a logical extension of Hornby's territory, combining the humour and keen perception of his earlier books with a harsher set of facts, a north London landscape slightly reminiscent of Joseph Connolly or Martin Amis.
They have succeeded in breaking new territory for logic by extending the scope of the reasoning problems to which logical techniques can be successfully applied.
For instance, Amazon's logical progression will inevitably lead it into Netflix's territory; Amazon is already squarely in eBay's.
It would be the breaking of uncharted territory for the Napolitano outfit, and a logical decision as Montreal has the identical port access of Napoli along with the same frail municipal government that already has mafia ticks sucking it dry.
Entry into Europe's economic club was supposed to be the logical next step, even though only a sliver of its territory lies in geographical Europe.
While separating the American-backed groups from their tactical alliances with the Nusra Front sounds logical, for the rebels it would often mean abandoning their home territory, leaving Nusra unchallenged and opening their towns to an American-Russian bombing campaign.
Indeed, Isis's emphasis on the physical control of territory – which distinguishes it from al-Qaida – is a logical consequence of the power vacuums that emerged in many countries affected by the Arab spring.
And though I couldn't tell you the difference between a converse and a contrapositive if my life depended on it, logical reasoning mitigated my natural inclination to take personally the slings and arrows that came with the territory.
