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Saturday, July 20, 2013

Editorial: The mysterious failure of Microsoft's Surface RT


Three years ago, Apple launched the original iPad to a Yerba Buena Gardens audience of tech journalists who largely scoffed at the notion of anyone buying it. CNET interviewed me at the event, but didn't ever use the footage, apparently because I wasn't scoffing. 

But iPads rapidly began selling, so much so that Samsung and an "avalanche" of other vendors rushed their own tablets to market by the end of that year. Microsoft had already launched its own Slate PC concept with HP, a product the original iPad immediately shoved off the table and into the trash bin (where, come on, it rightly belonged).


Editorial: The mysterious failure of Microsoft's Surface RT

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Thursday, July 18, 2013

Apple Forms Alliance With Google, Microsoft And Others To Push For NSA Transparency | Cult of Mac

Apple and some of Silicon Valley’s biggest companies have been under heavy fire ever since info on the National Security Administration’s PRISM program leaked to the public last month.
In response to the public’s outcry that tech companies are working with the NSA to pilfer personal info on targets of interest, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter and others have formed a broad alliance with civil liberties groups that will tomorrow demand for increased transparency regarding the U.S. government’s spy programs on citizens.

Apple Forms Alliance With Google, Microsoft And Others To Push For NSA Transparency | Cult of Mac

'Star Trek' tricorder becomes reality (video) - CNET News

'Star Trek' tricorder becomes reality (video) - CNET News

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

The Secret Power Of Black Twitter - BuzzFeed Mobile

Last night Black Twitter killed a George Zimmerman trial juror’s book deal. But that’s not a surprise: The hive has become a swarm. It’s diffuse, powerful, and all around you.

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Microsoft beware: Google Chromebooks could surge


Chromebook shipments could spike in the second half of the year. That's not good news for Microsoft, which is seeing falling laptop deliveries.

Microsoft beware: Google Chromebooks could surge