Going Nuclear to stop SOPA
I'm sure this violates someone's copyright
The online news site reddit said it will invoke the “nuclear option” on Jan. 18 – next Wednesday — against two pieces of federal legislation, the House’s Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its …
Why PayPal Is a Bigger Challenge Than Yahoo
A month ago The Wall Street Journal had a big story headlined “War Over the Digital Wallet.” “The subhead: “Google, Verizon Wireless Spar in Race to Build Mobile Payment Services.”
Article mentioned AT&T, T-Mobile, MasterCard, Visa, Citigroup, Sprint, and Apple, among …
Part II: Best of Tech 2011 (Gizmos)
In last week’s episode we awarded “Best of 2011” honors to a bushel of Apples: The Macbook Air (portable computer), the iPhone 4S (smartphone), and the iPad 2 (best tablet). Although it wasn’t a category, Apple as a company wins …
Best Tech Gear 2011
Perhaps you skipped Black Friday because of some aversion to rampaging, drooling, pepper-spraying bargain hunters. And Cyber Monday was kind of a dud once you realized that it’s really Cyber Week, and that the best bargains for tech gear are …
The 30 Percent Solution
Blogs are unforgiving. The entire world can see that I expected the highlight of Apple’s iPhone 5 introduction last week to be a kumbaya love fest between Apple and Facebook. Facebook is number one in mobile social media apps. Apple …
Applesauce
The Wall Street Journal: “More fizzle than pop.”
The Los Angeles Times: “An evolution, not a revolution.”
The Washington Post: “It wasn’t exactly blowing my mind.”
FoxNews.com: “Lunch-bag letdown.”
Business Insider: “A huge disappointment, or just a regular sized disappointment?”
Analyst Roger Kay: “Underwhelming.”
People, please. …
10-4, Good Buddies
It’s official: Apple will unveil the iPhone 5 on Oct. 4.
But it is widely expected that they’ll make an announcement for the iPad, too:
Last week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook would probably introduce an iPad …
An Apology
I messed up. I owe you an explanation.
Well, not really. I was on a delightful trip to Colonial Williamsburg with my 92-year-old father and hero, Ken Lewis, and took a couple of weeks off from blogging and tweeting. I apologize …
Geek Culture: Screenshot of Steve Jobs’s Calendar on Day 1 as Ex-CEO
Nitrozac & Snaggy’s “The Joy of Tech” is such a geeky pleasure. Here’s today’s, a screenshot of Steve Jobs’s calendar on his first day as former CEO of Apple:
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A personal note to readers
A personal note to Tech.pinions readers:
I’m honored by the invitation from Ben and Tim Bajarin and Steve Wildstrom to write for Tech.pinions. I’m also delighted to have this opportunity to reconnect with many old friends from my New York Times …
Apple After Steve
Everybody has heard the news by now: Steve Jobs resigned because he “could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO.”
In his letter of resignation to the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community, Jobs wrote: “I …
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