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300 Days With the iPad Mini 27 Aug 2013 | 05:25 am
Dan Frommer: The major difference between the iPad mini and my original iPad, purchased in 2010: I’m still actually using this one every day, almost a year after I bought it. ★
‘It Was Neither Planned Nor as Smooth as Portrayed’ 27 Aug 2013 | 04:51 am
Kara Swisher: Interestingly, Ballmer actually indicated that he had planned on staying in his letter about his impending departure, noting: “My original thoughts on timing would have had my retiremen...
U.S. Government Report: 0.7 Percent of Mobile Malware Affects iOS; Android Accounts for 79 Percent 27 Aug 2013 | 02:49 am
I guess open does beat closed. ★
Mary Jo Foley Interviews Steve Ballmer 27 Aug 2013 | 02:31 am
A few readers complained Friday about my presumption that Ballmer’s “retirement” was imposed by Microsoft’s board — i.e. that this was just a graceful way to shitcan him. I can’t say I know for certai...
Google Blocks Chromecast App That Allowed You to Stream Your Own Videos, AirPlay-Style 27 Aug 2013 | 02:13 am
So this is weird. Back when Chromecast was announced, I wrote that it doesn’t do something that Google made it seem like it did — stream video directly from your phone (or tablet) like AirPlay. But th...
Krugman on Microsoft and Apple 25 Aug 2013 | 07:28 am
There’s much to quibble about in this Krugman post, but I’ll keep it short: The Microsoft story is familiar. Back in the 80s, Microsoft and Apple both had operating systems to sell; Apple’s was clear...
Om Malik on Yahoo 25 Aug 2013 | 03:07 am
Om Malik: And forget the products — so far Yahoo has been unable to attract top quality talent to the company. Not one 20-something I have talked to in the past six months has wistfully talked about ...
Shutterstock 25 Aug 2013 | 12:22 am
My thanks to Shutterstock for sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed. Shutterstock has over 27 million stock photos, illustrations, vectors, and videos. It’s incredible, and growing by 10,000 images every...
‘LOVEINT’ 24 Aug 2013 | 06:27 am
The biggest problem with the NSA scandal is the lack of accountability. ★
Why Steve Ballmer Should Have Been Shitcanned No Later Than 2009 24 Aug 2013 | 02:55 am
Another one on Ballmer from the archive: The damning thing isn’t that Apple got there first; it’s that even after Apple revealed it, that Ballmer didn’t get it, that he didn’t see instantly that Appl...
