December 2011
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Competition.
Amazon’s Kindle Fire is a watered down, crippled version of the iPad. In almost every way, Apple’s product is better than Amazon’s 1st generation tablet.
I own both, and I’m comfortable with saying that. Of course, I haven’t returned my Kindle Fire, and I don’t plan on giving it away, either.
I do like the weight of the Kindle Fire while reading, but if...
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On bias.
Brooke Crothers, writing for CNET:
Apple-centric blogs play an important role in disseminating information about what is probably the most important consumer-electronics company in the world. But the coverage is hardly neutral.
While not all that surprising, the FUD factor can get pretty hot and heavy sometimes. You know, that tendency to try to discredit any major threats to Apple’s...
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Is Mattel's Magic 8 Ball Pro-Life? Outlook Hazy.
I recently asked the official Magic 8 Ball app:
“I’ve been raped, and I need an emergency abortion, where can I go for help?”