Farhad Manjoo
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Why Apple Killed the netbookJan 07, 2013 5:13 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — Netbooks are dead. Good riddance! Just a few years ago, these small, underpowered, ultracheap laptops were considered the future of the computer indu...
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Manjoo: My technology new year’s resolutionsJan 06, 2013 10:18 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — I write about technology for a living, but tech, and the way I use it, frustrates me all the time. I’m constantly finding technology slow or annoying...
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Facebook's pokey chat appDec 31, 2012 7:28 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — It's pretty brassy to call your sexting app Poke. That was my first reaction to the news last week that Facebook had launched a clone of Snapchat, th...
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The 8 best technologies of 2012Dec 31, 2012 7:28 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — 2012 wasn't a breakthrough year for tech. We didn't get an innovative new category-bursting device — the Apple TV remains a pipe dream and Microsoft'...
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We have the technology to make safer gunsDec 23, 2012 5:45 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — In the summer of 1970, the Ford Motor Company unveiled a small, stylish, coupe that it hoped would prove a worthy rival to the cheap European and Jap...
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Facebook has revolutionized gift-giving on the webDec 17, 2012 5:14 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — The Web is terrible at offering gift advice. Consider this scenario: It's your sister-in-law's birthday in a couple of days. She's one of those super...
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The greatest hoodie around, made in AmericaDec 09, 2012 5:32 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — Early in October, I got a call from Bayard Winthrop, an entrepreneur who claimed to have created the world’s best hooded sweatshirt. Because I found ...
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Churning butter, revisiting an olde technologyDec 01, 2012 10:37 pm - PALO ALTO, Calif. — A few years ago, on a lark, I decided to make butter. This sounds like it might be some kind of arduous, gourmand pursuit, but it was quite simple. F...
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What you should not have bought on Black FridayNov 25, 2012 6:13 pm - PALO ALTO, Calif. — Black Friday is for suckers, I’ve always said. This quasi-religious American holiday is, at bottom, a terrible trick-retailers lure you in for superc...
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Microsoft just lost its Steve JobsNov 18, 2012 7:22 am - By Farhad Manjoo, Slate PALO ALTO, Calif. — Imagine if FDR had fired Dwight Eisenhower just as the Allies landed on the beaches of Normandy, explaining that the general ...