Farhad Manjoo
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The new LED bulbs aren’t worth $50Nov 11, 2012 8:27 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — Last year I visited Switch Lighting, a small Silicon Valley company that claimed to have built something revolutionary. Switch’s product: a light bul...
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On election night, TV trounced TwitterNov 11, 2012 4:50 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — According to Twitter, there were 31 million tweets on Election Day, with the site hitting a peak of 327,452 tweets-per-minute the moment TV networks ...
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Why is the Surface so bad?Nov 11, 2012 7:08 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — There’s only one question anyone should ask about Microsoft’s Surface tablet: Is it better than the iPad? I’ve spent the past week and a half trying ...
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Windows 8 is beginning to look a lot like AppleNov 03, 2012 6:58 pm - PALO ALTO, Calif. — The first thing you’ll notice about Windows 8 is that it isn’t one operating system. It’s two. There are a couple different ways to do pretty much e...
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Slate: Under Tim Cook, Apple is stronger than everOct 28, 2012 11:12 pm - PALO ALTO, Calif. — Every fall, Apple holds a big event to show off its holiday lineup of gadgets. This year, it held two big events. That pretty much sums up the most i...
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Slate: Hard times in FarmVille for developer ZyngaOct 14, 2012 7:52 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — Nobody in Silicon Valley respects Zynga. Sure, the prolific developer of Facebook games has long been considered a “hot” startup, one that hit all th...
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Slate: The iPhone 5 is a miracleOct 14, 2012 7:52 am - When Apple unveiled the iPhone 5 last month, many tech pundits called it “boring.” I was one of them. In fact, I was so bored that I called the iPhone boring way back in...
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Slate: The world’s best thermostat just got betterOct 07, 2012 8:33 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — A year ago, I installed the Nest thermostat in my house and used it for a few weeks. I thought it was a breakthrough. The Nest, which was built by a ...
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How Square is making it easier to buy stuffSep 30, 2012 7:04 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — Ever since Facebook went public, people in Silicon Valley have been a bit bummed out about the tech industry. Keep in mind that the Valley is infinit...
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Will homebrew manufacturing revolutionize the economy?Sep 23, 2012 8:53 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — Chris Anderson sounds like the best dad ever. For one thing, as the editor of Wired, he gets to snag review units of the newest tech toys. “We would ...