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Opinion
Google’s Dance
Is Google a benign and helpful information company, or is it a massive advertising agency that spies on consumers and puts our privacy and civil liberties at risk? It’s all a matter of perception.
Should We Really Ban Google Glass While Driving?
Is it such a stretch to imagine a world in which devices like Google’s glasses are legal while driving, so long as they adhere to operational strictures based on careful research?
A Cautiously Optimistic Slow Clap for Digg’s Google Reader Replacement
What I need now is a web-based RSS reader from a company that’s big enough to not fold anytime soon and popular enough to get included with third-party services.
Print Travel Books Are Dead, and There’s No Good Replacement
Why aren’t there better smartphone apps for serious travelers?
Apple’s Wrongheaded, Dangerous Censorship of Satirical Sweatshop for iPad
Apple’s removal of the satirical iOS game Sweatshop from its App Store continues a dangerous precedent of censorship.
Sorry, EA Was Never Obliged to Make SimCity a Single-Player Game
Can we have a calm conversation about SimCity for a moment?
The Coming Merger of Google Chrome and Android
In August 2011, I outlined why I believed that Chrome was more important to Google than Android. At first blush, this sounds kind of crazy, but when you look at the bigger strategic picture it makes sense.
Why I’m Skeptical About Xi3′s Piston (No, It’s Not Valve’s Brush-Off)
Isn’t it cute: a tiny black box with sleek, chrome-grille sides that looks a little like Apple’s Mac Mini, you know, if you pinch out the corners and squint.
We’re Ready for ‘Always Online’ — SimCity Wasn’t
I can’t help but feel bad for EA Maxis. This is SimCity we’re talking about, one of EA’s flagship properties. Let it be an object lesson to others: You can’t do this stuff half-baked.
Before You Drop Money on Richard Garriott’s Shroud of the Avatar…
I don’t mean to sound like a curmudgeon, except yes I do: Being Richard Garriott isn’t enough to persuade me to hand someone cash to make a game.
AT&T’s Response to the Cell Phone Unlocking Controversy Insults Users
Apologies in advance for the rant, but AT&T’s response to the controversy over cell phone unlocking really gets under my skin.
