TechnologizerDeals & Shopping
eBay Now: The Promise and Pitfalls of Same-Day Delivery
The e-commerce behemoth’s experimental service aims to deliver an array of products in about an hour — which is even harder than it sounds.
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TechnologizerApps & Software
Wavii Comes Into Its Own on the iPhone
The unique service which turns everything into Facebook-like status updates has a nice (albeit busy) new iPhone app.
TechnologizerVideo Games
Happy Birthday, Pong
Today is the official fortieth anniversary of Atari’s Pong, the video game which introduced the world to video games. (There were earlier ones, but Pong, which was created by Al Alcorn and Nolan Bushnell, was the first big hit.)
TechnologizerMicrosoft
Doing the Math on DigiTimes’ Microsoft Surface Shipment Claims
A notoriously unreliable Taiwanese tech site says that Microsoft wanted to sell four million Surface tablets in 2012.
TechnologizerTablets
The News About Surface Pro Battery Life Isn’t Good
The “Pro” version of Microsoft’s tablet will have half the battery life of the lower-end version.
TechnologizerHealth & Science
Scanadu Aims to Turn Smartphones into Healthcare Helpers
A Silicon Valley startup wants to let you use a phone to check your vital statistics — or even tell you if you’re pregnant.
TechnologizerMicrosoft
Surface Pro: Both a Pricey Tablet and a Reasonably-Priced Windows Ultraportable
Microsoft has finally disclosed the price and precise specs for Surface with Windows 8 Pro, which it plans to deliver in January.
TechnologizerCompanies
Sorry, Microsoft, I’m Not Buying Your Attack on Google Shopping — Here’s Why
Microsoft’s campaign against Google Shopping leaves me cold — and Bing Shopping isn’t so impressive.
TechnologizerMicrosoft
For What It’s Worth: Microsoft Has Sold 40 Million Windows 8 Licenses
Is the new version of Windows selling well? It’s tough to tell.
TechnologizerAmazon
Once Again, the Kindle Is Selling Like an Unspecified Number of Hotcakes
Amazon is trumpeting Kindle sales without actually telling us much about Kindle sales.
TechnologizerAccessories & Peripherals
Brydge, the Kickstarter iPad Keyboard Case, Is Here
Some first impressions of the long-awaited aluminum keyboard which turns Apple’s tablet into a clamshell computing device.
TechnologizerApps & Web
PRWeb: Making the Web More Spammy
Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Land has a fascinating post on PRWeb, the company which issued a fake press release about a fake Google acquisition.