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Google Sheets Is Finally a Serious Spreadsheet
A very, very long-awaited feature — at least by me — is here.
Spotify Is Now Free on Tablets — and Sort of Free on Smartphones
Listen to loads of streaming music without paying a nickel.
The Elder Scrolls Online Debuts in April on PC and Mac, PS4 and Xbox One in June
Bethesda’s fantasy MMO arrives for PC and Mac next spring.
Xbox One Tops Two Million Units Sold in First 18 Days
The Xbox One almost matches the PlayStation 4’s worldwide total a week after Sony’s announcement.
Having Trouble Updating Your Xbox One? Me Too.
Microsoft’s new maintenance patch fixes a bunch of issues — if you can get it to take.
If Apple Made a Laptop Desk, It Would Probably Look Like This
Know how you can tell if someone has a good idea for a product? If that someone asks for $6,500 worth of funding on Kickstarter and raises well over $100,000 instead.
So Long, Free SugarSync
One useful online storage service goes paid-only.
Person of the Year Runner-Up: Edward Snowden
He pulled off the year’s most spectacular heist. Exiled from his country, the 30-year-old computer whiz has become the doomsayer of the information age.
Harlem Gets Wired: Free Public Wi-Fi to Launch Early Next Year
A Wall Street financier is footing the bill to keep the neighborhood connected
NSA Uses Cookies to Pinpoint Hacking Targets
Piggybacks on consumer tracking tools
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Department of Unthinkable Products: A Nokia Android Phone
The Verge — a site which isn’t known for getting giddy over unsubstantiated rumors — has a report up by Tom Warren about a doozy of an unannounced product. It’s a Nokia phone code-named “Normandy,” and the part that’s startling …