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OPINION

The Calm Before 2014’s Tech Storm: Apple Will Bring the Rain

There's a lot shaping up for Apple this year, and it's going to bewild. In fact, there's so much going on at Infinite Loop in Cupertinothese days that it makes me believe that 2014 will be the first post-Steve Jobs year when Apple -- in the eyes of the broader tech world --stops dancing around and finally brings the rain ...

OPINION

Apple’s Story: Passion, Patience and Pressure

True, market-changing, life-changing innovation comesfrom three key elements: passion, patience and pressure ...

GAME REVIEW

Stealthy Assassin Series Hitman GO Makes a Luscious Board Game

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HOT TECH RUMOR

Google This: Yahoo Wants Apple’s Search Business

Google has dominated the world of search for years, so much so that "Google" is not only synonymous with searching -- it's a verb, too. Who hasn't told someone to google something? That's awesome mindshare, and its power is translated to billions of dollars of ad-related revenue for Google. Where will search grow in the future? ...

CROWDFUNDING SPOTLIGHT

Printing From the Palm of Your Hand

While the tech world has gone mobile, there's one key tool that hasn'tchanged in years: the printer. Most printers are still big, bulky and boring. They do a job, and they stay put. Right where you left them -- at home or in the office ...

REVIEW

Amazon Fire TV Fails to Rage but Glows Hot

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HOT TECH RUMOR

Amazon: And Now for Something Completely Different

Amazon is widely expected to reveal a new set-top video streaming device on Wednesday. The company sent out teaser invites to journalists that includea photo of a couch with popcorn and the words, "Please join us for anupdate on our video business." ...

OPINION

Apple Will Light the Wearable Tech Fire

I'm usually not a prediction sort of guy because it'scosmically silly -- we're tiny little humans on a tiny littlerock spinning in a very large universe. Yet here I am, looking at2014 and the latest batch of smartwatch efforts from Samsung, Google,Motorola and LG ...

APP REVIEW

NCAA March Madness Live App Is Crazy Good

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OPINION

Apple’s CarPlay Gambit: Retract One Claw to Hook With Another

Apple's CarPlay initiative is a profoundly new tactic for Apple.Compared to its behavior in recent years, when Apple has focused intense control overevery element of its product environment -- frompackaging, hardware and operating systems to the submission process for its App Stores -- Apple's stance in its CarPlay initiative is a very big deal ...

APP REVIEW

Brian Cox’s Wonders of Life Brings the Universe-Tromping Physicist Back to Earth

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HOT TECH RUMOR

Samsung’s New Galaxy S5 Might Ship Bathtub-Ready

Of all the Samsung Galaxy S5 rumors to hit this week, the one that hadme sit up straight and pay close attention is the rumor that the newGalaxy S5 may be both waterproof and dustproof ...

OPINION

Amazon and Apple’s ‘Tough Slog’ on Madison Avenue

Amazon and Apple just can'tseem to catch a break with the advertising elite on Madison Avenue. Infact, advertising sales are a "tough slog" forboth companies, mourns a feature in the latest Advertising Age. The problem? Apple and Amazon won't reveal enoughinformation about their customers ...

If You Were Apple, You’d Ignore Low-End Smartphones, Too

Smartphone sales have been rising.The 968 million smartphones sold surpassed the sales offeature phones for the first time, Gartner noted earlier this month. However, sales actually topped 1 billion, according to IDC. What's the difference of 32 million betweenfriends? Not much. ...

CROWDFUNDING SPOTLIGHT

URB-E, or How to Ride a Battery to Work

In any city or dense urban environment, getting around can be ahassle. Owning a car is expensive, and parking it can be a nightmare -- never mind actually driving it. ...

HOT TECH RUMOR

Apple’s Sapphire-Screen iPhone Less ‘If’ Than ‘When’

If the latest sapphire tech rumor is true, Apple's exclusivemanufacturing partner, GT Advanced Technologies, is gearing up itsMesa, Ariz., manufacturing facility with enough furnaces to forgeas many as 200 million iPhone displays ...

OPINION

An Awesome iWatch Is Apple’s Greatest Challenge

There are two words I try to avoid connecting: "greatest" and"challenge." Clearly I've failed. I try to avoid this phrasebecause it reeks of hyperbole -- and yet here I am, typing it out inassociation with Apple's utterly mythical "iWatch." ...

APP REVIEW

Cycloramic Pro Swims With the Sharks

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OPINION

What Went Wrong With the iPhone 5c?

The iPhone 5c has been bugging me. As a product, it's so good -- and yet so wrong. By not saying much at all during the financial conference call with analysts this week, Apple has confirmed doubts while presenting new questions. Does the iPhone 5c represent a colossal misstep by Apple? Or is it just a mediocre product that remains profitable? Can it be both a misstep and a profitable device at the same time?...

HOT TECH RUMOR

Apple’s Next iPhone: Big’s In, Plastic’s Out

iPhone rumors hit pretty much every week of the year, but some rise to the top -- with or without great sources. The latest bigger-screen iPhone 6 rumor comes courtesy of The Wall Street Journal in an article written by three authors who span the globe, writing together fromHong Kong, Taipei and San Francisco ...

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