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A Cautionary CES Tale: What Tablet Makers Can Learn From Sins Past

A Cautionary CES Tale: What Tablet Makers Can Learn From Sins Past

We were promised such great things at CES 2011. We were told the coming year would bring worthy competitors to the mass-market consumer tablet space, an arena conquered — if not pioneered — by the iPad. Poised to challenge Apple’s throne, Motorola and RIM unveiled two serious iPad contenders in the Android-powered Xoom and the [...]

Sony slashes Tablet S price, signaling trend

Sony slashes Tablet S price, signaling trend

Sony has knocked $100 off the price of its S series tablet, another sign that non-Apple tablet pricing is trending downward. The 16GB Tablet S is now $400, reduced from $500, while the 32GB model got cut to $500 from $600. Specs include a 9.4-inch 1280×800 display, front and rear cameras, Android Honeycomb, 1GB system [...]

2011: The Year Facebook Killed Google

2011: The Year Facebook Killed Google

I used to discover new content via Google. Now I find it using Facebook and Twitter. And millions of others are doing it too. I have to admit it: I get a queasy voyeuristic feeling in my gut when I see what my friends are reading on the Washington or Huffington Posts, watching on YouTube, [...]

Will Google, Amazon, and Facebook Black Out the Net?

Will Google, Amazon, and Facebook Black Out the Net?

In the growing battle for the future of the Web, some of the biggest sites online — Google, Facebook, and other tech stalwarts — are considering a coordinated blackout of their sites, some of the web’s most popular destinations. No Google searches. No Facebook updates. No Tweets. No Amazon.com shopping. Nothing. The action would be [...]