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How one IT Pro replaced his MacBook with an iPad

Posted on May 23, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

I wouldn’t say that the iPad is a real replacement for a laptop, but that won’t stop some people using it as exactly that.

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Why Freedom 0 equals Zero Freedom

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Ian Betteridge
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King Minus: Why do so many Google products have zero revenue?

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Ian Betteridge
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Google desperately looks for way to get more cash from YouTube

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Image via CrunchBase New Role – YouTube as Outlet for Live Sports – NYTimes.com: “Until now, YouTube has concentrated mainly on amateur user-created content, professional music videos and short promotional clips from television shows. The only major international event it … Continue reading →

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Apple smartphone growth puts competition in the shade

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Canalys has released its smartphone market share figures for Q1 2010, and the big winners are undoubtedly Apple, HTC and Motorola, all of which posted treble-digit growth in unit shipments compared to the equivalent quarter of 2009. To put that … Continue reading →

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Facebook blocking all bit.ly links? UPDATE: Nope.

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

UPDATE: And it’s fixed. Looks like it was a short-term glitch in the Facebook matrix. – It appears that Facebook has decided that all links using popular link-shortener bit.ly are potentially dangerous – and has blocked them. I’ve tried this … Continue reading →

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Idiot post of the day (TechCrunch edition)

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

And it’s from our good friend, Mike Arrington and his Nexus One review! “I was able to kill the fully charged battery with 1.5 hours of continuous gameplay (Robo Defense) on the full-brightness screen. Be prepared to keep this phone … Continue reading →

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links for 2009-12-11

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

iTunes gets cloudy: Will a web-ified future save iTunes or kill it? "The intent of iTunes is admirable, and it's been hugely successful largely because it's free and most folks consider it good enough. But it's about as far removed … Continue reading →

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links for 2009-12-10

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Schneier on Security: My Reaction to Eric Schmidt Dear Eric Schmidt: Stop being an asshat. (tags: google privacy)

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An app that filters Twitter noise? It’s called “a brain”

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

An app that filters Twitter noise? It’s about time: “‘Our human filters have turned into a great way to discover content that interests us, but the amount of tweets coming in through Twitter today is astounding, and it continues to … Continue reading →

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