Farhad Manjoo
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I tried the Android. Now give me back my iPhone!Jul 21, 2013 7:41 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — Six years ago, Google launched an unconventional effort to gain a toehold in the growing smartphone business. Rather than make its own phones, the wa...
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Google Plus does photos bestJul 14, 2013 6:49 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — For a year or two in the early aughts, Flickr was every photographer’s favorite corner of the Internet. Not only was it the friendliest, prettiest, m...
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Why laptop batteries are gaining powerJul 08, 2013 9:03 am - Never trust gadget-makers’ claims about battery life. They usually employ weasel words (a machine that alleges to last “up to” six hours between recharges is technically...
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Silicon Valley’s attack of the clonesJun 30, 2013 8:17 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — I’ve sat through three big, supersecret, well-orchestrated Facebook press events in the last year. Or at least I think there were just three; they al...
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Apple’s iOS 7 is little more than a new lookJun 23, 2013 7:12 pm - PALO ALTO, Calif. — The first time you turn on your phone after installing iOS 7, you’ll feel like Charlie Bucket landing in Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. Those color...
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Here’s how to fix the school yearbook businessJun 03, 2013 10:25 am - By Farhad Manjoo PALO ALTO, Calif. — You wouldn’t know it to look at the products, but the school yearbook business is kind of shady. There’s a good chance you and your ...
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The end of the credit card?May 21, 2013 5:43 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — This week Square announced a new product that took me by surprise: the Square Stand, an iPad holder and credit card reader that’s meant to function a...
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Why I love Internet sales tax planMay 06, 2013 7:10 am - The Internet, in the popular imagination, is supposed to be free -- “the last bastion of our economy untouched by the government,” as they say on Fox News. But you don’t...
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Why iPad is Apple's most valuable productApr 02, 2018 1:13 pm - The iPad has always labored under the shadow of its little brother the iPhone. When Apple launched the tablet back in the spring of 2010, everyone thought it was derivat...
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Review: Facebook Phone Isn’t as Bad as You ThinkApr 07, 2013 6:37 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — People have been waiting for the Facebook Phone for years. Not real people, mind you, just technology reporters. Since at least 2009, we’ve seen rumo...