Chris Matyszczyk

Sprint pitchman laments life in corporate America

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image It’s hard work, tolerating corporate America. Sprint/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It’s easy to think that those who peddle products on TV don’t have feelings. Who could imagine they experience doubt or fear? They smile on camera, tell …

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Apple ads mock Android smartphones

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image According to Apple, a rival app store store can blow up in your face. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It’s often the case that other phone makers chuckle at Apple. Who can forget Samsung’s excoriation of the iPhone’s history last year? Cupertino, though, isn’t …

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Kanye West tweets love for his Tesla

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man tweets his love for his car. You might be tempted to offer such elevated words, on learning that fashion designer and rapper Kanye West has extremely deep feelings for his Tesla. In a series of …

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Heathrow drone near

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Are they a danger? If so, how much of a danger? Roberto Machado Noa/Getty It’s a fear many pilots carry with them every day. At some point, their plane may collide with a drone that’s being flown by someone who thinks they’re just having fun. …

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Conan O’Brien’s Fatbat is the fear

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. A true motivator. Team Coco screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Is technology failing you in your quest to lose weight? Even though you have a Fitbit or an Apple Watch, does watching your step count really get you to your ideal level of svelte? Conan O’Brien …

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SAP says business can solve the world’s problems (really)

Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek     He thinks business can solve the world’s problems. He’s an actor. SAP/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Businesses are in a peculiar situation these days. They’re often stepping in to fight social problems, as (some) governments seem incapable of addressing them — …

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Survey shows more than 80 percent of teens own an Apple iPhone

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Do teens really adore the iPhone? Or do they have old ones handed down? Josh Miller/CNET I’ve heard it said that today’s teens are more sensible, more conservative than generations before them. I don’t necessarily mean conservative politically. It’s simply my impression that they look …

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Apple gives red iPhone 8 that, um, sexy ’80s nightclub feel

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Well, that’s a club I think I’ve been to. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Who says charity can’t be sexy? Apple on Friday will release a remarkably bright red iPhone 8 (and an 8 Plus) as part of its annual Product Red program. Part of …

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Apple’s new iPhone X ads show how quickly you can buy things

Technology has made so many things easier. Buying things, for example. You can sit at home, unclothed and the worse for wear, and click your way to buying almost anything you want. But what about when you’re in a physical store? It must seem so old-fashioned. You might have to talk to people or, worse, stand in line. Who does …

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Apple Watch data said to provide clues in murder trial

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. They know you and they record you. Apple The more we let gadgets know about us, the more they remember. So when 57-year-old Myrna Nilsson was found dead in Adelaide, Australia, police thought they’d examine the Apple Watch she’d been wearing to see what it …

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