Chris Matyszczyk

New Apple ad wants kids to change the world. Is that such a good idea?

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Reaching for a new world. Apple; YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Whenever Apple has one of its product unveilings, it likes to release an uplifting ad, full of feel-good flavor. After its launch Tuesday of a new $329 iPad to …

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Shopping for Galaxy S9 at Verizon and AT&T. Customers speak out

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image But who will sell it best? Andrew Hoyle/CNET My inbox dripped with emails. After my visits to three Bay Area carrier stores last week in an attempt to see how — or even whether — the new Samsung Galaxy S9 was being sold, …

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Apple’s new ad for Face ID shows iPhone maker can’t stop dancing

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Wait for it. He’s about to dance. Apple; YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET I’m worried about Apple. No, not about whether it can put ever more gadgets into ever more hands. This is more about the feet. Apple’s dancing feet. The company just released an …

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Huawei advertises in front of Apple, Samsung Experience stores

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. A good idea? Or a touch annoying? Android Authority/Twitter screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It’s not easy being shunned. You can feel hurt. You might even want to protest.  This may be what inspired Huawei to place mobile billboards outside Apple and Samsung Experience stores in …

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Facebook and Zuckerberg still don’t know the right thing to do

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Would quitting be the right thing to do? NurPhoto He twitched and he strained. He tried to stick to the script given him by his PR and legal handlers, even making his first remarks almost identical to the statement he’d published earlier on Facebook. He …

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Stephen Colbert mercilessly mocks Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Colbert presented Zuckerberg’s reaction to the crisis. The Late Show; YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET I admit I’ve spent many years now sniggering at the exploits of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Ever since he declared that he knew people didn’t want privacy and insisted that …

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I went to buy a Galaxy S9 at Verizon and AT&T. It didn’t go well

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Can I live with it? Marvel Studios It was pouring with rain. So it was time to go to the dark side. As a longtime iPhone user, I decided to buy a Samsung Galaxy S9 to see what it was like to live …

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iPhone X ad imagines a world where you unlock everything with your face

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives     With just one look, you have magical powers. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Apple has given you magical powers… if you bought an iPhone X, that is. All you have to do is look at anything with a lock and, presto, it opens. What? …

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Fitbit exec says Apple Watch doesn’t excite people

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Not exciting?  Cesar Salza/CNET As I wander around the restaurants and supermarkets of the world, I’ve noticed that many people who work at these places have an Apple Watch. When I ask why, I get simple, practical answers. For example, a server in …

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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Well, that was worth it, wasn’t it? T-Mobile; YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET T-Mobile likes to be different. In a different way from the way in which Apple was different, but different all the same. So to honor Friday’s arrival of the Samsung Galaxy S9 …

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