Lazaro Estrada and his lawyers. CBS 4 screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET There are people whose very presence can make you feel threatened. Sometimes it’s because you just don’t like the look of them. Other times, it’s because they’re wearing a uniform and striding toward you purposefully. It seems, though, that some police officers are feeling …
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There’s someone out there for you. Microsoft/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You know your life has to change. The only question is how. That seems to be the thought racing around Redmond minds just about now. On the one hand, the company’s Stephen Elop doesn’t seem sure what will happen with the Nokia name, though something will. On the other, …
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Are Apple store employees involved? KUSA screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It all seems so blatant. In footage, all shot on an iPhone, we see what are said to be homeless people or the very poor walking into Apple stores and buying iPhones. For this, they are allegedly rewarded in cash. The phones, as KUSA in Denver reports, are sent overseas, …
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It’s obvious, really. Samsung/YouTube; screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET I’m feeling a little worried today. Samsung has stopped joking about Apple. No more mocking of iPhone users as aging dolts. No more laughing at the alleged lambs standing in line to be slaughtered by the supposedly inferior gizmology of Apple. For here is a new ad released by Samsung that says, …
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And now there’s one more bill. Brian Welsh/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET If you ever decide to date a whole football team, the Buffalo Bills might not be your first choice. It’s not that they’re not handsome men, full of the usual muscle and joie-de-vivre of footballers. It’s that they might get a little clingy. I base this observation solely …
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It’s hugely useful. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET I will avoid the issue at hand for as long as possible. I will focus on the fact that Apple has released a brand-new ad for the iPhone 5S. It is a very, very fine ad. It features some splendid scenes in which the iPhone 5S does splendid things with the help …
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The family that watches together, embarrasses together. HBO/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Have you ever watched a lesbian sex scene with your mother? Please, I’m not trying to pry. I just wondered because HBO is wondering the same thing. Would your mom turn away? Would she start up a conversation about how approving she is of same-sex relationships? Or would …
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Building for the future? JumpFlyInc/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET I wish people would finally understand that technologists know what’s good for humanity far better than humans do. This has been borne out a thousand times in recent years, and everyone should respect this increasingly big data. When Google CEO Larry Page says that we need self-driving cars, so that we …
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It’s a distraction. Jon Hwang/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET I fancy if I broke someone’s back, I’d care. At least a little. But I confess that I am not Kimberley Davis. She is the 21-year-old Australian woman who drove her car while texting, struck a cyclist, and offered this observation: “I just don’t care because I’ve already been through a …
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And what if iPhone 6 looks like this? ConceptsiPhone/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET The last time teenagers were consistent was the first time teenagers were consistent. Their winds of change rarely abate and their judgments are as instant as the worst coffee. Yet they seem to have a weird thing for Apple. Piper Jaffray’s Taking Stock With Teens report for …
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