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Apple stole my tagline, says NY street artist

Stolen power? Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET To sacrifice yourself on the altar of originality takes courage. How can you be sure that some unconscious influence didn’t work its way inside your head and then manipulate you into some form of artistic reproduction? Just as Steve Jobs and Picasso were happy to steal rather than beg or borrow, so too …

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What the $129 Moto E means to the new, new Motorola Mobility

The Motorola Moto E. Motorola Mobility It started with a chart on a wall. Mark Randall, head of supply chain and operations for Motorola Mobility, was sitting in a meeting with a Brazilian carrier. The meetup was part of a world tour of carriers that he and then-CEO Dennis Woodside embarked on shortly after joining the company in 2012. Sitting …

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