Monthly Archives: January 2012

The Kindle Fire: it’s not as bad as you think

I have a smartphone and have, unfortunately, become very attached to it. I use it mostly to surf the Internet, and streaming video has also become a recent favorite. So the idea of having a similar device with a larger screen has always been compelling since the iPad’s debut, yet I’ve never found a tablet [...]

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Nintendo 3DS: On Life Anew

We’ve covered Nintendo’s latest handheld with great interest here because the fate of the 3DS has many implications in the marketplace, and not just for gaming. As a consumer electronics product that has both a high quality 3D feature-set and affordability relative to other 3D options, the 3DS is an interesting case study for home [...]

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Will Facebook users embrace Timeline?

A few weeks ago a friend of mine from college quoted a wall post I left on her Facebook profile at the beginning of our freshman year of college. I read the post and was mortified. Only an eighteen year old would write such a silly comment—I was trying to convince her to watch Star [...]

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Will you pay for Spotify?

For those who joined Spotify at the beginning of its launch in the U.S., the unlimited-streaming honeymoon will soon be coming to an end. The free service will now max out at ten hours per month and five listens per track, and many are left wondering – will users upgrade to a paid Spotify subscription, [...]

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