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Excellent piece about the new $1400 “not-a-phone” Microsoft Duo by @LaurenGoode. Instead of focusing on a bunch of specs, she examines the big picture and the unknowns. Whether the Duo is a pioneering success or an embarrassing flop, this is the kind of framing article you need. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @stevesi: August 12, 1981 - the IBM PC is announced. Happy 39th! And also one of the most audacious ads in history as well—IBM was the… — PolitiTweet.org

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Getting a like for one of my tweets from the great @peterhlewis, once my formidable competitor, is an honor. — PolitiTweet.org

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@benedictevans @stevesi @harrymccracken @verge I felt the Treo had huge advantages over both feature phones and Blackberry. I bought one and kept buying newer models. (Of course, I used loaners of other phones for reviews, but per ethics policies returned them all. So the Treo was my daily driver until the iPhone arrived.) — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MossDef: If the Square Pursuit puzzle isn't enough for you, I've also constructed today's Universal crossword! It's a favorite daily so… — PolitiTweet.org

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Fat. Hurt. Just. — PolitiTweet.org

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Pretty clever ad from @KamalaHarris’s Senate campaign. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NewsLitProject: 1/ NEWS! In an effort to ease the transition to remote teaching, we are now offering our Checkology® virtual classroom… — PolitiTweet.org

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@reneritchie I spent ten years as a computer hobbyist and 20 as a reporter on other topics before I started my tech column. It was a good combination. — PolitiTweet.org

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@reneritchie The goal is obviously to bring all the writing and reporting skills of a good journalist to the topic,… https://t.co/mYQTEord4U — PolitiTweet.org

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@reneritchie Because the tech people on the staff may not be journalists. In the very early days of consumer tech, some pubs actually drafted their IT people as tech reporters. It was awful. Then they assigned journalists who knew nothing. Also bad. Then they found journalists who knew stuff. — PolitiTweet.org

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@defcon_5 I’ll take privacy over helping the toxic ad tech surveillance business, especially FB, anytime. Even if it helps Apple’s business. Besides, Apple is just letting the user choose whether to be tracked. The ad tech privacy thieves are worried because it’s opt-in, not opt-out. — PolitiTweet.org

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@rlee0228 @harrymccracken @verge Thanks — PolitiTweet.org

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@polusyroy @Apple @AppleNews It’s here now on my iPhone running iOS 13. — PolitiTweet.org

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Maybe I missed this, but I just got a promo that @Apple is adding audio narration to ⁦@AppleNews⁩. This includes a free Apple-produced daily summary of stories plus Apple narrations of whole stories from publications in the paid News+ service. https://t.co/pClpo6wzUp — PolitiTweet.org

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@markaizatt @harrymccracken @verge Thx. — PolitiTweet.org

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The Palm Pilot (1996) Twitter discussion kicked off this morning by ⁦@harrymccracken⁩ reminded me of this @verge column I wrote in 2016 about the era before the iPhone and Android. https://t.co/OY43IZxdls — PolitiTweet.org

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@harrymccracken (Sorry, can’t find the link.) — PolitiTweet.org

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@harrymccracken From my 1st Palm Pilot review: “After testing the Pilot daily for a couple of months, I can say it is by far the best little computer I have ever seen and the only one I can imagine incorporating into my daily life. It has a few limitations, but Pilot is a breakthrough product.” — PolitiTweet.org

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@harrymccracken The PalmPilot was a great, historic product. But it had terrible marketing, IMO. Same can be said of the Treo. — PolitiTweet.org

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As a native Rhode Islander, I loved this funny video. You might too if you’re also a native of R.I. or are just curious about how our smallest state has a distinctive culture. https://t.co/In3a9Lk2xc — PolitiTweet.org

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@BenThePCGuy @GoodThings2Life @jonathanross @BBCNews Yep. Here’s my positive review of that one. https://t.co/CWBKfcxn2u — PolitiTweet.org

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Very nice chronology, Charles. But I’ve have included the OG thin and light, the Sony Vaio 505. And, even more importantly, the best laptop ever, the MacBook Air, which every competitor chased for years - especially the 2010 redesign. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ccwu @dan_ness @BBCNews Very nice chronology, Charles. But I’ve have included the OG thin and light, the Sony Vaio 505. And, even more importantly, the best laptop ever, the MacBook Air, which every competitor chased for years - especially the 2010 redesign. https://t.co/d2uuEijcLA — PolitiTweet.org

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@reckless Time for a @verge restrospective on Wi-Di — PolitiTweet.org

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2/ Here’s a 2010 review I did of a Toshiba laptop model I considered a decent competitor to the MacBook Air and to Lenovo’s thin and light ThinkPad X300. https://t.co/CWBKfcxn2u — PolitiTweet.org

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1/ At one time, Toshiba was a major laptop maker you couldn’t ignore if you were a tech reviewer. Now, the ⁦@BBCNews⁩ is reporting that, after a series of steps in recent years, the company is out of the laptop business totally. https://t.co/P8wB7UFQnH — PolitiTweet.org

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@susanthesquark So sorry. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a fascinating thread that will teach most of us a bit of childhood history, and has nothing to do with our current troubles. I recommend reading the whole thing. — PolitiTweet.org