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Some personal news: I intend to step back from my duties as a ‘senior’ member of the Royal Family of Freedonia and work to become financially independent, while continuing to fully support Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo. Thank you. (Look it up, kids.) https://t.co/k3dVmL9qa8 — PolitiTweet.org

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@cwong5 @LaurenGoode @CES Nope. — PolitiTweet.org

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Others have written about sex tech at ⁦@CES⁩, which reversed a hostile attitude on the category. But ⁦@LaurenGoode⁩ tackled the subject best, IMO, in this interesting, entertaining, but non-sophomoric look at the companies and founders. https://t.co/iOus6YQMcG — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @carolmcc13: Can’t wait to see their work during #NewsLiteracyWeek — PolitiTweet.org

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@joannelipman @Facebook @nytimes Facebook IS a publisher and a media company. It does deals to acquire content, curates (badly) its offering, using both humans and algorithms, and sells ads. https://t.co/BaZiEy7mJt — PolitiTweet.org

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@Gearheadgal So...TV in 1957 again? But this time with tracking in addition to the constant interruptions? No thanks. — PolitiTweet.org

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@benyankee I agree. That’s why we are only using the older Sonoses. Until we have binding federal laws and regulations to severely restrict the use of personal data, I won’t populate my home with microphones or cameras from companies whose business is vacuuming data. — PolitiTweet.org

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Sonos was the pioneer in wireless mesh networked multi-room speakers. Seems logical that its patents are foundational. I was sorry to see them add Alexa and Google Assistant. — PolitiTweet.org

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@zkahn @Apple Congrats!!! — PolitiTweet.org

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@dcwildcat97 @KatieBoehret Thanks! I think adding @KatieBoehret’s column to mine was one of our smarter moves. — PolitiTweet.org

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@KatieBoehret Absolutely! This is a classic reminder of the wonky TV-centric nature of @CES. — PolitiTweet.org

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@qhardy @CES @Mc_Huge I always made a circuit of the small booths near the edges of the halls. There were some interesting things there, much more interesting than, say, at the giant Samsung mini-city. But that doesn’t mean the small guys launched the big breakthrough tech products at CES either. — PolitiTweet.org

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@AlexJamesFitz @CES Hype. — PolitiTweet.org

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@AlexJamesFitz @CES Here’s my take. CES was a pretty big show, but when computers and computer-derived things came along, the Comdex show, also in Vegas, grew bigger. As PC makers wanted to move to consumer electronics, some tiptoed into CES. Then, Comdex collapsed and CES was the natural winner. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jcjohnson @willsmith @JoannaStern Loved that. — PolitiTweet.org

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@AirWaterSnow @CES @JonErlichman These are almost all TV-dependent things (I’ve conceded it’s a TV trade show). The rest are either failed products or, as is typical of CES, iterations on the breakthroughs. For instance, the Commodore 64 not only wasn’t the first mass-market PC, it was the THIRD Commodore. — PolitiTweet.org

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@reckless @CES You know I’m never forgetting that, Nilay. Never. — PolitiTweet.org

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@backlon This is one of your jokes, right? — PolitiTweet.org

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@JoannaStern Maybe women prefer texting? Just a guess. When I had your job, for most of the Jurassic era, and email was the primo form of digital communication, I got way more than 2% from women. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @iglen31: Now that the season is over for both Tom Brady and Drew Brees, here is where they stand entering 2020: (Regular AND postseason… — PolitiTweet.org

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@wincramer @CES Also incorrect. — PolitiTweet.org

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@wklj @CES Excellent idea. It was a TV (and car audio) show before the tech guys showed up. And TV tech is the only kind of major consumer tech for which it is the prime launch platform. — PolitiTweet.org

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@wincramer @CES I disagree. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DaveLeeBBC @JoannaStern You’re right. But the proprietors of @CES spend a lot of time and money pitching it to journalists, accommodating journalists, and pitching to exhibitors the chance to attract the attention of journalists. Not to mention building a profile with the general public. — PolitiTweet.org

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@SteveCase Smart, as usual. — PolitiTweet.org

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Reminder from a year ago of the irrelevance of @CES to actual users of the most important products in consumer technology. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Berkie_ism @goldenglobes My impression last night was that his screen time was cut quite a bit. — PolitiTweet.org

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My personal candidate for the first awards show to be demoted: the @goldenglobes. — PolitiTweet.org

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Given the huge quantity of on-screen content, it’s much less likely that a big audience will see most of the shows and films up for awards. So I wonder how long it will be before the awards ceremonies stop being broadcast to a big audience, just streamed to a narrower slice. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @alanmillerNLP: The uncertainty and rampant speculation surrounding the conflict with Iran create a fertile online environment for misin… — PolitiTweet.org