Walt Mossberg

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@thepainguy Of course. We all know that. But not in 2007. — PolitiTweet.org

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@stevesi @BrandeisU @thejustice Thanks. This is the special medal they give people who make it to their 50th reunion. It’s like a reward for not being dead. https://t.co/mZDReCLzAR — PolitiTweet.org

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@bdesarnauts @BrandeisU @thejustice You must have made a compelling case. I wasn’t often nice to people pitching garbage products or even good products that they couldn’t explain. — PolitiTweet.org

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With @Apple reported to be dismembering the once-dominant computer version of iTunes, I thought I’d dig up the video of what Steve Jobs told me onstage in 2007 when I asked how he felt that iTunes had made Apple a huge Windows developer. Enjoy. https://t.co/EkoyMUX8aP — PolitiTweet.org

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@borntobuild123 @BrandeisU @thejustice I have no idea. — PolitiTweet.org

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@patricknward @BrandeisU @thejustice Thx. — PolitiTweet.org

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It was great to be back at @BrandeisU for my own 50th reunion, and the 70th anniversary of the student paper in which I wrote, @thejustice. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @fmanjoo: Hard to overstate how important a piece of journalism this is. It should scare us witless that Companies now make on-the-fly… — PolitiTweet.org

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@jkrahn @reckless I would sell them out of my car trunk if i had a stockpile. But if any are left, @reckless has them. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jjmaxwell4 @Patrick_Spence But that assumes they’d have executed it well for a mass audience suddenly used to very different mobile devices and software. I have no faith they would have done so. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JohnPaczkowski: The Pelosi Video Was Altered. Why Won’t Facebook Just Say That? https://t.co/jDhQSslpjW via @kantrowitz https://t.co/IG… — PolitiTweet.org

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@pierce This is why we need a tough national privacy law, declaring personal information to be private property and changing the system from opt-out to opt-in. It’s not hopeless under every conceivable system, only a system with no governing law. @JoannaStern — PolitiTweet.org

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@Patrick_Spence 3 of 3/ Plus, they did do a cross-platform version, which failed. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Patrick_Spence 2/ And it would have faced an uphill battle in the U.S. because, unlike elsewhere, there is strong attachment to the default messaging service on iOS, which is just as secure as BBM, thus removing its main competitive advantage. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Patrick_Spence 1/ The problem was that, even for BBM on its own to have succeeded as a cross-platform messaging service, it would have required a deep understanding of consumer psychology, UI and marketing. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Patrick_Spence I can’t even count the number of polite arguments I had with top RIM execs over this issue. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Patrick_Spence Maybe. But I believe that the failure of the Blackberry and its ecosystem was due to its stubborn belief that its customers were corporate and government IT departments, and its mega-fans. That led to its lack of respect for, and understanding of, actual mainstream users. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @LaurenGoode: I wrote a thing about what to expect from WWDC 2019, yes I know the internet is littered with these but really this is wha… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NewsLitProject: Did you know we're now on @Medium? If you're on the publishing platform, give us a follow for the latest updates — incl… — PolitiTweet.org

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@rwporterjr @ShapiroGlobal @BrandeisU He absolutely is! — PolitiTweet.org

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Former Clinton administration trade negotiator (and my former college roommate) ⁦@ShapiroGlobal⁩ speaks at a trade symposium at the #alumniweekend at ⁦@BrandeisU⁩ https://t.co/YPkpA7JgLG — PolitiTweet.org

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Not only is the online advertising industry - especially Google and Facebook - stealing our privacy, but this study shows the targeted ads that supposedly are the other half of the bargain aren’t helping publishers much at all. — PolitiTweet.org

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@themoko One eye half open. Just as I imagine you trusted me. It’s a high compliment. — PolitiTweet.org

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@themoko But this is what made you so adept and valuable when you got to RUN Google p.r. later. It’s how you helped the company and why I and other reporters trusted you. (Plus, your answer was 100% correct.) — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @themoko: Here's one highlight of the Google interview I failed back in 2006. I was interviewing for a PR job. Interviewer: How would y… — PolitiTweet.org

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@walkerfenton @brentsimmons @allthingsd @karaswisher It was quite an undertaking. — PolitiTweet.org

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@benyankee @PolarSeltzer Ben, you do know that Polar is headquartered squarely in the heart of @RedSox country, in Worcester, MA, and bought the naming rights to Boston’s new AAA ball park now being built there. So, welcome to Red Sox Nation! https://t.co/IkRvxLNb7i — PolitiTweet.org

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@rebeccaballhaus @glubold If true, this is disgusting, even for the current White House. — PolitiTweet.org

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@casey_lau @jonfortt Thanks, Casey. — PolitiTweet.org

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@CaseyNewton @fromedome @WillOremus Facebook takes no risks. And, Dan, it's not a utility. It's a publisher. — PolitiTweet.org