Firefox, Chrome and the perception of value

It doesn’t happen that much in technology, but some articles become more real and truthful as time goes by. It’s certainly the case in ‘Choose Firefox Now, Or Later You Won’t Get A Choice‘, where the author urges the user to use Mozilla’s browser: So if you want an Internet — which means, in many ways,

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The iPhone 7 is a great smartphone you probably shouldn’t buy

That’s what most of the reviewers seem to think about the new iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus, which has good features but nothing that could really justify leaving a perfectly fine iPhone 6s/Plus for these. The differences are clearly there for iPhone 6/Plus users, but everyone seems to be not that convinced to

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Courage and comparing Apples to oranges

Much has been said about the removal of the headphone jack in the new iPhone 7/Plus, and John Gruber has added is own commentary: Choosing to do what you *know* will be unpopular in the short run but you *believe* will prove correct in the long run takes courage. The problem with Gruber argument is

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Project Ara: stop making us dream your dream, Google

Julia Love for Reuters: Alphabet Inc’s Google has suspended Project Ara, its ambitious effort to build what is known as a modular smartphone with interchangeable components, as part of a broader push to streamline the company’s hardware efforts, two people with knowledge of the matter said. It’s nice to be part of a dream, but

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Yoga Book: Going beyond the tablet

The guys at The Verge have done a fine job by discussing how the new Lenovo Yoga Book came to life. This is a hardware device that, as Nilay Patel has said over at Twitter, is the first fascinating one in a long time. The new and impressive Instant Halo Keyboard won’t be perfect for many

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13 billion reasons for Apple to abandon Europe

The Commission can only order recovery of illegal state aid for a ten-year period preceding the Commission’s first request for information in this matter, which dates back to 2013. Ireland must therefore recover from Apple the unpaid tax for the period since 2003, which amounts to up to €13 billion, plus interest. When Apple and

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Android 7.0 Nougat makes more sense on tablets… and convertibles

Big smartphones are everywhere, and Nougat’s new features make them more useful. Honeycomb was meant for tablets. The idea tried to take advantage of that new gold rush started with the iPad, but that iteration never took off. Tablets are back, but with a different perspective: now they’re trying to conquer not just the consumption but

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