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Sunday, July 1, 2007

(VIDEO) iPhone interface complete walkthrough

"It's not like you need any clearer a picture of what to expect from the iPhone interface at this point, but we'll show you some real world use of the device in this walkthrough as we churn through just about every app and option the iPhone's got."

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Thursday, June 28, 2007

Life at Google: The Microsoftie Perspective

The following has been making the rounds on just about every internal email list I belong to in Microsoft. Here it is to share a little insight with the rest of the world. Microsoft is an amazingly transparent company. Google is not. Any peek is a good peek.

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Sunday, June 24, 2007

Apple unveils unexpected iPhone Features: Word, Excel Files Viewable + More

Business users have frequently cited ambiguity over iPhone’s support for Word or Excel documents as a potentially fatal omission, so their inclusion removes just one more potential barrier to the phone’s popularity. Apple claims that in “about a week,” you’ll be thumb-typing faster on iPhone than any other small keyboard



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Thursday, June 7, 2007

How much does a NY cabbie make?

You can’t live in New York—arguably, you can’t spend an hour in New York—and remain oblivious to the machinery of profit pumping away under every surface. This city makes money, loses money, houses money; lately, with luxe condos stacking up like casino chips along the waterfront, the city looks like money.



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Sunday, May 13, 2007

Undergrads' 25 Most Wanted Employers

Organizations that do good and companies that are doing well both rank high with students, according to Universum's latest findings



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Monday, April 23, 2007

Google vs. God [picture]

'Google can't satisfy every search'...



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Wednesday, April 18, 2007

12 secrets your car insurer won't tell you

Getting a good deal on auto insurance is hard enough. Keeping your premiums from rising? That can feel like playing a game where the rule maker refuses to tell you the rules.



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Tuesday, April 10, 2007

interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt

This detailed interview between Vogelstein and Google CEO Eric Schmidt demonstrates a couple of things: 1) rarely is entrepreneurial success accidental and 2) sometimes it takes a strong editorial effort to pull out nuggets from a tech visionary that crystallizes a story in a way that had never been done before.



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Thursday, April 5, 2007

How to Complain and Win at It

Great tips from the senior editor at the Wall Street Journal about how to complain to a company and WIN. Whatever your gripe, Bounds said, you have to make a decision to make some noise if you want things to change. She gives tips on how to win against airlines, cellphone & credit card companies.



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Saturday, March 31, 2007

Car Dealerships Rip You Off With The "Four-Square," Here's How To Beat It

Former used car salesman Alan Slone grows a conscience and reveals one of the major strategies dealership use to screw you when buying a new car. At the heart of it all is the "4-square." This is supposed to help you and the dealership come to an agreement, but as you'll see, it's really more akin to three-card monte dealer's deck of cards.



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