NEW YORK TIMES MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Microsoft Corp.’s engineers and executives spent two years creating a new line of smart phones with playful names that sounded like creatures straight out of The Cat in the Hat - Kin One and Kin Two. Stylish designs, on flashy social-networking features, and an all-out marketing blitz were meant to prove that Microsoft could build the right products for the …
On Sunday, New York Times columnist Nick Kristof shined a light on the vicious mineral trade in Congo and its strong ties to global manufacturers of laptops, cell phones and digital cameras. According to Kristof, ruthless Congolese warlords control many of the minerals used in everyday consumer electronics. The sale of these rare minerals, writes Kristof, is funding much of the violence …
� � With gadgets of the iPhone 4’s importance, Apple tends to hand out a certain (small) number of early review units to preferred publications. (I don’t think it would surprise anyone to discover that Gizmodo is no longer on Apple’s nice list.) For the iPhone 4, there were five. Here are the highlights: David Pogue, New York Times “The iPhone 4 is already a hit. AT&T says that it received 10 …
Zecheus writes “In the New York Times: ‘Scientists say juggling e-mail, phone calls and other incoming information can change how people think and behave. They say our ability to focus is being undermined by bursts of information.’.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
The tech editors and reporters of the New York Times were reading about business deals and business models as much as gadgets. Kindle coming to Target on April 25 Engadget Brad Stone says: Engadget kicks off a round of speculation that Amazon will begin selling the Kindle later this month in Target stores.