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Copying Apple

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Some will make the argument that Apple is loosing a little bit of its luster. While I am an Apple consumer (and a fairly recent one), I'm hopeful that you won't misconstrued this blog post as someone who is a biased and loyal customer trying to defend a brand (Apple Fanboi!). The Microsoft store. Kudos for Microsoft.

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Corporate America steps up to deal with #COVID-19

Janet Fouts

Apple shut down their retail stores , offered expanded its sick leave policy to cover family issues, set up work from home guidelines. Microsoft announced Asked workers to stay home until March 25 in Seattle and San Francisco, and agreed to pay hourly service providers their regular pay even if they are not needed to work.

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Does Too Much Technology Make Us Bored?

Waxing UnLyrical

Last week I had to take my MacBook Pro in to the Apple store. Her voice said, “Sure,” but then she proceeded to make me feel as uncomfortable as I’ve ever felt in a retail outlet. Neither did most of the Apple staff I encountered that day, as I noted earlier. Thrilled with Square. Cultural differences, maybe?

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T-Commerce And The Rise Of Tablet Shopping

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Look no further than Microsoft 's leap back in hardware production with their upcoming tablet, Surface. I'm less confident in Microsoft and Google's attempts at cracking the penetration that Apple 's iPad is having, simply because both the Surface and Nexus 7 are making their debut with wi-fi only. Tags: apple.

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The Year Of More

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This year will see the introduction of many new devices (including the hotly anticipated entry of Apple into the television set business). From Amazon , Google / Android , Microsoft , RIM (hopefully) and maybe even Facebook , our lives (and briefcases) will continue to get filled up with new, different and interesting devices.

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From Atoms To Bits To Atoms

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Manufacturing from your desktop may sound as crazy as Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates did when he said close to forty years ago that a computer would be on every desk. Yes, the very same place that helped inspire Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak to create Apple. Makers offers that kind of prophetic prose. It's manufacturing. at this point.

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It’s Not About Social Anymore

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The data proves it out and so do retailers, consumers and manufacturers. Dell in so many words has admitted it and Microsoft with its rollout of its own tablet to compete directly with Apple has validated it. Mobile and Tablet computing. They are experiencing it first hand. If you haven’t noticed, the desktop is dead.

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