Stories by: Mike Elgan

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    Even Google hates its own 'names' policy 16/08/2011 00:20:00

    Google's only big blunder in the creation of its otherwise excellent Google+ social network has been a flawed policy on what users are allowed to call themselves. Everybody hates the policy. Even Google hates it.
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    10 things I hate about Google+ 02/08/2011 01:20:00

    I have a love-hate relationship with Google+. Because I love it and use it so much, I really hate its current limitations.
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    Why Chromebooks will fail 17/05/2011 04:35:00

    Everyone wants what Microsoft's got, namely control of the most widely used computing platform. Or, more accurately, everyone wants the billions and billions of dollars that flow in from the dominance of desktop computing.
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    Larry Page's first blunder 12/04/2011 00:21:00

    Eric Schmidt is out at Google. Larry Page is in. I miss Eric already.
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    How to overcome Internet distraction disorder 29/03/2011 01:38:00

    The digital revolution has created an unexpected challenge: How do you get work done when a world of amusements is always just a click away?
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    Natural disaster? There's an app for that! 13/03/2011 23:27:00

    As Friday's earthquake in Japan demonstrates, natural disasters happen. And when they do, the first two things to go down are electricity and telephone services.
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    How to build a time machine 01/03/2011 02:10:00

    Search the Internet for a time machine and you may end up with an empty wallet and painful injuries, if the movie Napoleon Dynamite is accurate.
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    Why Nokia is toast 15/02/2011 02:56:00

    It's hard to remember now, but there was a time when Finland was at the center of the cell phone universe. As cell phones overtook pagers, then smartphones overtook cell phones, Nokia was the hottest company in the industry.
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    Why there's no such thing as an Internet kill switch 08/02/2011 02:01:00

    My iPhone rang yesterday evening. It was my 22-year-old son calling from his iPhone to ask me how to do something on iTunes. It was a pretty unremarkable call, and the kind of conversation we used to have when he lived at home, except that he was on the other side of the world in Mumbai, India.
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    How Apple and Google will kill the password 01/02/2011 03:25:00

    Imagine sitting down at a public PC, surfing the Web, visiting Facebook, checking your online bank account and buying something on Amazon.com -- all without entering passwords or credit card information.
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    Elgan: When the iPhone feels your pain 18/01/2011 00:02:00

    We love our gadgets. But they treat us with an indifference that sometimes feels like contempt. They're like cats.
 
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