That’s the gist of a piece I just put up on the Daily Beast this morning, arguing that the biggest victims of Daisey’s fraud might end up being the Chinese workers he claims to care so much about. In the end he exploited those workers for his own gain. I was away on a ski […]

Who knew my month of using Microsoft products would bring a bit of a mystery with it? But that seems to be the case as just now Microsoft announced it had fired two members of the Bing marketing team “for violation of company policies related to mismanagement of company assets and vendor procurement.” As Business […]

The folks who run the Dell corporate blog just put up an interesting thought experiment: What could you have done with a laptop in prehistoric times? In ancient Greece? The Renaissance? It’s worth a look.

As part of this “Month of Microsoft” project I’ve been using two Windows Phone devices, a Nokia Lumia 800 (in this color) and an HTC Titan. Both awesome phones. One problem: they can’t run Swype, goddammit! Swype, FYI, is this amazing keyboard software that lets you type words just by dragging your finger over the […]

I’m on Day Two of the “Month of Microsoft” and things are rocking along. The Lenovo W520 is now hooked to a 28-inch monitor that I had hanging around at the office, and I’m using a Bluetooth keyboard and Arc Touch mouse from Microsoft. On that last bit: I don’t usually get worked up about […]

I’m writing this in a cafe in Bellevue, Wash., after a long day of briefings at Microsoft. As of right now, I’m starting to think the “Month of Microsoft” might turn out okay. I met with people who work on Windows, Windows Phone, Office, Hotmail, SkyDrive, Internet Explorer, Bing, Xbox and hardware. It was a […]

Good friend Faddah sends a link to this funny video showing a guy getting busted trying to smuggle iPhones strapped to his body. The clip seems to be taken from the following newscast:

The idea is this. A devoted fan of Google and Apple products (me) spends a month using nothing but Microsoft products. Meaning: Windows laptop, Windows phone, Bing, Office, Internet Explorer, Hotmail, Office 365, Xbox. Hilarity ensues. Or maybe not. I have been thinking about this for a while, ever since I tried (and really liked) […]

Well the party is officially on, bitches — just check out the photo above, taken outside Yelp headquarters a few minutes ago. You thought Groupon, Pandora and Zynga were overpriced? You thought Facebook was too cocky when they talked about a $100 billion valuation? Well listen up. Yelp just went public and its shares are […]