5 posts and columns on Chocolate

Can’t Buy Me Love … But You Can Buy Me Gadgets

in Commerce on February 8 at 12:54 pm PT

What better way to show your affection than with obscure tablets and daily deals?
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Like BoomTown Said: Cisco Announces "Umi" Consumer Telepresence

in News on October 6, 2010 at 9:37 am PT

In a post last week, BoomTown wrote that Cisco would introduce a consumer telepresence product. It did today at San Francisco at a press event. It is called, inexplicably, ?mi telepresence. I’ll be honest, it sounds like sushi I refuse to eat. In any case, Cisco’s entry into the crowded consumer video-chat arena will be $599 with $24.99 monthly fee and can be used with a high-definition television.

TwinkedIn: The Reese's Cup Video of LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman and Twitter's Biz Stone

in News on November 10, 2009 at 12:29 am PT

Guess what? It’s yet another online company going gaga over Twitter integration–this time LinkedIn is announcing a partnership with the microblogging service. Microsoft and Google recently announced various ways they were lacing their various services with Twitter’s feed, mostly around search. Here is an adorkable video about it with LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman and Twitter’s Biz Stone.
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Chocolate Cellphone Only Looks Sweet; Its Design Is Flawed

in Personal Technology on August 3, 2006 at 11:59 pm PT

Verizon’s new Chocolate cellphone is designed as a music player first and was crafted to look like an Apple iPod. But it’s burdened by a ham-handed user interface and other failings, Walt Mossberg says.