Is Browsing a Catalog More Fun on a Tablet?

Testing three free catalog-aggregating apps to see how well they replaced paper.
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As Skype Skips Through Approvals — What’s the Deal With the Deal?

As the deal officially closes, what’s next?
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Viral Video: Netflix Pricing Becomes Conjoined Twin Drama

And you thought the Netflix pricing drama was weird.
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A Tablet With a Keyboard

Walt answers a reader’s question on the Asus Transformer, which has a keyboard add-on.

Here's What a Display Ad in Your Gmail Looks Like

Hint: It’s going to be awfully familiar.

Don't Want to Sign In to Yahoo? That's Okay, Use Your Facebook or Google ID.

Yahoo this week will begin allowing users to participate on its properties without signing in to a Yahoo account. It’s a significant move for the company, which had for a long time incessantly popped up login screens whenever visitors tried to do seemingly anything on the site.

What Facebook Messages Means and Why You Should Care

Facebook yesterday launched an interesting product that tries to get at the heart of how highly connected people communicate casually. CEO Mark Zuckerberg and others from the company reiterated over and over again (see my live notes; the repetition is excessive) that the product is “not email.”

Is My Email Address My Identity?

As a larger question in the battle between Facebook and Google over data reciprocity, what captivates me is how much value people are putting on user email addresses. Are our email addresses really the best proxy for who we are?

No Facebook User Emails for Google–But Yahoo and Microsoft Already Have Access

Facebook and Google are hardly friends these days, and they’re having more and more trouble containing their dislike.

Netflix May Let You Drop the Disc for the Web [UPDATED]

“We are looking at adding a streaming-only option for the USA over the coming months,” says CEO Reed Hastings. Interesting, and inevitable. But not a slam dunk, for now.

Apple iPad Event Liveblog

iPhone 3.0 @ 10 am PDT, 1 pm EDT

iPhone 3.0 @ 10 am PDT, 1 pm EDT

TiVo and Blockbuster Join Farces