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Why Smartphones Should Never Talk to Each Other (Comic)

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
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What’s All the Hype About Native Ads, Anyway? Looking Beyond the Buzzword.

It’s all about providing consumers with meaningful content when and where they want to consume it
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Smart Body, Smart World: The Next Phase of Personal Computing

The next wave of growth in personal computing won’t come from PCs (obviously) or even phones, but from sensor-laden devices.

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Not Surprisingly, Younger Set Leads Smartphone Charge

More 13- to 17-year-olds than ever have nicer phones than you.

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HTC Resists Push Toward Low-End Phones

Smartphone maker HTC Corp. will stick to its strategy of selling medium- to high-price phones, even though it has been struggling to compete in that price range amid the increasing dominance of Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co.

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Five Big Ideas That Could Transform the Future of Commerce

If you’re involved in any aspect of commerce and the supply chain, these ideas should definitely be on your radar.

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The Era of AppNation Has Arrived

It seems like a foregone conclusion that the era of the app has arrived.
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As Software Industry Patent Wars Rage, the Consumer Is Not Without an Advocate

As leverage to avoid antitrust lawsuits, the Department of Justice has emphasized a little-known tool to regulate the cost of patent licenses.

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Bid for Same-Day Delivery Taps the Smartphone Boom

Numerous start-ups have tried to go after the Holy Grail of e-commerce — delivering things to people’s homes and offices on the same day they ordered them — and have failed.

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HTML5: A Look Behind the Technology Changing the Web

A year and a half after Steve Jobs endorsed it in an unusual essay, a set of programming techniques called HTML5 is rapidly winning over the Web.

It’s All About Content: Why Tablets Help Hard Drives

Samsung Aims to Muddy Waters

Missteps Slow Motorola

Wireless Jobs Vanish

E-Readers’ Color Challenge

PayPal Says Mobile Payments to Hit $3 Billion

Weekend Update, 8.22.09–The Musical Chairs Edition

D7 Video: AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson Onstage With Walt Mossberg

Weekend Update, 1.31.09