Filed under: TECHNOLOGY | Tags: AT&T, Atlanta, BusinessWeek, Mobile phone, Netbook, Philadelphia, Verizon Wireless, WIRELESS
AT&T said it was “very pleased with the early results” of its 2-week-old trial of selling laptops in Atlanta and Philadelphia, a further sign of how aggressively cell phone operators are moving into the traditional bailiwick of retailers such as Best Buy. AT&T said it was considering expanding the program nationwide, while Verizon Wireless plans to begin offering netbooks to customers before July. BusinessWeek (4/13)
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Filed under: TECHNOLOGY | Tags: Apple, BusinessWeek, Dell, Hardware, Hewlett-Packard, HP, Laptop, Personal computer
TECHNOLOGY
Hewlett-Packard today is expected to debut the tx2, a notebook PC that is multitouch-enabled, beating rival Apple to the punch. The tx2 allows users to perform a number of tasks by placing two fingers on the screen, including dragging files around and changing the size and orientation of graphical elements. BusinessWeek (11/19)
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Filed under: Feature, ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA | Tags: BusinessWeek, Facebook, Keynote, Mark Zuckerberg, Sarah Lacy, SXSW
SXSW: THE FACEBOOK KEYNOTE TRAIN WRECK
As I was watching this SXSW keynote yesterday, a colleague texted me, “I’ll give you a nickel if you scream out either get a room or this is getting awkward.” I think that effectively sums up the overall theme of the keynote.
In this keynote, Mark Zuckerberg was interviewed by BusinessWeek columnist Sarah Lacy. I was shocked by Lacy’s immaturity and general inability to do something as simple as ask a question. Even seventh graders understand that they must limit their usage of the word “like” in presentations. In this short clip above, you’ll catch the best moment of the keynote: Mark Zuckerberg implores Lacy to ask him a question and the audience, including myself, reacts with all-out applause. If that moment couldn’t get any more awkward, Lacy then continues her on-stage suicide by claiming that she “apparently can’t do anything right.” Yup, not in this case. I’m afraid not.
A friend ran into her later that night at the Google Blogger party and asked about her reaction to the audience’s assault on her interview methods. In essence, she claimed that she was a talent to be reckoned with and that all critics can just go to hell. When telling this to my friend, a journalist, in a room full of bloggers, she asserted to him that this was “off the record” without waiting for his approval. Girl, you crazy.
Sarah Lacy ladies and gentlemen.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s keynote address at the SXSWi festival “out-and-out bombed.” (http://www.news.com/8301-13577_3-9889519-36.html 3/9)
