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Windows 8 Proves That The Death Of The PC Is Greatly Exaggerated

March 5, 2012Erik Kain

Every now and then we hear rumors of the death of the PC. The rise of the tablet, and especially the iPad, makes these rumors far more common. Take this article in the New York Times, titled “As New iPad Debut Nears, Some See Decline Of PC.” To be fair, it’s a reasonably balanced article, […]

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Windows 8 Proves That The Death Of The PC Is Greatly Exaggerated

March 5, 2012Erik Kain

Every now and then we hear rumors of the death of the PC. The rise of the tablet, and especially the iPad, makes these rumors far more common. Take this article in the New York Times, titled “As New iPad Debut Nears, Some See Decline Of PC.” To be fair, it’s a reasonably balanced article, […]

Read more at Forbes.

byline=Erik Kain, Gear, Human Ingenuity, IPad, James Cameron, Kinect, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, New York Times, Personal computer, Tech, Windows 8

Why You Should Build Brand Loyalty Before Worrying About SEO, Especially In The Age Of Social Media

February 29, 2012Erik Kain

Megan Garber has yet another fantastic post up in The Atlantic. She notes that revenue is up for the Times, and that the ability of that publication to build a strong brand, rather than cater simply to the whims of SEO, has made it a stronger company for the long haul: If I search for […]

Read more at Forbes.

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Possible Conflict Of Interest In ABC’s Exclusive Access To Apple Chinese Supply Chain

February 19, 2012Erik Kain

In January, the New York Times published a controversial and troubling report about working conditions in Chinese FoxConn factories where products are manufactured. Beneath the smooth exterior of the iPads and iPhones that have so captured the American imagination was a supply chain riddled with workers’ rights issues. CEO  responded by saying that cares “about every […]

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How Active Are Facebook’s Millions Of Users?

February 7, 2012Erik Kain

Facebook’s monthly active users have climbed to 845 million according to the company’s recent IPO prospectus. Active daily users clock in at just about 483 million. But don’t be fooled by the numbers, argues Andrew Ross Sorkin in the New York Times. Not everyone counted as “active” is actually visiting the Facebook website. Facebook counts […]

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Why Google And Facebook Need To Go Dark To Protest SOPA

January 11, 2012Erik Kain

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, right, and Senate Judiciary Committee Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. are the men behind the latest attempt to stamp down on piracy – and free speech – online. The Stop Online Piracy Act and its counterpart in the Senate, the Protect IP Act, represent the greatest threat to […]

Read more at Forbes.

byline=E.D. Kain, censorship, congress, David Carr, Facebook, Google, Innovation & Science, Lamar Smith, National Defense Authorization Act, New York Times, Patrick Leahy, PIPA, Protect IP Act, Reddit, Social Media, SOPA, Stop Online Piracy Act, Tech, Twitter

Did the New York Times Copy Reason’s 2008 Story on the Ron Paul Newsletters?

December 27, 2011Erik Kain

Back in 2008 reason ran a long piece on the Ron Paul newsletters which went into a great deal of depth on the story behind revelations of racism and bigotry that were surfacing at the time. The primary focus of the piece was to try to piece together who actually penned the racist screeds contained […]

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Amazon Price Check May Be Evil But It’s the Future

December 14, 2011Erik Kain

Amazon’s new price check app gives the online giant a number of advantages over its brick-and-mortar competition but it’s the logical next step for online retail in an age of mobile tech. Online retailer has stirred controversy with its new app, Price Check. The app allows consumers to scan bar codes in local stores and […]

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Don’t Tax Black Friday

November 25, 2011Erik Kain

I suspect that at the heart of Robert Frank’s New York Times piece about ending the Black Friday madness rests two things: first, a sense that such overt consumerism is the hallmark of capitalism and that capitalism is somehow morally insufficient; and second, a distaste for the aesthetic of Black Friday – all those plebes […]

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Free Trade and Globalism Can Raise Labor Standards Across the Developing World

October 28, 2011Erik Kain

Writing in The New York Times, Layna Mosley argues that free trade, in and of itself, has the power to raise labor standards across the globe thanks to the “California effect:” International trade gives producers incentives to meet the standards of their export markets. When developing nations export more to countries with better labor standards, […]

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