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As the Tech Turns … (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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The 7-Inch iPad’s Biggest Critic: Steve Jobs

Though Apple is said to be prepping a smaller iPad, its late CEO railed against the need for and utility of any tablet with a screen smaller than the iPad’s 10-inch display.
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Cable Companies Going Online: It’s the Advertising, Stupid

Netflix, YouTube and Amazon are nipping at cable’s dominance as the best video-delivery game in town.

Looks Like Amazon Will Enter the Mapping Wars With UpNext Purchase

Everyone is getting into maps. Google, Apple, Microsoft — and now Amazon.
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Weekend Lightning Stung Amazon and Instagram Right Where It Hurts

Also? Instagram apparently wants to forget it ever happened.
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LivingSocial Experiments With Daily Deals, and It’s Like a Virtual Club Med

Welcome to LivingSocial’s 918 F Street: A virtual Club Med, or a YMCA on steroids.
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Storm Knocks Out Amazon’s Power, Taking Down Instagram, Netflix, Pinterest

A deadly storm knocks out power at Amazon’s cloud data center, marking the second major service outage in as many years.
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More Details on Google’s Cloud Offering; Many More Details Needed

Yes, Google’s new infrastructure-in-the-cloud service is interesting. But so far, Google has been long on bragging about its capabilities and short on details.
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Taking on Amazon, Google Announces Compute Engine

The company is expanding its range of services that allow companies to run their businesses off of Google’s servers.
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The Case for E-Commerce Acceleration (a.k.a., Bye-Bye, BBY?)

I believe we’re approaching a sea change in retail where physical retail is displaced by e-commerce in a multitude of categories.