smartphones
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Assassins Among the Bookshelves: “Showrooming” is Deadly
If you ask a local business about “showrooming,” they’ll either scowl or, more likely, look befuddled. The practice is booming among consumers, though, and any business owner has probably seen it: a customer walks into the store, browses the shelves, and then whips out her smartphone. A few minutes later, she’s gone. Where’d she go?…
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Google Glass: Is an App Store for Memories Just Around the Corner?
Google Glass is Google’s latest awesomely terrifying innovation. It’s basically a pair of dorky glasses that function as a high-definition video camera wherever you go. The footage you record can be shared virtually with friends, in real-time. Friends who you can see in the corner of your screen. Sorry, they’re glasses. I mean world. Although…
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When Does the iPhone Become an iMemory?
For New Year’s Eve, I was in Amsterdam, visiting my dad. At the time, I dared to wander out onto the downtown streets to witness the all-day fireworks marathon around eight or nine at night. People swarmed the cobbled alleys, plazas, and vast field behind the Van Gogh Museum, where a gargantuan stage was being…
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