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This Is The Real Reason Why Apple Doesn’t Want You To Focus On The Gold Watch’s Pricing

This coming Monday, March the 9th, Apple is expected to reveal more information about the Apple Watch in their “Spring Forward” event. The Michael Report previously reported that Apple also plans to unveil the long-awaited Retina MacBook Air at the same event after talking…

Hey Apple: It’s Really Time To Kill The iPad Mini

When Apple gave their keynote for the annual iPad event a couple weeks back, it only took them two minutes to introduce the new iPad mini 3, explain its features, and then transition on to their next point. Two minutes. By comparison, the…

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Do Conflicts Of Interest Even Matter Anymore?

In 2011, Michael Arrington was fired — very publicly and unceremoniously — from the blog he single-handedly founded, Silicon Valley’s indispensable daily news site TechCrunch. While the reason behind the eventual ousting varied from a power struggle between Ariana Huffington to a disagreement of…

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The Information’s Pricing Totally Makes Sense – You’re Dumb If You Think It Doesn’t

I’ve been thinking a whole lot lately about the pricing model Jessica Lessin and her team decided to go with for their latest premium tech site, The Information. And here’s what I’ve concluded: if you mind the price, or even think…

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Don’t Buy The New iPads Just Yet

Anyone who has worked in the technology consumer technology pretty much knows this rule of thumb from the get-go: the best software means nothing if a bad software is running on it. Conversely, a great software means nothing if it’s…

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The Massive Problem With Coin

For those who haven’t read about it, Coin is one of the latest and coolest startups one can find in today’s saturated Silicon Valley scene. The basic premise of their idea is: if you’ve got lots of credit cards that you carry…