Michael Stroud
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Memo to the RIAA: You’re Suing the Wrong Party for Piracy
Guest Blog: If you have to sue someone, sue the guys who profit by selling songs illegally
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China’s Bid for AMC: The Elephant in the Theater
Guest Blog: Reports about Dalian Wanda Group's $2.6 billion purchase of AMC have missed a big ironic point about China's take on foreign films
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Why Publishers Only Have Themselves to Blame for Justice Dept. Mess
Guest Blog: Apple and Amazon have simply taken advantage of a situation in which publishers have completely dropped the ball
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Here’s How ‘The New iPad’ Will Change Your Life
COMMENTARY: Apple’s latest version of the iPad may lack the “wow” factor some had hoped for, but it will speed the onset of the “post-PC era”
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Comcast Doing a Shoddy Job of Getting Into Netflix’s Business
Comcast actually has the nerve to charge current TV subscribers $5 a month for Streampix if they don’t get Comcast’s cable-TV-Internet bundle
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Google Working to Create a ‘Technology Ecosystem’
The immersive “ecosystem” that Google is developing has nothing to do with going green — it’s about making green
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Can Tablets and Paywalls Save the Troubled L.A. Times?
With Russ Stanton out as top editor, the Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper faces a grim future of dwindling staff, dwindling circulation and dwindling revenue
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A Voice App With Siri-ous Implications for TV
Apple’s iPhone 4S voice recognition app sets the stage for a revolution in user interfaces for TVs, cars and many other devices
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Netflix’s Real Problem
If Netflix is unwilling to pay the studios’ ever-spiraling prices, the studios can simply go to Apple, Amazon, Google or Hulu
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Steve Jobs’ Groundbreaking Finale: Remaking the TV
Imagine just turning on a TV that looked like a giant iPad and allowed you to easily browse the Internet, play all your songs, get any TV or movie content you wanted
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Steve Jobs Was the Prototype for All the Famous Entrepreneurs Who Followed Him
For better or worse, Jobs was all about sweeping, fundamental change in people’s relationship to technology
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Apple’s iPhone Voice App: Revolution or Another Disappointment?
The app apparently has the software smarts to hear “Do I need a raincoat today?” and respond with “Looks like rain today”
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AOL and Yahoo: Fingers in the Dike
Both companies seem reduced to saving their businesses, not innovating — and that’s a recipe for failure in today’s lightning-fast tech cycle.
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Lord of the Ringtones
If AT&T’s merger with T-Mobile goes through, it’s a virtual certainty that Sprint will have to hook up with Verizon to remain alive
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