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Today, I appeared on WSJ.com’s daily online show, “Digits,” talking about the “next big thing” in tech, on the 10th anniversary of the tech stock bubble high. Those were the days, my friend, I thought they’d always end. In the video, I am wearing a pair of honking big headphones that work well on Skype, to give it that year 2000, nonmobile feel. So what do I talk about? The importance of mobile, of course! Here’s the video: [ See post to watch video ]

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From CNET: The good news for Microsoft is that all the PCs powering the Olympics are running Windows. The bad news: it’s the older Windows XP operating system. Continue reading at CNET

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