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Google's MG Siegler: Apple Is "Boring"

Sam Biddle · 06/03/13 10:47AM

This is why stuff like this matters: less than a month after investor MG Siegler announced his move to Google, he's written a TechCrunch column pillorying Apple for looking dull. There's no mention—by Siegler or TechCrunch—of the fact that he works for Apple's rival.

Google Throws Tropical Gadget Giveaway for Reporters

Sam Biddle · 05/30/13 12:03PM

If you're in downtown Manhattan today, be sure to swing by the lavish townhouse at 214 Lafayette St., where Google is handing out tangy cocktails, an entire rainbow of macarons, and of course, tens of thousands of dollars in gifted electronics to the journalists who cover it.

Which Journalists Accepted Free Laptops from Google?

Sam Biddle · 05/16/13 04:26PM

Yesterday's Google I/O keynote—a tech Nuremberg of fanboyism, developer jargon, and fancy new features for Gmail—dragged on for hours. Those thousands who sat patiently in their chairs were rewarded with a brand new, $1,300 laptop—including reporters whose job it is to impartially cover Google. Let's see who took the bait.

You Can't Say 'Fuck' on Google Glass

Sam Biddle · 05/01/13 11:25AM

If Google wants a face computer on every paying human, it's going to have to get over its lingual prudishness immediately—because right now, the device won't recognize dirty words, and there's no way to change that. You know, because it's strapped to your face.