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A theater and a playwright disagree over plans to allow live tweets during a stage production, another sign of the increasing difficulties of incorporating social media into the performing arts. Playwright Jason Grote is uncomfortable with plans of the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., to allow three Twitter followers to tweet from dress [...]
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Microsoft CEO Criticizes Android, Hints at Strategy
October 20th, 2011 
admin Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer panned Android phones, hinting at the company’s desire to become a stronger competitor against the leading smartphone platform. “You don’t need to be a computer scientist to use a Windows phone. And I think you do to use an Android phone,” Balmer said at the close of the Web 2.0 [...]
One-Man Show Criticizes Apple’s Manufacturing Practices
October 4th, 2011 admin Monologist Steve Daisey is bringing his one-man theater production, “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,” to New York next week, calling into question Apple’s manufacturing practices and ethics. The show at the Public Theater profiles former Apple CEO Steve Jobs and uses Daisey’s trip to Shenzhen, China, where Apple products, such as the [...]
Judge Criticizes Google, Oracle in Patent Case
July 23rd, 2011 admin A judge overseeing Oracle’s patent infringement lawsuit hinted it may have to scale back its multi-billion dollar damage claim against Google’s Android OS, an indication of the possible limitations of patent-related legal action in the tech industry. Judge William Alsup in a court hearing yesterday chided both companies for taking unreasonable positions in their high-stakes [...]
Senator Criticizes AT&T/T-Mobile Merger
July 22nd, 2011 admin The chairman of the U.S. Senate’s antitrust committee expressed his concerns over the pending AT&T/T-Mobile merger, as the deal between the two carriers faces increased scrutiny. Senator Herb Kohl yesterday wrote a letter to the Justice Department and Federal Communications Commission detailing his concerns over the merger. Representatives Edward Markey, John Conyers and Anna Eshoo [...]
