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Link: John Siracusa’s OS 10.8 Review →

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Tarun

It’s always a pleasure to read his reviews, and that’s largely due to his intense attention to detail. Here are some highlights of things that I found to be “additional” of what most already know about the OS: Coverage of … Continue reading →

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Link: Six Improvements to Google+ →

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Tarun

The first improvement Casey has mentioned is main-stream filtering, which I believe should go deeper than circles — specific people should also be filterable. Perhaps I could put that person in a circle, and then filter them out, but on-the-fly … Continue reading →

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Link: Jacqui Cheng on Google+ →

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Tarun

While this post does point out some good features of the service (circles, privacy), it doesn’t explain why I should begin using it regularly. The advantage of posting more than 140 more characters is also the service’s main problem — … Continue reading →

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Link: What is Microsoft’s “single ecosystem”? →

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Tarun

As the article points out, you can’t expect unification simply out of having a consistent UI. The underlying operating system and chip architecture are a couple of other things to think about. Apple has just now developed a consistent UI … Continue reading →

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