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Tech giveth, taketh away: Farewell to Golden Gate toll takers; apps lead to pink slips; rise of robots; real estate brokers’ resilience

In another episode of the push and pull of tech and innovation, today we call your attention to how technology is affecting people's jobs. • The Golden Gate Bridge is doing away with all human toll-takers because of FasTrak and other Read More →

Quoted: on 83-year-old contest winner’s contribution to 3D printing

"This competition demonstrated that it’s totally possible for anyone to get inventing — an 83-year-old retiree from a suburb of Seattle won this competition. You no longer need to get a job, you can make a job." — Zach Read More →

Quoted: Larry Page on Google vs. Apple, on more than one front

"How well is that working?" — Larry Page, Google CEO, on the late Steve Jobs' vow to wage "thermonuclear war" on Android because he thought it copied the iPhone. (See 'Destroying' Android, and other Apple vs. Read More →

News you can use: iPhone coming to T-Mobile; gadgets on planes; contacts and texting

A grab bag of news you might be able to use: • T-Mobile said Thursday it will begin carrying Apple's iPhone next year. becoming the last of the four major U.S. wireless carriers to do so. But also in Read More →

Volkswagen’s Silicon Valley play shows corporate giants need to get small

It's not easy being a giant. One of the toughest things for companies that grow into humongous corporations is to keep the innovative edge that got them that big in the first place. Volkswagen's latest bet on Silicon Valley is an acknowledgement Read More →

Don’t expect parade of companies following Twitter patent policy

Twitter is getting all sort of high-fives and hosanna's from techland for its new patent policy.  In essence, the company vowed to cede control of patents to Read More →
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