Tech Edge

Why Tech's Hunger For Overnight Hits Is Bad For Business

Tech is becoming a hits-driven business. This isn't a good thing.READ MORE›

What Does The Perfect Mobile Interface Look Like? (Don't Ask Siri)

Why we’re still waiting for the perfect mobile interface.READ MORE›

Photos Are The New Killer App

Technology columnist Farhad Manjoo on why photography is every tech product's most valuable feature.READ MORE›

Could Zynga Game On Without Facebook?

Can you build a long-term business on other people's platforms?READ MORE›

Discovery Engines: Policing The Riot Of Information Overload

Why can't anyone tame the social stream and just give us the good stuff?READ MORE›

As OpenTable Booms, Who Gets The Dough?

The online reservations service is a classic network-effect business: Like eBay, PayPal, Facebook, or, of course, Apple's App Store, OpenTable gets better as more people use it. It now accounts for just under 10% of the 700 million dining sessions that occur in North American restaurants every year.READ MORE›

Power To The People: New Mobile Apps Connect Buyers And Sellers On The Go

The smartphone boom helps clever companies turn ephemeral real-world resources into marketable goods.READ MORE›

Are Silicon Valley's Engineers Underpaid?

Call off the lottery, argues FARHAD MANJOO, and raise the salary bar for all programming talent.READ MORE›

How "Super Angel" Investors Are Reinventing the Startup Economy

Farhad Manjoo explains how an emerging class of investors is reinventing the startup economy.READ MORE›

Consumer Web Software Seeps Into the Workplace

Office tech is getting a casual Friday makeover, says Farhad Manjoo, who explains why we should celebrate the Facebookization of the enterprise.READ MORE›

Netflix. Meet Hulu. Now, How About Merging Together?

Farhad Manjoo argues that Netflix and Hulu should stop competing and team up.READ MORE›

Why Tech Companies Now Compete for Equal Market Share

The iPad won't kill the Kindle. In fact, says Farhad Manjoo, the tech industry is maturing out of its "[insert product here] killer" days.READ MORE›

Invincible Apple: 10 Lessons From the Coolest Company Anywhere

Everyone wants to be like Steve Jobs and his powerhouse company. It's not as easy as it looks.READ MORE›

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Does Privacy on Facebook, Google, and Twitter Even Matter?

Farhad Manjoo discovers the problem with Web privacy -- and it's us.READ MORE›

Tech Edge: Is Geolocation the Next Social Empire?

Everyone from Google to HBO thinks 2010 is the year we embrace geolocation and tell friends and marketers our every move. Farhad Manjoo locates the problem with that idea.READ MORE›

• Hey, Bugs: Bet You're Feeling Slick Now

Why App Stores Are Not the Business Model for the 21st Century

Apple's App Store has been a runaway success, but Farhad Manjoo warns its growing rank of copycats that it's not the business model for the 21st century.READ MORE›

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• Death to the Puffy Coat

Augmented Reality Is Both a Fad and the Future -- Here's Why

Why layering data on top of smartphones and computer screens is both a fad and the future. READ MORE›

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Why Charging Just a Little Can Be Smarter Than Charging Nothing at All

The strategy of giving everything away often creates as many hassles as it solves. Why charging just a little can be smarter than charging nothing at all.READ MORE›

My Life With a Hackintosh--and How the Movement Suggests a New Model for Innovation

Apple fanatics are converting cheap netbooks into Macs.READ MORE›

• How to Hackintosh, or Not to Hackintosh

Little-Known Redbox Proves the Power of In-Between Technology

Why Redbox is the biggest movie-rental company you've never heard of. Its secret: the power of in-between technologyREAD MORE›