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Walt Mossberg, born on March 27, 1943, is a renowned American technology journalist best known for his influential work as the personal technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal. Over his more than four-decade career, Mossberg has been a guiding voice in the tech world, shaping public perception of gadgets and consumer electronics through his insightful reviews. His legacy includes co-founding the technology news site AllThingsD and advocating for user-friendly technology, making him a pivotal figure in bridging the gap between technology and everyday users.
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"Streaming TV shows, movies, and other types of video over the Internet to all manner of devices, once a fringe habit, is now a squarely mainstream practice. Even people still paying for cable or satellite service often also have Netflix or Hulu accounts."
Walt Mossberg"There's precedent for adjudicatory proceedings on technology issues to have massive consumer and business benefits. One of the most famous was the so-called Carterfone decision in 1968."
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"I was an early user of AOL - so early, I didn't even have a number after my user name. For me, email was once vital, both for personal and business uses."
Walt Mossberg"Though it has plenty of competitors, Slack claims to be the 'fastest growing business application in history'."
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"Apple very deliberately - and this was very much Steve Jobs' point of view - Apple has concentrated its cloud efforts on being invisible. So in other words, stuff just would sync and appear. You change your contacts on one of your devices, and it would appear on all your devices changed."
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"Every few years, the feds and the courts change direction or fail to answer important questions. And every day, the Internet becomes more of a platform for lousy ads, for increasing the power of a few rich companies, and for intrusive tracking. It's too important to leave unprotected."
Walt Mossberg"There's no other major item most of us own that is as confusing, unpredictable and unreliable as our personal computers."
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"No computer or smartphone can ever be considered 100 percent 'safe.' We're all engaged in a perpetual battle with criminals and hostile governments trying to use computers and the Internet to steal information and identities."
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"For many years, even as users became more sophisticated, personal computers took too much effort to use without problem-solving, keeping alive the yearning for greater simplicity. Microsoft's dominant Windows platform, in particular, was a home for all manner of bugs and problems that required IT people to straighten out."
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"Compared to running apps on a smartphone or, more aptly, an iPad, the app experience on the Samsung Chromebook Plus is distinctly subpar."
Walt Mossberg"I simply believe that people who respect their customers and have faith in their own technology products should welcome competition and that consumer choice should be a paramount value in retailing."
Walt Mossberg"Despite the never-ending debate on the question of the role of government in America, there's been a strong tradition of protecting our undisputed, important natural treasures or taking on great common engineering challenges."
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