As for the device we now call a TV or a cable box, I want it to be fast with a clean interface and seamlessly upgradeable to the latest software. I want it to be the primary source of all TV, not an ancillary device. Walt Mossberg Read Quote
It’s no easy task to either make money online as a publisher or to advertise your product in a world where attention is so fleeting and divided. Walt Mossberg Read Quote
In general, while Trump has been a master of Twitter, he has shown an aversion to, and ignorance of, technology itself. Walt Mossberg Read Quote
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. Walt Mossberg Read Quote
Practically every smartphone, tablet, and laptop is fabricated in a Chinese factory, even if they are designed here. Walt Mossberg Read Quote
Apple’s advantage is that it designs and builds software together, so if the software isn’t excellent, it does the superlative hardware a disservice. Walt Mossberg Read Quote
Apple’s iTunes program was once the envy of the world. A combined digital music store and player, it could also sync your iPod. And it worked on both Mac and Windows. It was reasonably fast and very sure-footed. Walt Mossberg Read Quote
My Safari bookmarks only sync intermittently across my Apple devices. Unlike Amazon’s Kindle app for Apple products, the company’s iBooks doesn’t remember where I left off unless I set a bookmark. Walt Mossberg Read Quote
I’ve been a regular customer at CVS Pharmacy, the country’s second-largest drugstore chain, for 20 years. I’ve spent a small fortune there over that span, visiting several times a week to pick up everything from milk to toothpaste to prescriptions. Walt Mossberg Read Quote
It turns out that CVS is one of about 40 merchants in a consortium that formed in 2011 to develop their own mobile-phone-based payment system. The consortium, called the Merchant Customer Exchange, or MCX, is in large part all about eliminating, or at least reducing, the fees banks charge retailers for swiping credit cards. Walt Mossberg Read Quote
