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bxchen

  1. @loudnate I don’t work there.
  2. Moonrise Kingdom. Amazing.
  3. When you "Like" a product/company on Facebook, you become an advertisement bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/31/do-…
  4. Martin Cooper, father of the cellphone, on why everyone wins with spectrum sharing bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/31/qa-…
  5. @arlenarlenarlen Dammit
  6. @ThePeterHa Dinner?!?!?!?!
  7. @jsnell It was. Do you know how many people I had to bribe?
  8. A question that I'm sure everyone thinks about. online.wsj.com/article/SB1000…
  9. How spectrum sharing would work bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/how…
  10. Reading: A mini sub made from cheap parts could change underwater exploration bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/28/a-m… by @blam on @nytimesbits
  11. Report by Google and MSFT, among others, cites tech that could make radio spectrum used 40,000 times as efficiently nytimes.com/2012/05/26/tec…
  12. @Lessien on Android phones it starts with “Turn on USB debugging mode…”
  13. How it feels getting into an Uber in front of the cab line whilstinsf.tumblr.com/post/234658871…
  14. iPhone 4S battery at 1% and it’s only 2pm… #whatsthedeal