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The Trump-Xi Beijing Summit: What the Smiling Handshakes Won't Tell You

On Thursday, Donald Trump will walk into the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, shake Xi Jinping's hand, and declare it a great meeting. There will be announcements. There will be numbers — billions of dollars in Chinese purchase commitments, a new bilateral mechanism with an important-sounding name, possibly a joint statement on Iran. Trump will post on Truth Social. Markets will rally briefly. Pundits will argue about who won. None of that will tell you what actually happened. What is actually happening in Beijing this week is something more consequential and more uncomfortable than the summit theatre will reveal: two leaders of two deeply mutually dependent superpowers, both of whom need this meeting to succeed for entirely different reasons, sitting across a table in a world that has already moved past the assumptions that defined their last nine months of negotiations. The Iran war changed the equations. The rare earth gambit changed the power balance. Taiwan is sitting in...
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FarmVille and Guitar Hero Coming to the iPhone

During Monday's keynote address FarmVille and Guitar Hero got considerable air time during Steve JOb's speech. The games will be coming to the App store in June just in time for farmVille's 1st anniversary. FarmVille with more than 80 million active users will make it's way yo the app store and will be a non-flash version of the game. All the familiar features of the game will be available on the App.  The Guitar Hero App is now now available for download at $ 2.99.  Download Guitar Hero today and play six FREE songs from legendary artists to modern favorites: Queen - We Are The Champions Rise Against - Savior The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army Weezer - Say It Ain't So Vampire Weekend - Cousins People not so long ago said Apple did not do games. Well Steve Jobs thinks otherwise. An original post by Sociolatte
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Apple's Upcoming Magic Trackpad Revealed?

With only a few hours left before the WWDC keynote Engadget has leaked photos and info on the Apple Magic Trackpad. It appears that Mac Fans will be introduced to a Glass Trackpad that can be used on their iMacs, mac Minis and Mac Pro-Computers and maybe even the MacBook.  If the Trackpad is released it will definitely ask you to replace your mouse and the big question is can you live without your mouse. With finger gestures brought right into the Mac the mouse will become redundant. Will games remain the same anymore? The Trackpad will connect via Bluetooth to your desktop or laptop Apple on the other hand has already filed a trademark application for the Magic Trackpad. What do you thing will the Trackpad be revealed during the WWDC?  [Image Courtesy Engadget] An original post by Sociolatte
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