Navneet Alang
Navneet Alang is a technology and culture writer based out of Toronto. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, New Republic, Globe and Mail, and Hazlitt.
Latest articles by Navneet Alang
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What Windows Lite means for the future of Microsoft
The Explainer Can a new OS save the company's consumer tech ambitions?
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Apple is finally paying for its hubris
The Explainer It's hard not to get the sense that Apple is Icarus, and the wax holding its wings together is starting to melt
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The misguided attempts to take down the iPad Pro
The Explainer Who cares if it can't do high-end video editing?
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Apple is trying to kill the laptop
The Explainer The new MacBook Air is finally here. But clues suggest the iPad is Apple's vision for the future of computing.
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Why the iPhone XR is Apple's most important phone
The Explainer Reviewers are obsessed, and for good reason
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In praise of the worst phone on the market
The Explainer The crappy Palm phone is exactly what tech needs
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Why Google can't hack it as a hardware company
The Explainer The company can launch all the new products it wants, but until it finds a way to truly inspire consumers, its ambitions as a hardware company will likely go unfulfilled
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Is Microsoft out of ideas?
The Explainer Its latest lackluster Surface event makes it difficult to be optimistic
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Mark Zuckerberg is going to ruin Instagram
The Explainer It's sad, but true
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The little social networks that couldn't
The Explainer They are the opposite of Facebook in the best way, and there are scant few left of them
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The real reason Apple is now selling 7 different iPhones at once
The Explainer The iPhone lineup is bigger than ever. Here's why that's a great idea.
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Shape-shifting is the future of smartphones
The Explainer Our devices need to become more flexible — literally
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Facebook is a failed experiment
opinion It's time to admit the platform is unfixable
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Big tech's narrowing focus
The Explainer How the tyrants of tech are trying to free you from the tyranny of choice
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The Samsung Note 9: Bigger, badder, and boring
The Explainer What the overpowered new device says about the bleak future of smartphones
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How Google's Chromebook is forcing Apple and Microsoft to improve
The Explainer The Chromebook just works. Why don't other laptops?
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The future is the new Xbox
The Explainer Want to see where technology is going? Check out the next iteration of the console.
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Is Microsoft's Surface Go doomed to fail?
The Explainer The new tablet-computer is smaller and more affordable than its predecessors. But can it compete with the iPad?
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Please scroll responsibly
The Explainer Can big tech really get you to put down your phone?
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Why Instagram conquered social media
The Explainer Remember when people were amazed that Facebook would spend $1 billion on Instagram? Ha!
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Alexa is going to follow you everywhere
The Explainer Are you ready for ubiquitous computing?
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Why can't gaming grow up?
opinion On E3 and the perpetual adolescence of gaming
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Apple declares war on Google and Facebook
The Explainer At WWDC, Tim Cook had one message: We're the only good guys in town
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Tech needs more flagrant ripoffs
The Explainer Innovation isn't the only important thing
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