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Still, an open question is why would they feel the need to buy an exisiting company? Couldnt they simply recreate a hardware company from scratch with their resources? HTC is not exactly a world leader or some unique innovator here.

dragon_greenson Drive File Stream launching to all G Suite customers

Because Google marketing takes product naming classes from Microsoft. :)

dragon_greenson Harvey Wrecks Up to a Million Cars in Car-Dependent Houston

How about busses instead of train or subways?

dragon_greenson Ask HN: What books are you currently reading?

We Have No Idea by Daniel Whiteson and Jorge Cham (of PHD comics)

dragon_greenson Microsoft's Calibri font is at the center of a political scandal in Pakistan

Apple is already doing so. :]

dragon_greenson Microsoft's Calibri font is at the center of a political scandal in Pakistan

They should have stuck with Comic Sans.

dragon_greenson U.S. health care's widespread overbilling problem

That sounds fine on paper but does tends to cause overuse of the resource. People don’t value what they get cheaply or free. I belive NHS from UK is facing a similar problem.

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Clickbait title.

dragon_greenson Think Twice Before Ordering Coffee or Tea on a Plane

Simply heating does not kill all bacteria magically. That would require boiling for some time and I doubt that happens in-flight.

dragon_greenson Introducing Surface Laptop

It started as a table. Moved to a tablet. Then a laptop. Brand dilution doesn't seem like a priority for Microsoft.

Wish they had more sensible and less confusing naming. This is not fun to explain when people ask. (Same can be said of Google and a bunch of other tech companies too though.)

dragon_greenson “Users will only be able to view patents via HTTP. HTTPS will no longer work”

Is this a joke?