Articles by Emil Protalinski

Technology journalist Emil Protalinski is a geek who studied computer science and stumbled into journalism. He has over a decade of experience, having previously written for VentureBeat, The Next Web, CNET, ZDNet, TechSpot, Neowin, and Ars Technica.

Chromebooks outsold Macs worldwide in 2020, cutting into Windows market share

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Amazon Kids adds new browser setting control to give children access to more sites

by Emil Protalinski on February 27, 2021February 27, 2021 at 8:54 am

Amazon has added a new browser setting to Amazon Kids that lets parents give their children wider access to the internet. Amazon Kids — previously known as Amazon FreeTime —… Read More

LinkedIn is down: ‘An error has occured’ (Update: Resolved)

by Emil Protalinski on February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 at 8:09 pm

LinkedIn is down today with a generic “An error has occured” (sic) message. You know it’s not a typical outage when the homepage is showing you a typo. The LinkedIn… Read More

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Alexa-enabled printer, Amazon’s first product from Kickstarter-like program Build It, hits preorder goal

by Emil Protalinski on February 20, 2021February 20, 2021 at 1:42 pm

Amazon on Wednesday announced Build It, a Kickstarter-like program that lets you preorder potential products that the company will only build if it gets enough support within 30 days. Three… Read More

Chromebooks outsold Macs worldwide in 2020, cutting into Windows market share

by Emil Protalinski on February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 at 1:29 pm

New numbers show 2020 was the first year that Chromebooks outsold Macs, posting impressive market share gains at the expense of Windows. Computers powered by Google’s Chrome OS have outsold… Read More

Why Microsoft is Pinterested

by Emil Protalinski on February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 at 12:52 pm

The Financial Times reported Wednesday that Microsoft has held talks in recent months to acquire Pinterest. The talks, which are “currently not active,” could have led to Microsoft’s largest acquisition… Read More

Apptio makes another acquisition, buying enterprise agile planning startup Targetprocess

by Emil Protalinski on February 11, 2021February 19, 2021 at 11:30 am

Cloud-based IT management company Apptio has acquired enterprise agile planning startup Targetprocess in a bid to bring together financial governance with agile portfolio management. Bellevue, Wash.-based Apptio believes that with… Read More

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Advertising surge lifts Amazon’s ‘Other’ segment past subscription business, on pace to rival AWS

by Emil Protalinski on February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 at 2:51 pm

Amazon’s Q4 2020 earnings last week were understandably dominated by news that CEO Jeff Bezos is stepping down in Q3 2021, to be replaced by Amazon Web Services chief Andy… Read More

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Working backwards from the customer: Inside Amazon’s strategy to launch new products

by Emil Protalinski on January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 at 2:26 pm

If you follow Amazon, you know the company operates not just with a customer focus, but with a customer obsession. Indeed, customer obsession is the first of Amazon’s 14 leadership… Read More

Seattle startup Yesler raises $3.3M for its B2B lumber and building materials marketplace

by Emil Protalinski on January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 at 10:46 am

Matt Meyers can build anything he wants, thanks to his decades in the lumber and building materials (LBM) space. Instead of building with wood, however, he is choosing to build… Read More

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