Mat Honan

  • Flashback: How Yahoo Killed Flickr And Lost The Internet

    Flashback: How Yahoo Killed Flickr And Lost The Internet

    In the wake of Yahoo’s $US1.1 billion acquisition of beloved social platform Tumblr, it’s perhaps worth looking back what the company did after it caught — and gutted — another big fish. Yes, Yahoo’s a different company now, especially with Marissa Mayer at the helm. And Tumblr, along with its price tag, are an order…


  • Hands On: Microsoft Surface For Windows RT

    Hands On: Microsoft Surface For Windows RT

    Microsoft’s event today was long on promise and short on specs. RAM? We dunno. Processor speed? We dunno. Price? We dunno. Release date? We dunno. But even a very brief hands-on made something abundantly clear: it’s a super solid device and if Microsoft can deliver what it demoed, the iPad finally has a real competitor…