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I’m an Editor at Large for CNET News writing about Apple, Microsoft, virtual reality, video games, internet culture and parenting.

Previously, I wrote for The Wall Street Journal, Reuters and the Agence France-Presse, among others. I’ve also served as an Executive Editor at CNET, managing west coast news coverage.

This site contains some of my best work covering companies such as Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Sony and Electronic Arts. I’ve also written some fun pieces along the way.

If you want to connect with me, I’m on almost any social network under the username iansherr.

   

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WikiLeaks CIA docs show it’s not 2017, it’s 1984. Now what?

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Commentary: Even though I’m no terrorist, the unconfirmed WikiLeaks disclosures about the CIA scare me. They might scare you too. Here’s what to do.

  • Date March 11, 2017
  • Tags analysis, cnet, commentary, internet, politics, security, social issues

Nintendo hooked me as a kid. Can the Switch win over my son?

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Commentary: Nintendo ignited my lifelong interest in video games. Soon, it’ll be my son’s turn, and the Switch console might just be what does it.

  • Date March 3, 2017
  • Tags analysis, cnet, commentary, consoles, parenting, social issues, videogames

Can tech help Alzheimer’s sufferers?

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From CNET Magazine: Brain-training apps might one day help the millions of Americans living with Alzheimer’s.

  • Date December 17, 2016
  • Tags analysis, apple, cnet, entertainment, legal, science, scoops, social issues, videogames

Oculus VR goggles could change the future. Or not.

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The virtual-reality era officially begins on Monday. Facebook will start selling its $599 Rift, a VR headset it believes will change our lives — again.

  • Date March 26, 2016
  • Tags analysis, cnet, economy, entertainment, facebook, internet, scoops, social issues, videogames, virtual reality

How Electronic Arts stopped being the worst company in America

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Being named the worst company in America two years in a row was a wake-up call for the video game maker. Interviews with current and former executives, employees and partners show how EA changed the way it worked as it tries to redeem itself.

  • Date June 2, 2015
  • Tags analysis, cnet, internet, scoops, videogames

It’s 2014. Why is my battery stuck in the ’90s?

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The devices we all rely on continue to evolve radically. So why has the battery industry failed? Here’s how you can take charge.

  • Date November 3, 2014
  • Tags analysis, apple, cnet, science, scoops

Virtual reality and the silver screen: A match made in heaven

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Oculus is developing software for watching movies, and it’s one of the best VR experiences out there.

  • Date October 13, 2014
  • Tags analysis, cnet, entertainment, facebook, virtual reality

Meet Ello, the social network that wants to be the anti-Facebook

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The website has only been available to the public for a little over a month, but it’s already gaining attention among tech elite.

  • Date September 28, 2014
  • Tags advertising, analysis, cnet, facebook, internet, politics, social issues

Vexed in the city: Working in Silicon Valley tech is much more lucrative than you think

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Add in the benefits, the perks, and the transportation tech workers get for free, and the value of their salaries jumps up to 20 percent.

  • Date August 21, 2014
  • Tags analysis, cnet, economy, politics, scoops, social issues

Facebook’s mood study: How you became the guinea pig

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That controversial research into how posts affect users’ emotions is just latest in a long line of privacy flaps — and apologies — for the social networking giant.

  • Date June 30, 2014
  • Tags analysis, cnet, facebook, internet, social issues

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