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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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Date night checklist: Dinner, movie… virtual reality?

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Thanks to VR, how we spend our evenings out could soon change dramatically.

  • Date April 5, 2019
  • Tags analysis, cnet, entertainment, facebook, retail, virtual reality

Livestreaming on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube needs radical change

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Commentary: As the tragedy in New Zealand shows, livestreaming has become a nightmare.

  • Date March 15, 2019
  • Tags analysis, cnet, commentary, facebook, internet, politics, social issues, television

Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 isn’t meant for you, but it could change your tech in the future

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The software giant doesn’t plan to sell its $3,500 augmented reality headset to you and me. Yet.

  • Date February 28, 2019
  • Tags analysis, cnet, facebook, internet, virtual reality, xbox

VR’s missing link? A killer app that convinces us to buy in

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Facebook, Sony, Microsoft and many others have bought in on virtual reality. You likely haven‘t, and it‘s starting to show.

  • Date September 24, 2018
  • Tags cnet, consoles, facebook, playstation, politics, scoops, videogames, virtual reality

The answer to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube’s problems with Infowars? Transparency

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Commentary: The only way these companies can fix this mess is to be open and honest with all of us about what’s going on. Why is that so hard?

  • Date August 16, 2018
  • Tags analysis, cnet, commentary, facebook, internet, politics, social issues

Mark Zuckerberg apologized. Now he has to fix Facebook for real

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Facebook’s CEO defiantly refuses to let Russian propaganda, the Cambridge Analytica scandal or hate-spewing trolls ruin his creation. We‘ll see how that turns out.

  • Date May 4, 2018
  • Tags analysis, cnet, facebook, internet, politics, social issues

Congress isn’t ready to regulate Facebook, but it wants to

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Facebook’s CEO was told testifying before Congress was a make-or-break moment. While he escaped unscathed, Congress still wants to act.

  • Date April 18, 2018
  • Tags analysis, cnet, facebook, international, internet, politics, social issues

Zuckerberg takes Facebook data apology tour to Washington

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The creator of the world‘s largest social network is testifying at two congressional hearings this week. The crux: Can we trust Facebook?

  • Date April 10, 2018
  • Tags analysis, cnet, facebook, legal, politics, social issues, television

VR promised us the future. Too bad we’re stuck in the present

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Oculus, the VR company that Mark Zuckerberg bought for more than $2 billion, has a problem: It‘s struggling to convince people to buy its gear.

  • Date October 10, 2017
  • Tags cnet, entertainment, facebook, internet, playstation, retail, scoops, videogames, virtual reality

Twitter, what the hell with all the harassment?

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Commentary: The social network has changed the face of media and politics, but does it take harassment seriously enough? Let‘s ask CEO Jack Dorsey — together.

  • Date October 2, 2017
  • Tags analysis, cnet, commentary, facebook, legal, politics, social issues

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