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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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The Next ‘iPhone Moment’ Will Arrive, Eventually. Hurry Up Already

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It may seem now like the iPhone was a sure thing. But 15 years ago at launch, its success was far less certain. Tech insiders acknowledge they can rarely tell if something will be a hit until development is pretty much done.

  • Date June 29, 2022
  • Tags analysis, apple, cnet, internet, retail, scoops

People are fighting back against gift card scammers. Here’s how

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With few safeguards in place to protect you and me from gift card scams, some people are filling in the gaps.

  • Date November 26, 2021
  • Tags analysis, cnet, crime, economy, internet, politics, retail, scoops

Gift card scams are growing, and we’re all paying the price

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Every year, scammers trick Americans into handing over millions of dollars in gift card payments. Retailers aren’t doing much about it.

  • Date November 24, 2021
  • Tags analysis, cnet, crime, economy, internet, politics, retail, scoops

Why your iPhone may never be Made in the USA

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“Made in America” is rare, even though polls show Americans want it.

  • Date August 5, 2021
  • Tags analysis, apple, cnet, economy, politics, retail, scoops

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

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

Just admit it, we love game sequels

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The video game industry hasn’t run out of ideas or gotten lazy. It‘s just following the money, because we‘re still buying those sequels.

  • Date June 18, 2017
  • Tags analysis, cnet, consoles, economy, playstation, retail, videogames, virtual reality, xbox

A mind-blowing VR arcade won me over. It‘ll get you too

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The VR arcade — yes, an arcade — is designed to get you to try virtual reality headsets without getting sick. You might even like it. I did.

  • Date June 13, 2017
  • Tags analysis, cnet, economy, facebook, playstation, retail, videogames, virtual reality, xbox

Apple, Google Vie to Offer Exclusive Game Apps

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A long-running battle between Apple Inc. and Google Inc. for mobile dominance is spreading to the most lucrative genre of apps: videogames.

The two Silicon Valley giants have been wooing game developers to ensure that top-tier game titles arrive first on devices powered by their respective operating systems, people familiar with the situation said.

  • Date April 20, 2014
  • Tags advertising, apple, retail, scoops, videogames

Microsoft Quietly Pulls Xbox Two-Year Contract Plans

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This week, Microsoft spokesman David Dennis confirmed the company discontinued the Xbox 360 offer in July. “This program was intended to be a pilot experiment from the start, and Microsoft routinely adjusts the mix of offers available to its customers and this change was simply standard business practice,” he said.

  • Date March 12, 2014
  • Tags retail, scoops, the wall street journal, videogames, xbox

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