Tag: Electronics
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A misnomer
I can’t say that I’ve ever spent much time pondering why they call this class of computer electronics ‘smart phone,’ but now that John Lancaster mentions it . . . Here’s Mr. Lancaster: There is no getting around the fact that the things sound demoralisingly nerdy. To the lay consumer, what “smart” means is “horribly…
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City Cites 30 Shops For Shady Practice
December 18, 1996 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer Unscrupulous electronics stores are ripping off consumers by using misleading ads, reselling used goods as new and other shady sales practices, city officials charged yesterday. Following a three-week probe, the city hit 30 stores with more than 1,100 alleged violations of consumer laws —…