I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach.
See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at
https://billbennett.co.nzPublished at
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