Planet Money’s Jacob Goldstein looks at The Magazine. Something doesn’t have to be huge to be a success.

Have I mentioned I wrote a piece for The Magazine?

Matt Drance on Sony’s PlayStation 4 non-event yesterday:

If you’re going to strike early, you must strike hard.

Personally, I just like to make fun, but if we have to learn something Matt’s post is basically what should be learned.

Sean Hollister for the Verge:

Google will ship two versions of the Pixel, one with Wi-Fi only and one with Verizon LTE: the Wi-Fi model will come with 32GB of storage, and is on sale today for $1,299. It will ship next week. The LTE model will have 64GB of storage for $1,449.

A Chrome device that starts at $1300. But it’s $1500 if you want a persistent Internet connection and, well, it’s Chrome, so, you might want a persistent Internet connection. So, let’s say $1500.

Did I have a stroke?

Again?

The Verge’s Russell Brandom:

There was something missing from the stage at last night’s Sony event, and it wasn’t just the final price, release date, or physical console for the PS4. With almost 20 different speakers over two hours, not a single woman took the stage.

Usually these kinds of complaints about industry-wide problems hit Apple first. While I’m pleasantly surprised Cupertino isn’t being trotted out again as the poster child for the technology industry’s woes, the only female I remember appearing onstage at an Apple event in the last 10 years is Roz Ho when she headed up Microsoft’s Mac applications group and that was years ago.

Pro tip to Sony: you make people sit through an overly long presentation that doesn’t show the product you’re talking about and it gives time for people to think about these things.

Plants vs. Zombies is free today, so shamble your way over to the App Store if you don’t already own one of the best iOS games ever.

The Magazine has made the piece I wrote for their fifth issue available to the public for your reading enjoyment.

The John Blog imagines how that will play out.

Chris Higgins on his experiences writing a book and writing for The Magazine:

But here’s the thing: running that feature story in The Magazine was a far bigger deal than publishing my own book. I didn’t expect that.

I was surprised by the feedback I got on Twitter when my piece was published in The Magazine. I haven’t gotten that much notoriety since I led Disneyland security on an 8 MPH Segway chase through Tomorrowland.

Steve Wildstrom for Techpinions:

There was a word missing from HTC’s unveiling of its impressive new HTC One phone.

Starts with “A”, rhymes with “Android”, whoops, that’s what it is, actually.

Over at Macworld, I debase our discourse by speculating wildly about a touchscreen MacBook.

Oh, right, like talking about an “iWatch” is any better.