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It's March in Saigon and I�m staring up at a huge portrait of Ho Chi Minh—the fourth of the morning—when I realize I know almost nothing about him. But I don�t reach for my guidebook. Instead I pull out my iPhone, tap on an app called Air Sharing, and within seconds I�m scrolling through dozens of Wikipedia pages, photos, and PDFs I�d saved for precisely this moment. Like that, I�m an Uncle Ho expert. |
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