Complex Roundtable: The Most Fascinating Tech Stories of 2012

We pick the year's most compelling narratives.

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To say the least, it's been a rollercoaster year in tech. But if you had to pick one moment, trend or story as 2012's most polarizing, which would you choose? Not so easy, huh? We were stumped, too. So we decided to round up a group of writers and editors from Wired, BuzzFeed, The Huffington Post, Gawker, New York, and Complex to determine the most compelling narratives of the year. And yes, in case you were wondering, The Tacocopter, made the list. 

Google's Nexus Brand Grows Up

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The Anti-Gizmo Rant

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The Tacocopter

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Stanford and Silicon Valley's Symbiotic Relationship

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Microsoft's Rebirth

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Gadget Worship

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John McAfee's Wild Ride

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Scamworld ...

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... and Apple's iEconomy

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Elon Musk's Race to the Future

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