TNW’s Daily Dose: Chromebooks, invites, and Microsoft hearts China

Hands on with Google’s new Chromebook, invites to Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 event, Tumblr eats dirt, and Microsoft does China.

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• Tumblr has brief outage after Dashboard experiences ‘major performance issues’ [Updated] – Read
• Microsoft’s final Windows Phone 8 event invite teases HTC, Skype, IE, and Facebook – Read
• First impressions: Samsung’s $249 Chromebook channels Apple while chasing viability – Read
• Microsoft debuts Chinese online store to push Surface preorders – Read