Microsoft has been on a season-long campaign to make sure you know the tablet computers on NFL sidelines are their Surface models, not iPads. Like most Microsoft products, the Surface tablets are crashing—at least those on the New England sideline. Money well-spent, Microsoft.


Update (5:55 p.m): Microsoft has issued a statement denying responsibility for the tablets’ failures.

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