Apple HomePod to Go On Sale February 9, Pre-Orders Begin This Friday
The Verge:
Apple has announced it will release the HomePod on February 9th and that pre-orders for the device will
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DuckDuckGo Updates Their Extension and Browser, Complete with Privacy Grades
DuckDuck Go on their company blog:
Today we're excited to launch fully revamped versions of our browser extension
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Apple Trying to Get MacBook Down to $999. Maybe They Should also Try One with iOS.
Apple Said to Release New Entry-Level 13-inch MacBook This Year, Likely Replacing MacBook Air - Mac Rumors
Apple's
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The BirchTree Podcast #49: iPad and RSI Issues
The iPad has helped me a ton with some minor RSI issues I’ve had recently. It may not be
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Another Few Textured Wallpapers
I’ve added a few more wallpapers to my “texture” collection, which began with the Asphalt wallpaper from last week.
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Sundar Pichai Does Not Regret Firing That One Idiot
Google CEO Sundar Pichai says he does not regret firing James Damore - The Verge
“I regret that people misunderstand
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My Goodness, my State is Unhappy!
This Map Shows Which States Are 'The Worst Possible State To Live In' - Digg
According to this
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Why OnePlus’s Credit Card Data Breach is Particularly Bad
The other shoe dropped today forOnePlus, who announced they had determined as many as 40,000 customers’ card information had
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Meet the New Headphone Struggles, (mostly the) Same as the Old Headphone Struggles
You can almost set your watch by The Verge articles about how the 3.5mm headphone jack was glorious and
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Wallpaper Wednesday: Asphalt
I took this photo of the street near my work and thought it would make for a nice wallpaper. I
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Voice Assistants' Blind Spot
Smart Audio Report on Smart Speaker Adoption in the U.S. – MacStories:
To me, this suggests that either owners of
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FIFA 18 Sold Better on Switch than PS4 in Japan
FIFA 18 Switch Has Officially Outsold The PS4 Version In Japan | NintendoSoup:
FIFA 18 sales on Nintendo Switch have officially
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OnePlus Shuts Down Credit Card Payments on its Online Store
An Update on Credit Card Security - OnePlus Forums:
As a precaution, we are temporarily disabling credit card payments at
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The BirchTree Podcast #48: The Apple Watch Doesn’t Really Have a Peer
I discuss the unique challenge of coming up with new features for a product that doesn’t really have anyone
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watchOS 5: A Relatively Modest Proposal
Every year I like to collect my thoughts on the Apple Watch and what software features are holding the product
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The Apps Keeping me on macOS (2018 update)
Just under a year ago, I wrote this piece about the apps that were keeping me on a Mac over
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Holy ****, the iPad Pro
About one month ago I got an iPad Pro. It is my third iPad, after owning the original iPad in
Lost in Translation (why smart speakers are often more useful than the assistant built into your phone)
There is a sentiment out there among some that these smart speakers that have become all the rage in recent