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The 50 best iOS games of last year
AppAdvice has put together a great list of the best iOS games from 2016. Not only is the list a
Matt Birchler
Weather Line 1.8 is out, and it's full of weather data goodness
In lieu of a written review, enjoy this video quickly going over what's so great about Weather Line.
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What if Apple Made a TV?
This is not a prediction by any means, but let's imagine Tim Cook wakes up tomorrow and thinks
The BirchTree Podcast
The last episode of Bite Size Tech, my previous podcast ended in May 2016, and I've wanted to
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BirchTree audio update Jan 2, 2017
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Just a quick audio update on the state of the blog. Yes,
The difference between Google Assistant and Siri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwyOM2--Ev8
The tech narrative is that Siri sucks and Google Assistant is the second
Android
The little things that make Android so great and so terrible
Everyone reading this site likely knows I'm an iOS guy, but I've been spending the last
Reporter for iOS
https://youtu.be/GJJlkZYqzdU
I got a lot of questions about Reporter, which I used to track a lot of
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2016, the quantified life
Most people think they know how they spend their time. They think they know how much of their lives they
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Merry Christmas from BirchTree!
If you celebrate, Christmas is a time for spending time with family and friends. I'm spending the weekend
Android
24 hours with Android
It seems like I do this every year like clockwork. The weather starts to get colder, we start buying presents
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Super Mario Run did well, but how does it compare to high end game launches?
It's being reported that Super Mario Run was downloaded almost 10 million times in its first day. That&
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Quantifying my life the easy way
I will be posting a piece soon where I break down my life in 2016 by the numbers. That piece
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Amazon Echo Dot review
The Amazon Echo is one of those products that the nerd community took to with quite a bit of excitement
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Thinking out loud about the blog
Some people think that New Year's resolutions are stupid, but I really like them. It's good
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Smart Watches Have No Actual Purpose
An interesting piece on 9to5Google from someone who is more than a little disenchanted with smart watches:
Google wants to
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Alto's Odyssey iPhone Wallpaper
Alto's Adventure was released almost 2 full years ago, and it's a game I still play
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Matt Gemmell on Ulysses vs Scrivener
Matt Gemmell is a professional writer, and has an interesting take on Ulysses as a long time Scrivener user.
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