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Spotify Takes the Podcasts Crown from Apple
Spotify says US podcast listeners now use its service more than Apple Podcasts | TechCrunch
During the company’s Q3 2021 earnings call, the company said that according to Edison Research and its own internal sources, it “recently became” the No. 1 podcast platform U.S. listeners use the most. Given the U.S. is the
That's So Meta
Facebook pulled a Google today and created a company to oversee all of their products, and that company is called Meta. I haven't read The Discourse on what people think about this, so I'll be curious to see how my opinions compare to others. Here's a few takeaways from
It's Okay, Dropbox Will Support Apple Silicon
From a feature request thread asking for a native version (July 2021):
This idea is going to need a bit more support before we share your suggestion with our team.
This got shared around a lot today, and it was followed up by this response from last month:
We are working to ensure that Dropbox,
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2x Zoom is Awkward on the iPhone 13 Pro
The iPhone 13 Pro line was upgraded with a 3x telephoto lens this year, giving you more "reach"
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The Only Apple Silicon Mac You Probably Shouldn’t Buy
Rogue Amoeba - Under the Microscope » Blog Archive » On The Much Improved State of Macintosh Hardware
In 2018, we couldn’t recommend buying a single current Macintosh model. Now? You almost can’t go wrong.
I would argue the only Apple Silicon Mac I can’t recommend is the 13” MacBook Pro. It’s several hundred
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The Mac is Exciting Again
On Thanksgiving 2018 I bought the 12.9” iPad Pro and sold my MacBook Pro to pay for it. I was all in on the iPad because I loved it and in retrospect, because it was where all the excitement was in new Apple computers.
The iPad Pro was where Apple was flexing its design
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My Simple Ask for Things 4
I love Things 3, but there are some aspects I think could be improved in the (hopefully) inevitable Things 4,
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No One Note-Taker for Me
Mike Rockwell on Initial Charge:
There isn’t any one app that does everything I want so I’ve ended up with a handful of apps that all loosely serve the purpose of “note taking”. I can understand why someone would want to find the One App to Rule Them All, but I kind of
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It's Almost Like it's All Pandering to an Audience
First up is a report from the Software Freedom Conservatory on Trump's new TRUTH Social app's licensing:
Today, we saw the Trump Media and Technology Group ignoring those important rules — which were designed for the social good. Once caught in the act, Trump's Group scrambled and took the site
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You Don't Always Need to Go Pro
Greg Morris:
These Pros are for those that need serious power on the go, yet I have a feeling I will see these all over the place in a few weeks.
Greg touches on the feeling that a lot of us enthusiasts have where we feel like we should get the "pro" models
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SD is Still the Best Option
Exile from Dongletown – Six Colors
Apple’s argument for getting rid of the SD slot was that the future would be wireless, and we wouldn’t need to use cards to transfer data anymore. It wasn’t true back in 2016, and it’s still not true. Sure, some devices equipped with SD cards now
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Why Reviews are Hard for Smaller Reviewers
The video game review process is broken - The Washington Post
Most writers are at the mercy of Google’s search engine, and time their work to the peaks at which people are seeking out reviews. Take an extra day to polish your prose, and you’ve given up pageviews to your competitors. Google’s search
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Thoughts on the New MacBook Pros
Oh man, do I wish I had $3,000 to throw at a computer right now…
These machines look insanely good and I’m jealous of every Mac user who’s been waiting to get a new Mac until now because you just got yourself a doozy of an update.
3x CPU performance from one
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The Culmination of Years of Arguments
For years people have been telling me that SD cards are a legacy feature, they’re just for a niche
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Microsoft's Walk Back on 3D Emoji is Just More of the Same (marketing assets vs the actual UI)
Microsoft backed away from giving us the most fun emoji yet:
Microsoft originally promised new 3D emoji for Windows 11
