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The Little Guys
Ben Thompson (emphasis mine):
Amazon, meanwhile, is increasingly where shopping searches start, particularly for Prime customers, and the company’s ad business is exploding. Needless to say, Amazon doesn’t need to request special permission for IDFAs or to share emails with 3rd parties to finely target its ads: everything is self-contained, and to
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My Favorite Books of 2020
These are the 10 best books I read this year! Not all of these came out this year, but they
Apple
Apple Music Wrapped?
I got an email from Spotify this weekend asking me to resubscribe for a significant discount. This comes just days
How Much Has the iPhone Camera Improved since the iPhone 7? Lots (duh)!
The headline spoils the ending, but I thought it would be fun to compare Apple's best of 2016 vs their current leading iPhone camera (technically second best, but it's close enough).
Night
First up is a photo in the dead of night. The iPhone 12 Pro clearly wipes the floor with
watchOS 8 Concept - Fixing the tension between nice watch faces and useful complications
It's never too early to mock up a new feature for the next version of watchOS, right?
Right?
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Instagram is Changing the Direction of Watch Fashion
Instagram has totally changed how watches are designed | WIRED UK
[I]t should be little surprise that the watch world has witnessed a colour explosion in the past two years, alongside a profound loosening of once-rigid codes around style. Not long ago, the appearance of a blue watch dial was considered newsworthy […] now dials
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Make Time App First Look
This is my first look at the new, free app from the writers of the book by the same name.
Links
Lord of the Rings in 4K HDR is Here
Lord of the Rings, The: The Motion Picture Trilogy (4K UHD Review)
Does this new 4K remaster really make that big of a difference? Is the image and sound really improved over the previous Blu-ray release? The answer to that is: HELL yes. However, if you don’t already have them, you’ll need
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Don’t be Dogmatic About Native or Web Apps
Something really hit home with me this week when I was playing around with Sketch. I was working on a
Links
When the Mac Gets Touch
Apple: No Mac-In-Touch. by Jean-Louis Gassée | by Jean-Louis Gassée | Nov, 2020 | Monday Note
Let’s rewind the clock. For years, Apple dismissed wishes of making the iPad more like a laptop as an abomination before Steve Jobs, as wanting to make the simple tablet into a complicated contraption, a toaster-fridge.
Politics
Speaking of Places I Don’t Normally Link
Trump Election Fraud Allegations Disgraceful Endgame to 2020 Reelection Effort | National Review
Almost nothing that the Trump team has alleged has withstood the slightest scrutiny. In particular, it’s hard to find much that is remotely true in the president’s Twitter feed these days. It is full of already-debunked claims and crackpot conspiracy
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A Microsoft Flight Simulator WFH Screensaver
I don't know if this is going to be something I do regularly, but I have been enjoying having Microsoft Flight Simulator open and running interesting flights around the world while I work from home this year, and I wanted to share one flight that I quite enjoy making in the game here.
covid-19
I’m Linking to the Pope?
Opinion | Pope Francis: The Covid-19 Crisis Reveals What Is in Our Hearts - The New York Times
Look at us now: We put on face masks to protect ourselves and others from a virus we can’t see. But what about all those other unseen viruses we need to protect ourselves from? How will we
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Pixelmator Photo’s Super Resolution Mode Can Revive Your Old iPhone Wallpapers
This feature is amazing! Seriously, if you want to boost the resolution of your favorite wallpapers or photos of old,
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You’re Up, iPad
Your Move, iPad | Becky Hansmeyer
Ruthlessly purge the App Store Guidelines of anything that prevents the iPad from serving as a development machine. Every kind of development from web to games should be possible on an iPad. And speaking of games—emulators should be allowed, too.
This list is great, and I support all of
covid-19
Save America’s Restaurants
Opinion | Save America’s Restaurants - The New York Times
A growing number of municipalities and states have imposed curfews on restaurants and bars, as if the virus were a vampire. Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California advised diners in his state to “keep your mask on in between bites.” That is absurd.
And:
What
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Why Japanese Websites Look Different Than You May Expect
Why Japanese Web Design Is So Different – Cultural, Linguistic & Technical Factors – Randomwire
In the mind’s eye of many
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Stretching the Limits of “Ownership” and Stadia
You're wrong about Stadia — Debunking the biggest myths - 9to5Google
Myth: You don’t own your games on Stadia
On Stadia, your purchase of a game is a license to play that game on Stadia. You can compare that to buying a game on Steam or a digital purchase on PlayStation or Xbox. The
