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Servant Review
I watched the first two episodes of Apple TV+’s new show, Servant on a plane on Tuesday morning. By
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The Galaxy Fold Not a Viable Product
Samsung Galaxy Fold review: The future is an ugly disappointment | Ars Technica
Should you buy a Galaxy Fold? NO! God no. Are you crazy? The sky-high price, durability issues, nascent form factor, and new screen technology should rule the phone out for just about everyone. (Save your bendy tech dreams for Westworld season three.
Apple's Incentives
Michael Rockwell on App Store editorials:
It would be nice if these Apple published editorials weren’t tucked away inside of the App Store. They should have a proper home on Apple’s website and an RSS feed available so enthusiasts can follow along without having to launch the App Store everyday.
I completely understand
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"33 Million" Apple TV+ Subscribers
The Wall Street Journal reports (via 9to5Mac, if you don't subscribe to WSJ) that there are about 33
Android's Nearby Sharing, Apple's AirDrop, and Samsung's Wild Card
AirDrop is one of the best, most useful features in the Apple ecosystem, and it's something I've probably used thousands of times since it launched 6 years ago. Android has never had a solution for this worth a damn, and it looks like they're finally going to have something
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Taking the Week Off
I'm on a business trip in Whitefish, Montana this week, so don't expect much, if anything
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Android Updates in 60 Seconds
Ok, maybe 61 seconds, but still, this is basically just a standard reboot time for the phone. I'd love to see Apple match Android when it comes to downtime when doing small updates. This was the equivalant of an update like iOS 13.1.1 to 13.1.2, and it happened when
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Tracking My Movies and Books in 2020 with Letterboxd and GoodReads
Part of my “New Year’s resolutions” (for lack of a better description) was to track what media I consumed
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Portrait Mode Confusion
This photo comparison was really interesting to me. I shared a portrait taken from the iPhone 11 Pro and Pixel
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Dynamic Range, Telephoto, and the iPhone 11 Pro & Pixel 4
One thing I've noticed in the last few months using the Pixel 4 and iPhone 11 Pro day-
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We Keep Having the Same Frustrating Conversation
We Keep Having The Same Video Game Arguments And It's Driving Me Bonkers
One way or another, there will always be the eternal question: Women, can they do things? What things can they do? As long as we keep allowing people to pretend it hasn’t been answered, they’ll keep treating it
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A Slower Apple Photos Sync
I don’t know if this is happening to everyone, but I’ve noticed a pretty big regression (in my
Range
I’ve been reading the new(ish) book, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, and as the title
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Guess What Bozo Doesn’t Understand Encryption
Trump says Apple needs to ‘help our great country’ and unlock iPhones used by criminals - 9to5Mac
In the tweet, Trump emphasized that the government is “helping Apple all of the time on trade and so many other issues.” Despite this, Apple refuses to break encryption for iPhones used “by killers, drug dealers and other violent
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Wallpapers for Rome's New Via del Corso Store
Apple has another new store openeing, and with it, new artwork that looks really nice on a wallpaper. Here are
Adding a Safari Quit Confirmation with Keyboard Maestro
John Gruber wrote this simple, but useful AppleScript that warns you when quitting Safari if there are multiple tabs open.
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The Magic of Using HomePods in Stereo Mode
Stereo HomePods for Difficult Rooms and Social Listening - Jim Willis
The HomePods are strange in this way in that you can be sitting very close to one of the pair but still not sure if what you’re hearing is predominantly coming from the speaker closest to you or the one on the other side
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Podcast #222: What is COTS and Why Should I Care?
COTS is a way for merchants to take card-present credit card payments with their phone only; no separate credit card reader required. It’s pretty cool and Samsung just announced the first phone that will support this out of the box. But of course, it’s a little more complicated than that…
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