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Digging into a Few Deep Fusion Photos
https://youtu.be/DUuv0Y3mEQk
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Deep Fusion and the (Not Actually) Muddying of a Simple Camera Experience
The iPhone camera has always succeeded in large part because it’s been incredibly easy to use. No need to think about what you want to do, just open the app and tap the shutter button. You can of course do some extra stuff like portrait mode and time lapse, but in general it’s
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Podcast #205: Introspection on Camera Comparisons
Today’s episode explores camera comparisons and why even though I think I do a responsible job with them, it brings me into a fanboy war that I don’t really want a role in.
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How to Make a Quick and Dirty Dark Mode for Your Website
You can find this all over the web these days, but dark mode is important and I figured I’d share in one more place how easy it can be to get your site up and running in no time. Here’s all the code it takes to do dark mode here on BirchTree.
/* DARK
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Chaos Theory and iOS 13
Ulysses blog
Let me have a word or two on iOS 13, especially the way it was released to the public, and what this means for developers: It’s a mess. It was a moving target from WWDC up to release, down to 13.1, and it’s still moving.
As a result, our own
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A Massive Step Forward at a Perfect Time
iPhone Eleven Pro - Initial Charge
It’s a bit of a cliché, but this truly is the best iPhone I’ve ever owned. There are attributes of devices from the past that I have a fondness for, but to be honest, I wouldn’t trade the 11 Pro’s camera system for any of them.
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Apple Watch Series 5 Review: One Major Feature and One Major Question Mark
The newest Apple Watch is an odd duck when it comes to updates for Apple’s “more personal device ever.” Depending on your measurement, it’s either the most or least significant update to the hardware Apple has ever put out, and that just makes it a funky product to review. For some history, these
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The Apple Watch Series 5 Battery: The Situation and My Experience
The last week has been weird for the Apple Watch. The new hardware is out and outside of people loving the always on screen, the only thing I see in my timeline are people complaining about battery life in the Series 5 Apple Watch.
My question is what the hell is going on? If I
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A Celebration of iOS’s Unbelievable Software Library
From iOS To Android And Back Again - Greg Morris
Apps from the same developer often work different, look different or are missing functions (even Googles) on Android. Which is a huge shame given the open nature of the platform. Sure you can ‘do anything’ with your device, but the quality of software to go with
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The Best iPhone and Case Combo
It goes without saying you can choose whatever you’d like, and this is all subjective, but the combination of the gold iPhone 11 Pro and the green Apple leather case is the hottest look I’ve ever seen in a smartphone.
The green and gold look not only makes the Packers fan in me
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A Downside to All These Dang Streaming Services
Apple Arcade Seems Like The Future Of Gaming, For Better Or Worse - Kotaku
Maddy: I have guilt about these kinds of services and our new subscription-flavored future. I don’t think I can do anything about it, but I don’t love it.
Kirk: Your guilt is related to what exactly?
Maddy: I feel
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Podcast #204: Don’t Trust the Comments
The conversation online, specifically in places like Twitter, YouTube, and Reddit, tend to focus on the technical merits of products and not the actually product-focused elements of things like phones and computers. Today’s off-the-cuff episode (and my third of the week!) addresses this disconnect.
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Podcast #203: Apple Arcade Early Review
Apple Arcade has been out for about a week and I wanted to share my thoughts on how it’s been for me. Basically, I love it.
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Podcast #202: Series 5 and 11 Pro First Impressions
I’ve had the Apple Watch Series 5 and iPhone 11 Pro for a long weekend and have some thoughts.
My First iPhone 11 Pro vs Pixel 3a Comparison
This is going to be quick since I want to get this out the same day of the new iPhone, so as you have surely seen in oh so many corporate emails, please excuse my brevity.
The Comparisons
Below are 4 shots, all taken within seconds of each other. Camera A and B are consistent
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On Losing 3D Touch
From John Gruber's iPhone 11 review:
There’s also a shortcut that not many people know about, but when you show it to them, their minds are blown: with 3D Touch iPhones, you can 3D Touch and hold anywhere on the keyboard (that is to say, keep your thumb or finger pressed on
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Every Battery in an iPhone Since the iPhone 6 Compared
GSMArena is an invaluable tool in looking up smartphone specs all in one place. This is especially useful for phones where the company just doesn't give out this info (cough, Apple), so I used them to find the battery capacities of every iPhone since Apple started releasing 2 iPhones per year: the iPhone
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watchOS 6: The BirchTree Review
The Apple Watch has grown up quite a bit in the past 4 years, evolving from a piece of hardware