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The Phantom Tech Backlash
Opinion | There Is No Tech Backlash - The New York Times
But everybody’s complaining about technology all the time — there’s nothing more on-trend than lamenting our ephemeral hashtag culture. So it’s easy to believe that there really is a roiling tech backlash that will somehow head off any dystopian outcomes, while we
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Small macOS Feature Request
I’m sure most of us are familiar with the folder view in the macOS dock. It’s been there for years, and it’s one of the most useful little things I use everyday on my Mac. I love how you can see large previews of these files, and I really love that you
Looking Back Once More at the September Invite
I recently wrote about whether iPhone event invites give us any clues about what is coming with the new product announcements. My conclusion was decidedly mixed:
By my count, that’s 2 completely on the nose, 2 where people guessed what the clue was, 2 with tenuous clues no one guessed, and 2 with no
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Apple Could Flip a Switch and Kill Wear OS
Comment: Apple could kill Wear OS with a pull of the Apple Watch lever - 9to5Google
It’s a sad reality, but if Apple made the Watch compatible with Android, it would be bar-none the best smartwatch for Android phones. It already is the fastest, most useful, and most technically impressive wearable you can buy.
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The Loop, Pulling No Punches
The New York Times shaming of a crying reporter is shameful
Hey Jack, here’s a piece of advice for you. Before you call people down for, you know, being compassionate human beings (and bloggers), maybe you should take a look in the mirror and decide how you can be less of a complete total
Some More Put-Together Thoughts About Today’s Apple Announcements
I recorded my reactions podcast this afternoon, literally minutes after the event ended, so all i had were hot takes. But now, several hours later, I’ve had time to digest everything and have slightly refined feelings on the two main products they unveiled.
Apple Watch Series 5
This is my darling product and I
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Podcast #201: iPhone 11, Apple Watch Series 5, and More
You know the deal, Apple had their September event today and these are my initial impressions from watching the event.
Why Reverse Wireless Charging is More than Just a Gimmick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ7i7g9vwo4
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Podcast #200: Episode 200! Why Hardware Still Matters in 2019
This kind of snuck up on me, so thank you for listening for 200 episodes! Today, on the eve of a new iPhone announcement, I talk about why hardware still matters in 2019, specifically in terms of photography, as well as why Google seems to get all the credit when it comes to “computational photography.
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Micahel Tsai on Apple’s Odd Response to Project Zero’s Disclosure
Michael “blogs” 😉
Most people would consider “fewer than a dozen” to be “a small collection.” But in Apple-speak, there were “a small number” of corrupt App Store binaries causing crashes, and “a small number” of MacBook Pro users experiencing butterfly keyboard problems, not to be confused with the “very small number” of iPhones that
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Testing the Pixel’s Super Res Zoom and an Actual Telephoto Lens
All of the Pixel 3 and 3a phones have a feature called Super Res Zoom. This is one of Google’s many A.I. features they brag about and I wanted to see how well it did in the real world. To test this, I took the same photo 4 times.
1. Pixel 3a at
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Logitech MX Master 3 Review
People speak highly Logitech’s MX Master line of mice, and I’ve joined the chorus over the past few years since I got one for myself. I loved it, but it was basically the last device is my life using micro-USB and I lamented literally days ago that all I wanted was a
Apple’s iPhone Event Invites: Hidden Clues or Just Like…Invites?
This keeps coming up on podcasts this year, so let’s look at the last 10 iPhone event invites and see what clues they held.
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Announced
iPhone 11
iPhone 11 Pro
iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple Watch Series 5
Apple Arcade (new info)
Apple TV+ (new info)
Connection
I give this one a decent,
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Android 10 Review
Android is not my favorite mobile operating system. You know that, I know that, but that doesn’t mean I
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Night Sight vs NeuralCam (quick, incomplete comparison)
Here’s a shot taken on the iPhone Xs:
And here’s the same scene taken with the Pixel 3a:
Not so pretty right? Well here’s Google’s much lauded Night Sight doing its best:
And here’s NeuralCam doing it’s best in this same insanely low light situation:
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Hyper-Res California Watch Faces
I don't know if these will be of use to anyone else, but I replicated the new California watch face from watchOS 6 in all 6 of its primary color schemes. Each one is over 3,000px wide, which is more than you should ever need. Feel free to use these as you
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Dark Noise Review (podcast #198)
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Dark Noise on the App Store
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