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The BirchTree Podcast #47: A Detail Often Forgotten
We often forget that people make different choices on what computing platforms to use. This leads to heated, sometimes angry
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CES 2018: Belkin Adds HomeKit Compatibility to Wemo Lineup With Launch of New Bridge - Mac Rumors
CES 2018: Belkin Adds HomeKit Compatibility to Wemo Lineup With Launch of New Bridge - Mac Rumors:
Belkin today announced
On Chrome as the New Internet Explorer 6
This is a comparison that always gets people up in arms. IE6 is largely considered to be one of the
life with linux
Setting Up (and Quickly Reverting) a Hackintosh
The screenshot at the top of this post doesn’t make a lot of sense. Look as hard as you
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Transmit for iOS Bites the Dust
This is a sad day:
Transmit iOS made about $35k in revenue in the last year, representing a minuscule fraction
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Paul Thurrott says Intel Mislead (and continues to mislead) the Industry
Paul Thurrott has some choice words for Intel in how they have handled the recent Spectre/Meltdown exploits:
But if
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Unlock Your Mac Easily with Unlox
There are 5 reasons you probably want to get Unlox for iOS and macOS (formerly MacID).
One, if you have
iFixit Tears Down the iMac Pro
iMac Pro Teardown - iFixit:
We're betting the opening procedure will be the same as it was on
Apple Fighting the PR Battle
Apple Will Replace the Battery in Your iPhone 6 or Later Even if It Passes a Genius Bar Diagnostic Test
My AirPods Case is a Little Rough After One Year
AirPods are one of the best tech purchases I made in 2017, and I stand by my original review where
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BirchTree State of the Union 2018
As we roll into 20181, I figured this was a good time to share some very basic stats about BirchTree
Android
Essentially a Disaster
Andrew Martonik has some choice words for the Essential Phone over at Android Central:
Aside from the hardware, every other
Google Can’t Seem to Wait to Kill YouTube on Amazon Fire Devices
YouTube no longer available on Fire TV as Amazon signals lack of deal with Google - 9to5Google
Amazon has gone
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Save $5 at Fandango When You Use Apple Pay
MacRumors reporting:
Apple is offering an Apple Pay promotion this week that discounts Fandango movie tickets by $5 when you
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The Best New Podcasts I Heard in 2017
Below are 7 podcasts that have shot to the top of my podcast priorities in 2017. Not all of them
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Settling into your Smart Assistant Groove
When Alexa Becomes Part of the Family - Slate:
“I thought that I would be continuously testing the new features
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My Favorite Albums of 2017
I’m not a music expert, but I do pride myself in having relatively good taste in music. As I
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Ulysses’ Early Adopter Promotion Ending Soon
In case you didn’t realize, my favorite writing app of all time switched to a subscription model earlier in