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A.I. is Usually Like Talking to a 3 Year Old
Every app gives me recommendations, but none of them are any good:
It's a cool idea for a
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Advancing the iPad
What I Wish the iPad Would Gain from the Mac – MacStories
The iPad is already proving a formidable Mac-alternative
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10 Years Since Emoji Came to iOS
The Making of Apple’s Emoji: How designing these tiny icons changed my life
This year will mark the tenth
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Google Assistant adds Muti-User Support for Netflix
Google Assistant now supports voice match for multiple Netflix profiles
For Netflix, if you have a personal profile on a
We Find Ourselves Here, at the (professional) Turn
Back in 2016 the narrative around Apple was that they don’t care about professional users anymore. They had become
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Smart People Seem to Agree, HomePod is an Echo and Home Competitor
Daring Fireball: HomePod’s Priorities
The difference between HomePod and Amazon Echo isn’t that they’re in different product
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The Apple Watch as a Stepping Stone to the Future
Above Avalon: Apple Watch Is a Bridge to the Future
Close to 20 million people bought an Apple Watch in
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Why I Could Be Wrong About the HomePod
HomePod, the iPod for your home - AppleInsider:
Despite all the logically-reasoned chat about why it couldn't possibly
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The BirchTree Podcast #50: HomePod Eve
We're t-minus 8 hours from HomePod pre-orders and I did an impromptu episode of the show
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State of the Game Industry 2018 Results
The Game Developer Conference does a survey of thousands of game developers every year and I always find it interesting
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The iOS "Spring Edition" is Coming Soon (developer beta likely coming today)
Apple is continuing their tradition of having feature-packed spring updates to iOS:
In addition to horizontal surfaces like tables
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Tim Cook on What Sets the HomePod Apart
Tim Cook’s visit to Shopify all about augmented reality, as Apple CEO praises ‘profound’ emerging technology | Financial Post
“We
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A Few Months Later: Benchmarking the iPhone 8 Plus and Pixel 2
There has been a lot of talk recently about smartphone performance lately, and whether or not one company is slowing
Apple HomePod to Go On Sale February 9, Pre-Orders Begin This Friday
The Verge:
Apple has announced it will release the HomePod on February 9th and that pre-orders for the device
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DuckDuckGo Updates Their Extension and Browser, Complete with Privacy Grades
DuckDuck Go on their company blog:
Today we're excited to launch fully revamped versions of our browser extension
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Apple Trying to Get MacBook Down to $999. Maybe They Should also Try One with iOS.
Apple Said to Release New Entry-Level 13-inch MacBook This Year, Likely Replacing MacBook Air - Mac Rumors
Apple'
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The BirchTree Podcast #49: iPad and RSI Issues
The iPad has helped me a ton with some minor RSI issues I’ve had recently. It may not be
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Another Few Textured Wallpapers
I’ve added a few more wallpapers to my “texture” collection, which began with the Asphalt wallpaper from last week.