Android
The “not really bezel-less” wars: iPhone X vs Samsung Galaxy S8 vs Essential
There are 3 big phones on the market that are making a splash this year for having “bezel-less” screens. I
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Looking back on Android Wear 2.0
Jerry Hildenbrand has a nice overview of Android Wear 2 after 6 months over on Android Central. There were a
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2017 iPhone Rumors Roundup
I thought it would be fun to look back on calendar year 2017 and judge all the iPhone rumors now
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Just how impressive is the 38mm Apple Watch with LTE?
I mentioned yesterday that the fact that the 38mm Apple Watch having LTE built in is a technical achievement from
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Apple Watch apps are growing up
David Smith has some great thoughts about Apple’s Watch announcements this week:
While previously there have been technical capabilities
The Power of Apple
I read this Washington Post article this morning and it really hit home how much power Apple has in the
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The good, the bad, and the gaudy of the Series 3 Apple Watch
The new Apple Watch was indeed announced today, and it looks to be another solid update to the Watch family.
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The BirchTree Podcast #31: This isn’t some generic sky!
My first impressions of the Apple iPhone event. We talk iPhones and Apple Watches and Apple TVs, weeeee!
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The best BirchTree wallpapers updated for the new iPhone X
Because I love you guys and expect a good portion of you will be buying the new iPhone X this
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AMP-ing up search traffic?
Ethan Marcotte on AMP:
Rather, those companies use AMP to ensure their articles appear in the carousel that appears on
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Apple removed their Jupiter wallpaper in the iOS 11 GM even though I made them such a nice one
9to5Mac got their hands on the iOS 11 GM release and it has a ton of new wallpapers, including updated
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Progress
Back in March 2017 iDownloadBlog linked to my iOS 11 lock screen concept and credited me as “app developer Matt
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The future of Microsoft Office for Mac is just fine
There has been some worry in the Apple community about the future of Office on the Mac since Microsoft announced
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The BirchTree Podcast #30: Lessons from first week on the App Store
My first app, Today's Forecast, on the App Store was released 7 days ago and I'm
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My favorite tech buys from 2017
I haven’t done something like this in a long time, but I thought it would be fin to look
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What do we expect from a fast Android phone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJOWBUsEFfk
I generally find the above channel to be quite obnoxious1, but this speed
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Why I made a weather app
“Why the hell would you make a weather app in 2017?”
That’s a question that rattled around in my
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September 12 Apple Event Wallpapers
Apple sent out invitations today to what we can only assume is this year's iPhone event, which will