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Essentially a Disaster
Andrew Martonik has some choice words for the Essential Phone over at Android Central:
Aside from the hardware, every other
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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 ahead
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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 that
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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
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My Favorite BirchTree Posts of 2017
Because what is the end of the year for if not looking back on the entirety of the past 12
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Civilization VI (all of it!) Comes to iPad
Correction: now through January 4, the full game upgrade is on sale for $30.
In yet another surprise iOS game
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When the Tech Press Strikes Out
You’ve probably heard about the fact that Apple has confirmed they throttle iPhone performance down when battery health degrades
iOS Apps Might be Coming to a Mac Near You
Mark Gurman has the scoop of the week:
Starting as early as next year, software developers will be able to
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AutoSleep is Far and Away the Best Way for Apple Watch Users to Track Their Sleep
AutoSleep is my go to sleep tracking app for the Apple Watch and it got a big update today:
Much
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Google (sorta) Releases (a link to) Chrome on the Windows Store
Google Chrome Lands on the Microsoft Store As a Download Link - Thurrott.com:
The company today released the Google Chrome
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"Ron's the handsome one" and Other Gems from a Computer Trying to Write a Chapter of Harry Potter
Botnik Studios ran the Harry Potter series through their machine learning keyboard and had it write a Harry Potter chapter
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Use San Francisco Mono All Over macOS
This is a simple tip, but one that not enough people know. If you like the look of San Francisco
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The BirchTree Podcast #46: My iPad Pro Setup
I have 100% more iPad in my life this week than last week so you know I have to talk
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Zelda Breath of the Wild: My Favorite Game of 2017
When Horizon Zero Dawn came out I felt bad for Zelda. How could Zelda live up to the masterpiece that
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Horizon Zero Dawn: My 2nd Favorite Game of 2017
Holy crap! That’s what I thought to myself countless times while playing Horizon Zero Dawn this year. This game