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Distant: iPhone Wallpapers for Snowman's Upcoming Game
Snowman impressed us all last year when they released the beautiful (and fun) Alto's Adventure. They're back again with a new game coming soon called Distant. The visuals are as beautiful as we'd expect from the makers of Alto's Adventure, so of course there had to be
Living That Dongle Life
As we all know, the new MacBook Pros are eliciting quite a bit of frustration from the professional crowd. There are a few reasons for this, but the biggest thing I see sticking after almost a month of letting these machines ruminate in our collective conscience, is anger over the ports. In other words, #donglelife.
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PS4 has it's Biggest Sales Week Since Launch Over Thanksgiving
Black Friday was the biggest sales week for the PS4 since launch in the UK
Meanwhile, the PS4 sold more units last week than it has in any other week since its launch. Those Black Friday deals prices to be just too tempting for some. Black Friday week in 2015 held the previous record.
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The Difference Between iOS and macOS
Matt Gemmell has been using the iPad as his only computer for a month.
Most of all, the iPad feels like a tool. The MacBook is much more like a machine, that needs maintenance and expertise. I feel like, on the MacBook, I need to learn how to do something; looking for this configuration, or
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Force Touch as the Future of Smartphone Interface? This Android Fan Says Yes
Anshel Sag from Forbes spent a month with the iPhone 7 Plus after using only Android phones for his whole smartphone life. He has a lot of interesting insights to the iOS experience. Insights you can really only get from someone who is so used to one side of the fence and steps out of
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Firewatch Winter Wallpaper
My old set of Firewatch wallpapers proved to be insanely popular, so I thought I'd bring it back with a slightly modified winter version. New color scheme and just a touch of snow. In 4k, of course.
Enjoy!
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Design at Google has Improved so Much
Remember 5-10 years ago when we were asking the question "will Google get better at design faster than Apple can get better at cloud services?" Well, it's 2016 and I think the question is pretty clear, Google is winning this race.
Google's Android operating system has improved dramatically,
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Ben Brooks on Abandoning the Apple Watch
The Wrist — The Brooks Review
When I wear the Apple Watch I feel as though I am never out of contact. Tap, tap — your turn on this game. Tap, tap – someone made a joke about you in Slack. Tap, tap – unimportant text message. Tap, tap – news news news.
I understand where Ben is coming from,
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Vivaldi Can Now Control Your Hue Lights
Vivaldi is a great new web browser, and it's big pitch is that it's the browser you can customize to your heart's content. I use it at work and it's fantastic!
Their latest addition is…interesting. Vivaldi can already modify it's chrome (pun not intended)
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Totally Misunderstanding the iPad
Paul Thurrott completely misses on this one.
[Tim Cook] “You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but those things are probably not going be pleasing to the user.”
Which explains why Mr. Cook’s Apple released its own 2-in-1 computer, the iPad Pro, just three years later. Well, that and the fact
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PlayStation Vue Review
Are you a cord cutter who's generally happy, but longs for a little more access to live TV? Are you a current cable subscriber who is looking to cut the cord but fear relying on a half dozen streaming services to get your TV content? If you fall into either of those camps,
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Cheap Nike Apple Watch Band Knock Off Review
I got this one for $10 on eBay and it's pretty crappy. The rubber feels incredibly cheap and the lugs barely fit when you try to connect it to the Apple Watch. I would go on, but I honestly don't know what else you need to know. Don't bother
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It's Time to Unite and Give the Galaxy Note 7 a Chance
Goddamned beautiful.
After all, the proof that it gets overheated and explodes for practically no reason at all has been evident for months, but now, we need to focus on its positive aspects and wipe the slate clean. It is our company phone now, and there’s no use complaining about it anymore.
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Thoughts on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Timothy Huneycutt nails it:
In many ways, this movie feels like elaborate scene setting instead of a proper first installment to a new franchise.
I really, really liked Fantastic Beasts, but the above line is right on point. It's a beautiful film with great character work, but the plot itself left me wanting
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Apple Pay Seriously Drives Sales
USA Technologies, Inc ran a 6 month study that "targeted point-of-sale advertising of Apple Pay" and the results are impressive, if not that surprising. The study essentially seems to have looked at sales before and after adding a "pay with Apple Pay" sticker to their vending machines.
The results
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Running AMP in the Browser
I like this idea from Manton Reece:
I’d prefer if Google added AMP support directly to Chrome. While it would be a much more limited rollout, it would feel more natural, with fewer drawbacks for publishers.
I never really thought of it from this angle, but it makes a lot of sense.
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Concept: Touch Bar on the iPhone
This is out there, but indulge me for a minute.
We can all agree the Touch Bar is going to be on more Macs than just the MacBook Pros that just came out. It will likely be a staple of all Macs from 2017 on, but what if Apple's aspirations for the Touch
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Microsoft Word Does Not Support Custom Fonts. Wait, Really?
I was helping my wife get going with her new (and first) Mac, and apparently Microsoft Office does not support third party fonts, like at all. No, I'm not joking, it's in their official documentation:
Third-party fonts are not directly supported in Microsoft Office for Mac applications. Some third-party