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The PC is Complete
Apple and Microsoft both had PC events this week where they showed off the latest and greatest each company had to offer in terms of PC hardware in 2016. Microsoft got things rolling first with their Surface Studio, a 28 inch touch screen PC on a stand that lets you easily change it from a
Apple, Get Your Damn Product Lines in Sync!
Apple makes some amazing products. I would contend the iPhone 7 is the best smartphone ever made. The iPad Pro is literally years ahead of the next best tablet. The MacBook Pros announced yesterday are the best laptops for millions of people. And don't get me started on their smart watch…it'
Google Assistant Gains IFTTT Support, Something Siri Will Never Add (and why that's a problem)
Google's new evolution of Google Now, Google Assistant, is getting some love from the tech press and most other nerdy folks online. Marcques Brownlee made this excellent comparison video showing Siri mostly keeping up with Google Assistant, but overall people seem to agree that Google has the lead in personal voice assistants.
Beyond
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Pricing out the Surface Studio vs the 5K iMac
Microsoft unveiled it's impressive Surface Studio today, and it looks like a very capable machine. It looks solid, and I've seen many people see this and say "this is the computer I've been waiting for!" I shared my thoughts on it earlier, but one thing that I
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I Don't Want a Microsoft Surface Studio, I Want a 28 Inch iPad Pro
I'm still coming to terms with my feelings on the Microsoft Surface Studio. On the one hand it's a powerful touchscreen computer that elegantly converts to multiple form factors to facilitate many types of users. One the other hand it runs Windows and costs $2,999.
This is the thing that
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Maybe Apple's Right and Security IS Important
Remember when this story was making the rounds back in July?
So far, only five companies have launched HomeKit-certified smart home devices. What’s the hold up? Apple has thrown a plethora of challenges at hardware makers, and some developers say one of the biggest is complying with Apple’s strict security requirements on
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I'm Worried About the Apple Watch
IDC released new numbers on the smart watch market, and they don't look good. Overall, the market is down 51% over last year (quarter over quarter), and the Apple Watch's sales were down 71%!
Let's talk about that 71% first. It makes total sense to me that the Apple
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How to Switch from Miles to Kilometers in the Workout App for watchOS 3
Call me a bad American, but I prefer to measure my runs in kilometers than miles. So while I'm perfectly happy to have my driving directions in miles, my weight tracked in pounds, and my temperature in Fahrenheit, all I want is my runs in that other format. Thankfully Apple makes this possible
App Shortcuts Come to Android's Pixel Launcher
Well this sure does look familiar!
Google has added app shortcuts to the home screen on the new Pixel Launcher that ships with the brand new Pixel phone.
I'm happy to see Google adopt these shortcuts, as they are genuinely useful for some apps on iOS. This is an area that Apple has
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Grading the Pixel on a Curve
Rene Ritchie on iMore:
Google made a point of how they controlled the hardware this time, from design to features. Google could have made the Pixel look like anything — like a Galaxy S7 Edge, like an LG G5, like a Moto X, or like something completely new and refreshing. Google carefully, deliberately, chose to make
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The Galaxy Brand is Dead
I'm positive the Note brand is dead. If Samsung has the gal to bring out a Note 8 next year, the tagline has to be "it won't explode, we promise...again...seriously this time." That's not a great pitch.
The death blow may have already been thrown
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My Mac History
I just bought a new Mac a few weeks ago and was thinking back on my personal Mac history. I've been a Mac user since I was 9 years old, and I have been almost completely loyal since then (I did own an HP for a year or so, but that was a
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Looking Back with Rose Colored Glasses
Check out the opening line from Engadget's review of the ASUS ZenBook 3:
Apple's tiny MacBook was a revelation when it debuted last year. It was thinner and lighter than most ultraportables on the market, and its refined design brought over some cues from Apple's mobile hardware.
You often
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No One Wants to Buy Twitter
The Verge is reporting (via Financial Times) that Salesforce has backed off on trying to buy Twitter.
The emotional roller coaster that is Twitter’s future seems to have hit a new low today as Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff tells the Financial Times his company has “walked away” from making a bid to buy it.
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Television Time 1.3: It’s All About the Little Things
Television Time is one of my favorite single-purpose apps on iOS, so I’m always looking forward to updates and new features. The app got a notable point release last week, and I was of course looking on with great interest. Version numbers are a trick and arbitrary thing, so I wasn’t sure