Losing Our Minds Over a Little Camera Bump
As people are want to do, they freaked out about the camera bump on the back of the new 9.7 inch iPad Pro that Apple unveiled this week. "This is ridiculous!" "Jonny Ive has clearly lost his way." "Steve never would have let this happen!" "They should
5 Short Podcasts You Should be Listening To Right Now
I recently decided to mix up my podcast lineup a bit and got some new shows in my rotation. I don't have a ton of time to listen to podcasts, so I was on the lookout for shows under 30 minutes so I could cram more shows into less time. I simply don&
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Video Games Are the Last Bastion of Premium Priced Consumer Software
What if I told you that there is a market out there that routinely sells software for over $50 and has a large, thriving market that is happy to pay that amount? If you come from the worlds of mobile and desktop software, you'd probably think that's crazy talk. Most apps
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Nintendo May Kill the Wii U by End of Year
Japanese newspaper, Nikkei just reported that Nintendo will cease production of their Wii U by the end of 2016. I predicted last July that Nintendo would kill the Wii U this year:
All signs point to Nintendo trying to rush the Wii U out the door to make room for their new home console. It
The iPhone SE is an Unusual Release for Apple, and That's a Good Thing
I was not expecting to be that impressed with the iPhone SE, but I ended up being more excited about it than anything else Apple released today. I'm definitely going to get one of those new Apple Watch bands, and that smaller iPad Pro is intriguing, but the new iPhone got me going
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A Simple Way to Make Following on Apple Music Way More Useful
The Rural Alberta Advantage is one of my favorite bands, and I just realized yesterday that I was not following them on Apple Music. I tapped the Follow button because that's what you do for bands you like, but I realized that this was a completely empty gesture.
See, following someone on Apple
Cheap Tech I Love
We tech writers like to focus on the nicer things in technology. We obsess over the littlest details in $700 smartphones and write long reviews about why it's totally worth paying $20 for an app when there are free alternatives out there. Because of this, I worry a little about leading people to
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Sony Working on a "PlayStation 4.5"
Kotaku is reporting that Sony is working on what is essentially a PlayStation 4.5. From what developers are saying, it looks like it will be a PS4 with some upgraded internals.
Based on conversations with developers who have spoken with Sony, this ‘PS4.5’ will include an upgraded GPU both to support high-end
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3 Reasons PlayStation VR is the Headset to Beat in 2016
There were a couple moments during Sony's VR event today where I just knew the PlayStation VR was going to "win" the VR space in 2016. Sony came out swinging with some key talking points that show not only that they are a company that can make cool products, but that
I Traded in My Apple TV
I wrote my review of the latest Apple TV almost exactly 2 months ago. Here's how I wrapped up:
The Apple TV is the best streaming box you can buy, as long as you don’t use Google Play or Amazing video services.
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Until Apple delivers their true “future of television” hopefully in
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Android N Wallpapers for Your Desktop
Just a quick update to this week's post with Android N-themed wallpapers for phones, here's a quick collection of similar walls for your desktop.
As always, these are in 4K and should look good no matter what Mac, Windows, or Linux computer you put them on. Enjoy!
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2 Android N Features I Want Apple to Steal for iOS 10
First and foremost, Apple needs to look at how Android's notification shade handles access to commonly-used settings. Apple's current solution, Control Center gets the job done for some things, but I would wager that most people don't use it as often as Apple would like.
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4K Android N Wallpapers That Look Good on Any Phone
Google surprised the world by announcing and releasing the developer beta for Android N today. It's an unexpected move from the company that tends to save these releases for their Google I/O conference or a Nexus event in the fall.
The beta only runs on Nexus phones so you're probably
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Review: Ulysses Mobile (iPhone-specific review)
Ulysses has long been one of the best text editors on the Mac and their iPad counterpart is a stunning example of high-quality software on a tablet. I love using both of these apps on a daily basis, and they are where most articles you see written here originate. One glaring omission from the
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Review: Remember the Milk 4 (It's Amazing)
According to my App Store receipts, I bought OmniFocus in early 2012 and it has been my go to task management app ever since. I own it for iOS and the Mac, and while I have experimented with other task managers since 2012, I'm always quick to go back to OmniFocus. No app
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Microsoft has Yet Another Messaging Disaster
Last week saw a very aggressive statement by Epic Games' Tim Sweeney about the state of Windows Universal Platform.
With its new Universal Windows Platform (UWP) initiative, Microsoft has built a closed platform-within-a-platform into Windows 10, as the first apparent step towards locking down the consumer PC ecosystem and monopolising app
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Atom is My New Text Editor of Choice
https://youtu.be/j5Pd7uR6kU8
Just a quick look at Atom, my new text editor of choice. This app is amazing, and is also totally free. You can check it out at Atom.io.
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Gorgeous 'The Witness' 4K Phone Wallpapers
The Witness is currently my favorite game of the year and I just had to make some nice wallpapers in honor of it. As always, these can be downloaded one at a time below, or you can click this link to download the entire collection.
If you enjoy them, please share with your friends!