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Is This What We Can Expect from 2016's iPhone?
An unbelievable streak ended yesterday as Apple announced their first quarterly drop in revenue since 2003. Now Apple is not doomed by any means, they still made $10 billion in profits, but it does seem that we have hit a peak of some significance. 65% of Apple's revenue is from the iPhone, and
By Eliminating Bullshit, T-Mobile has Won Loyalty and $$$
T-Mobile added 2.2 million new customers in the first quarter of 2016 and increased revenue by over 10%. Not a bad start to the year for the company, and CEO John Legere is characteristically excited about it.
“I can’t think of a better way to start off 2016 than by capturing all
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366 Days of Thinking Deeply About the Apple Watch
We just hit one full year of the Apple Watch's release and I realized I've written a lot about it in that time. I've been an outspoken advocate for the value of smart watches in general, as well as a supporter of the Apple Watch as the best smart
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Video Game Console Sales Sure Look Bleak (if you don't care about real numbers)
Let's talk about video games for a second. As always, we have tech pundits talking about the end being neigh for video game consoles, which is why this article caught my eye. There is so much wrong with this article that it's almost too easy a target. Let's take
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Wallpaper Saturday! Blue Rays
It's everybody's favorite day, new wallpaper day! I've been going a little crazy with wallpaper releases this week (see my Apps for Earth collection as well as WWDC16 ones for iPhone and desktop), so today's release is a little tame by comparison. There's one version
The Future of Payments is not QR Codes, it's Apple Pay
Yesterday Walmart rolled out their own payment system called Walmart Pay. Its aim is to get Walmart shoppers to start paying with their phones. As for phone payments, I support Walmart for trying to get on board with what is so clearly the way of the future. However, as I snidely remarked on Twitter, I
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Apps For Earth iPhone Wallpapers
Apple has teamed up with the WWF for their Apps for Earth campaign this year, which has meant a whole bunch of your app icons have turned green and blue1. Apple also put up a really cool graphic for the campaign on the App Store, and as I'm one to do, I decided
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What Ambient Apple Watch Faces Might Look Like
One of the things on the very short list of things that Android Wear has over the Apple Watch right now is the ability to have always-on watch faces. All smart watches light up when you lift them to your face, but sometimes that's not enough. If you want a smart watch
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WWDC16 Desktop Wallpapers
Well, I decided the iPhone versions weren't enough, so I threw together a couple desktop (5K resolution) wallpapers as a companion. Both versions are below. Enjoy!
Please note that Apple seems to be using a custom font (a monospaced San Francisco, maybe) on their page, which is not publicly accessible. I used the
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WWDC16 iPhone Wallpapers
These proved to be very popular last year, so I decided to try my hand again at some WWDC-themed wallpapers for 2016. There are 2 variants of this wall, and there are iPhone 5, 6, and 6 Plus sizes for each.
Download the entire pack here, or grab the main version directly below (alternate
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Dark Souls 3 Wallpapers
It's Saturday, which means it's time for some new wallpapers! This week we're celebrating the release of Dark Souls 3, a game that will crush your hopes and dreams over and over, but you can't stop playing.
This collection of wallpapers will let you bring that Dark
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Kobe Bryant and the Drive For Greatness
Image compiled from The LA Times' amazing graphic.
I knew Wednesday night was the last game of Kobe Bryant's career, but I didn't really care that much when the Lakers v Jazz game started that evening. I didn't care that much because the Warriors were playing at the
Your Blog is What You Make of It
Not a ton of people write blogs. Sure, I know a lot of bloggers and if you're reading this you can probably name a dozen other bloggers just in the tech space off the top of your head, but we're pretty rare in the grand scheme of things.
The entire practice
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The App Store Shoots First, Ask Questions Later
Come on Apple, I thought maybe we were past the days of completely bizarre App Store rejections. I thought that putting Phil Shiller at the helm of the Store would change things and we wouldn't have these stupid stories every few months. Well, Apple proved me wrong last night where they removed all
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Thinking Big and Small About the Apple Watch
We're closing in on the 1 year anniversary of the Apple Watch (2 weeks from today, actually) and I've been thinking about the Watch a little more than usual. I've been focusing my work on figuring out what Apple can do in the coming months to make the Apple
The Best Apple Watch App of 2016 is an iPhone App
Activity++ was released this past week and is my favorite Apple Watch app I have downloaded in a long time. It's a very simple app, but one that builds on and improves the standard Activity app in a few useful ways.
First, I love the UI. It's a little busy, but