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Life with T-Mobile: A Lesson in Compromise
My wife and I decided we were going to switch to T-Mobile on January 8, 2014. That was the day that the company announced they would pay you $350 per phone to leave Verizon, AT&T, or Sprint. We were stuck on Verizon, which had great coverage, but cost a lot and limited
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Android Running on a Flip Phone
Android Central is reporting that LG is going to release the LG Gentle, a fliphone that runs Android Lollipop 5.0. It's probably not going to be sold in the United States, however,
LG has announced a new flip phone, but the company has opted to load Android Lollipop to give the smartphone
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Destiny Fundamentall Changing How Post-20 Leveling Works
Destiny is reworking how their leveling system works in The Taken King, coming September 15.
The short of it is that they will no longer have "light levels." If you don't play Destiny, this probably doesn't mean anything to you, but it basically means that once you hit level
I Can't Defned Gran Turismo Anymore, Forza is the New King of Sim Racers
A few years ago it wasn't much of a contest who the king of sim racers was. Gran Turismo was bigger, better, and more of a car lover's wet dream than any other game on the market (super sims on PC aside, which are in a different category). I think at
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Goodies: August 4, 2015
Good morning, everyone! Big news this week is I'm moving in less than 2 weeks. My wife and I finally found a good place, and after years of commuting over an hour to get to work, my new commute will be less than 5 minutes. The only downside I can see is that
Bite Size Tech #13: For God's Sake, Nothing is "the New IE"!
Windows 10, Android Stagefright, "the new IE", and 3 awesome things released this week.
Also, I had to use a different audio recording method this week, so the sound is a little off. It will only happen once, I swear!
Links discussed:
* ArsTechnica reviews Windows 10
* Android Stagefright
* Chrome is the New IE
My Home Screens: August 2015
What's New?
Pretty mild changes this month.
I'm back on Reddit (but only after deleting my 10 year old account and subscribing to just "nicer" subreddits), and Narwhal is my current Reddit app of choice.
Instapaper is back in my life as well. I still use Pinboard to save
The Console Video Game Landscape in Mid-2015
Sony
You have to feel pretty good right now if you’re Sony. The PlayStation 4 is crushing it and has been for the past 21 months. Here’s some numbers:
* 25.3 million units sold (+76% compared to 14.4 million at this point in the PS3’s lifetime)
* Over 12 million more sales
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Another Year of the Most Boring iPhone Design
I was rolling my iPhone 6 Plus around in my hand last night (like you do) and I realized that I was saddened by the thought that Apple was sticking with this design for at least another year. Apple could flip the script on us this September and release the iPhone 7 with completely different
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Updates on Android Still Suck, and it's a Security Flaw
This is the summer of link baity headlines it seems. This week’s piece is from Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai: Goodbye, Android. It’s a solid article that I can relate to. I have long been a big Apple fan, but I spent most of 2014 with an Android phone so I can relate to many
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More Evidence that the New Zelda Will Not be a Wii U Game
Nintendo announced their earnings (PDF) this week and they included a game release roadmap for what’s coming soon from the company. They had games kill Star Fox that is coming out this fall and the new Mario and Sonic at the Olympics game coming out in 2016. Notably missing a release window was the
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Twitter Reports $502M in Revenue, $137M Loss
Twitter announced their quarterly earnings today and they're...okay.
While the company reported $502 million in revenue, which is up 61% over last year. This is great in that it means that more people are engaging with Twitter and that advertisers are paying more to get noticed on the service. Great, they'
Goodies: July 28
Last week my brother and I embarked on a journey to build a PC. We’re both Mac people and it was weird, but also a whole lot of fun. I might write up something longer this week, but my brother already wrote up the story already. I’d be lying if I said I
My Experience with CurrentC
NOTE: This piece originally ran on June 8, 2015 but was taken down at the request of CurrentC.
One of the perks of working for a big company is that you sometimes get to try new and interesting things before they’re made available to the public. It doesn’t happen too often, but when
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It Only Counts if You Actually Do It
I think one of the hardest thing for humans to do is to see the big picture when it comes to their own lives. We’re very good at seeing it for everything outside ourselves. This is why it’s so easy for us to give advice to people, but we can’t take it
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Bite Size Tech #12: How Many Times Can I Misname "Android Pay"?
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CurrentC is finally coming in August, China lifts it's 15 year ban on video game consoles, and I proceed to mis-name Android's new mobile payment system numerous times.
Links discussed:
* Bloomberg reports CurrentC is rolling out in August
* China is ending its 15 year ban
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First Impressions of CurrentC
NOTE: This piece originally ran on June XX, 2015 but was taken down at the request of CurrentC.
One of the perks of working for a big company is that you sometimes get to try new and interesting things before they’re made available to the public. It doesn’t happen too often, but when
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Review: Grave Suspicion by Aaron Mahnke
Grave Suspicion excels as a summer weekend read. It’s a tight thriller that keeps things fresh and interesting from start to finish. It’s the sort of book that I feel comfortable recommending to just about everyone.
The story follows Sam, a generally average guy (by his own intent) who has the decidedly non-