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Goodies: September 8, 2015
Good morning! I hope you had a nice holiday weekend (non-US readers, I hope you had a lovely normal weekend). There's an Apple event this Wednesday where the company is expected to announce ALL THE THINGS. A new iPhone is certainly in my future, and the rumored iPad Pro could be exactly
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Bite Size Tech #18: 3 Best and Worst Things About The Galaxy S6 Edge
Samsung thinks they can convince me to kick my iPhone to the curb and replace it with their Galaxy S6 Edge. Here's how it went.
Links discussed:
* An iPhone Lover's Review of the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
* Galaxy S6 Edge vs iPhone 6 Plus: Quick Camera Comparison
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An iPhone Lover's Review of the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
Samsung offered iPhone users a 30 day test drive of one of their high-end Galaxy phones for the low, low price of $1. I'm hopelessly curious about devices/apps/services outside of the ones I use, so this was a great opportunity to dive deep into Android once again after being away
Overflowing Frustration
I've been testing a Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge for the past week and was planning on sharing my thoughts on the site a lot more than I have. This isn't due to a lack of either thoughts or time to write them down, but due to the fact that almost every
Thoughts on Apple TV Rumors
A couple days ago Apple rumor king Mark Gurman reported on some specific features of the new Apple TV. There's weren't any huge surprises, but we do have a pretty clear picture of what the new Apple TV will be.
My first big takeaway is with the suggestion that Apple will
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A Passionate Plea to Bring Back Google's Old Logo
Why You Hate Google's New Logo by Sarah Larson
The new logo retains the rainbow of colors but sheds the grownup curlicues: it now evokes children’s refrigerator magnets, McDonald’s French fries, Comic Sans. Google took something we trusted and filed off its dignity. Now, in its place, we have an insipid
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A User Interface Disaster (of course it's from Samsung)
"Maybe he's doing it wrong."
That's what I was thinking that entire video. Surely Samsung didn't create an interface that's meant to be used like that. From what I can tell, the ring is designed to do just what the digital crown is meant to
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Apple Sticks With You
G. Keenan Schneider writes about his time working at a Apple Store in Leaving Apple:
I truly believe that Apple is people. They are a company, sure, but a company comprised of thousands of people who share a common goal: to enrich the lives of their customers through great experiences. This is something that I
Apple Doesn't Operate in a Bubble, They Simply Know How to Communicate to their Customers
Does Apple operate in a bubble? This is the question posed by Leo Laporte on this week's episode of MacBreak Weekly. Leo's been going on these "Android is objectively better than iOS" rants for a while now, so it didn't surprise me that he said something like
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Goodies: September 1, 2015
Good morning everyone! It finally feels like summer again here in Illinois. Our bedroom faces east, which means the sun shines right in, basically making it impossible to sleep past sunrise. That's okay, because days like this just make we want to get up and get going. There are runs that need to
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Behold, the Biggest Games Coming Out in Holiday 2015!
2015 has been a truly great year for games. While we have gone though some slower years to kick off the PlayStation 4 vs Xbox One generation, 2015 saw a wealth of great games that have made this a special year for all gamers. The best news is that we still have 4 months left,
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Bite Size Tech #17: 3.6 Million is a Good Start
Wearable market more than triples over last year, iPhone leaks abound, and it turns out jailbreaking your phone isn't totally safe. And yes, I once again misname a Google product in the show (I meant Moto 360, not Moto X, sigh).
Links discussed:
* IDC reports Apple sold 3.6M Apple Watches in Q2
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Listen to Chris Lacy's Excellent Podcast, The Blerg
It must be experimentation season for us phone fanatics, because while I've traded my iPhone for a Galaxy phone for the month, Android devs Chris Lacy and Francisco Franco have been giving the iPhone 6 a try. The two discussed their impressions on the latest episode of Lacy's excellent podcast, The
Galaxy S6 Edge vs iPhone 6 Plus: Quick Camera Comparison
I was planning on taking a lot of photos this weekend and doing a more complete comparison, but it's been dark and rainy for the last few days. In lieu of a full comparison, I wanted to take a look at how the 8MP shooter on the iPhone 6 Plus compares to the
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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge: Top 10 First Impressions
When I got this phone yesterday, I was flooded by comments from people both online and in real life that I was finally going to understand why Android is so much greater than iOS. I would argue that considering that since my first smartphone (Samsun Galaxy S), I have owned 5 iPhones and 4 Android
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The iPod Wasn't a Hit Immediately Either
Stephen Hall on why he doesn't feel too bullish on smart watches.
And while ASUS, LG, Huawei, and Motorola have some revamped hardware entries coming very soon, I’m just not that excited anymore. Why? Mostly because I just don’t have a compelling need for wearables in their current form. I have
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Record, Edit, Share: How I Produce My Podcast
I have been recording podcasts for just over a year (the first episode of Birch Bark was on August 18, 2014) and I wanted to take a moment to share my workflow and some of the tools that I use to get shows recorded, edited, and distributed each week.
This workflow is for a one-
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Goodies: August 25
Good morning, everyone!
Video game fans, I hope you took the next couple weeks off of work, because the landscape for the next 2 weeks is dense with new releases. Even though Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain comes out next week, the review embargo dropped, and the reviews are universally stellar. This is