tech
Samsung Bets Big on High End when They're Losing to the Low End
With Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, Samsung Tries to Regain Its Footing - NYTimes.com
If you pay the premium price to Apple, you get a phone with a well-designed operating system, no overlapping preloaded apps, and a host of services that often work very well, like iMessage, Apple Pay and expanding compatibilities with Apple’
My Home Screen: April 2015
Super short update this week. Almost everyhing’s exactly the same! Thrilling, I know ;)
What’s New?
Audible - I’m listening to Becoming Steve Jobs, and it’s great.
Wordpress - I didn’t say anything about it, but I moved the site over to Wordpress earlier this month, so
nvNotes - This little note-taking app
goodies
Goodies: March 31
Happy Tuesday, everyone!
New Music
* Kinsugi by Death Cab for Cutie
* Carrie & Lowell bu Sufjan Stevens
* Adventure by Madeon
New Movies
* Interstellar (available to rent)
* The Imitation Game (available to rent)
Links of Note
* How the New York Times keeps tragedies ad-free
* Trevor Noah to Succeed Jon Stewart on ‘The Daily Show’
* Game
opinion
Tidal's Terrible Messaging and Gloomy Future
Jay Z relaunches Tidal with music’s biggest artists as his co-owners - The Verge
Before today, that premium tier was the only one TIDAL offered. This morning it introduced a $9.99 service with standard definition audio, which will pay just the standard royalty rates. The double royalties only get paid on streams for
review
Mini Review: Infinit for iOS
Infinit is an app designed to easily share files between your devices. Until today, it only existed on the desktop, so I couldn’t make much use of it. However, they released their iOS app today and the service finally makes sense to me. I’ve been testing the app for the last couple months,
Links
Tim Cook On "Religious Freedom" Laws
Tim Cook: Pro-discrimination ‘religious freedom’ laws are dangerous - The Washington Post
I remember what it was like to grow up in the South in the 1960s and 1970s. Discrimination isn’t something that’s easy to oppose. It doesn’t always stare you in the face. It moves in the shadows. And sometimes it
Links
HTC Brags About the Ultimate Bullshit Spec
Readwrite - The HTC One M9’s Best Feature Doesn’t Actually Exist Yet
HTC decided to do just that by boasting about the fact that the One M9 offers a stunning 2 terabytes—yes, you read that correctly—of microSD storage.
There’s just one problem: 2TB microSD cards basically don’t exist yet. The
The Crushing Joy of OlliOlli 2
I’ve inadvertantly started playing 2 incredibly punishing games at the same time: Bloodborne and OlliOlli 2. I’ll have much more on Bloodborne in the coming days, but I just wanted to say this about OlliOlli 2.
OlliOlli 2 feels like an impossible game at first. You have to press a button to land
opinion
How Many Great Android-exclusive Apps Are There?
Chris Lacy makes some of my favorite Android apps. Action Launcher was by far my favorite launcher and Link Bubble was an awesome alternative take on a mobile browser. I like the guy.
Tonight he tweeted this:
Nuzzel is one of the few truly worthwhile exclusives iPhone had over Android. Until now. https://t.co/
feature
Game Boy Advance Review
The Game Boy Advance was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, and came to the United States in June of the same year. I was 15 at the time, and I saved up my money for months to buy one. My best friend and I went to Walmart and plopped down $99 each sometime
goodies
Goodies: March 24
This week's featured video is very NSFW, so don't watch at work or around kids. However, this episode of Table Top with Wil Wheaton, Aisha Tyler, Laina Morris, & Ali Spagnola is hilarious.
New Music
* Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett
* 2.0 by
Apple Watch is the Rising Tide That Lifts All Smart Watches
With only 720,000 Android Wear watches shipped and 1 million total Pebbles sold, some are wondering if the market for smart watches even exists. And if there isn't a market there, what is Apple doing by entering this tiny market?
As usual, we just need to look at the recent past to
Links
My 3 Favorite Apple Watch Quotes
All from nerdy tech writers, of course.
Marco Arment wrote a post last night about this where he dropped this gem:
Once you’re accustomed to wearing one, going out for a night without your Apple Watch is going to feel like going out without your phone.
In a similar vein, Jason Snell has been
opinion
Apple Watch Isn't a "Real Watch", It's Something Better
"Sure, CDs sound more accurate than vinyl, but vinyl is more romantic and has a warmer sound than your digital music."
"MP3s are convenient and easy, but CDs sound better. Real music lovers will stick with plastic."
"Streaming services are an amazing value, but don't you want to
watch
A Day in the Life with Apple Watch
Sébastien Page wrote this awesome piece about a day in the life of an Apple Watch user for iDownloadBlog. In it, I think he creates a better picture of that life will be like with an Apple Watch than what Apple has done in either of its Watch events.
Much like how smart phones made
Links
Target to Pay $10 Million to Some Victims of 2013 Data Breach
New York Times - $10 Million Settlement in Target Data Breach Gets Preliminary Approval_)
A federal judge on Thursday gave preliminary approval to a $10 million settlement of a lawsuit brought by customers of Target, which experienced an online attack involving confidential customer data during the holiday season in 2013.
According to documents filed with the
Links
Vincent Laforet Flies Over San Fran
Vincent Laforet made a splash earlier this year with this amazing photo series of New York at 7,500 feet. Well, he’s back with more amazing photos of San Francisco. I’ll only tease a few, but check out the full set here.
Game
First Impressions of Nintendo's Move Towards Mobile
Yesterday Nintendo announced that they were going to start making games for mobile platforms (presumably iOS and Android). Some greeted this news with excitement, feeling their opinions had been vindicated. Others pumped the brakes a bit on their excitement. After take 24 hours to think about it, I’m more in the latter category.
I’