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Consider the Source
Ben Thompson in his daily update today:
First, I wrote at the beginning of the year, in the context of
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The Birchtree Newsletter, November 2022
Hello! Work has been insane lately, so I've felt behind on all Internet Things recently, but of course
I Don’t Think People Really Want Another Twitter
I know the most likely outcome that we all keep using Twitter the same as we always have, but there
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When to Tell Someone You Hate a Movie/Book/Game/Show They Love
Almost never.
Truly, what are you expecting to accomplish? Will your day be brightened by someone else hating something they
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The "USB-C is Too New" Argument Crumbles
Chris Hannah: The iPhone Will Switch To USB-C
When I list all the devices I use, Macs, ThinkPad, Nintendo Switch,
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Don't Miss Out on Your Golden Trump Award
Nick Heer: Republicans Ignore Door Opened for Them and Sue Google
Meanwhile, the Republican National Committee has continued to send
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Full Season Drops or Weekly Releases?
Netflix had a good quarter in Q3, and in their results (PDF), they committed themselves to releasing shows all at
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macOS Updates Just Don't Really Matter to Me
I was reading John Voorhees' excellent macOS Ventura review today and something dawned on me: none of this matters
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Pocket Casts, Open Source, and My Hope for a Second Good Podcast Player on Android
Paul Sawers: Podcast app Pocket Casts goes open source
By making Pocket Casts open source, this means that anyone can
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A Trifecta of Bozos
Charlie Warzel: The Big Tech Whiplash Is Here
Soon, we may enter an era where mercurial celebrity landlords dictate the
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“The Algorithm” Loves Conservative Content
Katyanna Quach: YouTube more likely to recommend conservative vidoes to all
YouTube's recommendation algorithm not only gently traps
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The iPad is Awesome, Actually
I recently wrote an article that had a pretty negative tone, which was only partially intended. Some people took this
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The iPad is a Landscape-First Device in 2022
John Gruber: The iPad Lineup Is, Like, Growing Out Its Bangs or Something and Looks a Little Weird Right Now,
An Impossible Game
Apple currently sells 10 distinct Macs and 6 distinct iPads, which is way more than they did when Steve Jobs
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The Awkward iPad Lineup for Holiday 2022
Jason Snell: The iPad’s erratic odyssey continues
Overall, Tuesday’s announcements left me with mixed emotions. The individual products
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Alright, You Wore Me Down, Give Me macOS on an iPad*
For many years I've argued that macOS and iPadOS should remain separate, and that you don't
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Even VR for Work Enthusiasts Don't Use VR for Work
I shared a clip from this week's Sharp Tech (a show I'm enjoying with hosts I
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Google Pixel Watch
Ben Schoon: Google Pixel Watch
The bezels around the Pixel Watch’s display are not small, that’s true, but