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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
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
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
Yesterday I tweeted this: Come on Apple, you know there's room on this page to add iMessage in the cloud! Maybe iOS X. pic.twitter.com/8Z5EK2XRcV — Matt Birchler (@mattbirchler) August 17, 2015 I was at work yesterday and was struggling to keep a conversation going with my
What does Apple have to do to make the Apple TV a success this fall? This question has been on my mind the last couple days in light of talk that the mythical Apple TV update may be coming soon. My answer to this question seems very obvious, but I’
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
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
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
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
What if we nerds used Twitter the way it's meant to be used and not like we used it 5 years ago? This is the question I aimed to answer when I switched Tweetbot off on my Mac, iPad, and most critically of all, my iPhone. I love
With this week's update to the entire iPod lineup, many have been asking "Who are iPods even for these days?" Well, I worked the last 3 years managing an electronics department for Target, and have sold a lot of Apple devices over that time. Since Apple
I really need quiet to get my best creative work done. I know that some people like to have some background noise or they have some music that works well for them. I have never been one of those people. The noises are always distracting. I sing along to the
One of the major things that you pay for when you buy a fancy, high-end smartphone. The iPhone 6, Samsung Galaxy S6, and LG G4 all sport insanely impressive cameras that are way better than something that small has any right to be. They also come with zippy processors, amazing
The Apple Watch has been released for 45 days and I am one of the lucky few who has had one that entire time. I have worn the Watch basically every waking moment (outside of showers, because I’m not risking it!) and have figured out how the device fits
Google I/O is the week of the year where I like Google the most. It's where Google shows off some of their new tech and spells out what they believe. As far as tech goes, this was a less-than-thrilling event. There were very minor updates all around