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Apple did the most sane thing possible with the 13” MacBook Pro and none of us saw it coming
Andrew Cunningham: Apple’s Cheaper 14-Inch MacBook Pro Is Killing the Old 13-Inch Version
Apple refreshed its MacBook Pro lineup earlier today, and there was one surprise that the rumor mill hadn't anticipated: a new base model of the 14-inch MacBook Pro with a plain-old M3 chip in it,
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#shotoniphone and the constant need to be mad about something
Jess Weatherbed: Here’s What Apple Means When It Says Its Event Was ‘Shot on iPhone’ - The Verge
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My complicated feelings about Tarantino’s 10-movies-and-done plan
Abe Beame: Martin Scorsese’s Late-Stage Career Has Proved Quentin Tarantino Wrong
In 2021, Quentin Tarantino defended his intention
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It’s been a year, so let’s talk about Elon’s self-created mess one more time
I haven’t written about Twitter (now X) in a while on this site, mostly because it’s just gotten
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“Happy Holidays” is a kindness
'Tis almost the season, so I was happy to stumble on this old post about Fox News’ favorite thing to get mad about, the fact people just don’t say “merry Christmas” anymore. Here’s Devon Dundee writing "Happy Holidays" Isn't an Insult
It’s simply a matter of fact
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This is why major company acquisitions put me on edge
Karl Bode: Everything T-Mobile, Sprint Merger Critics Predicted Has Come True
Gone are the interesting new promotions. Gone is the amusing ridicule of wireless giants like Verizon and AT&T. Gone is the pseudo-hip trash talking CEO in his magenta sneakers. In its place is a wireless provider that looks more and
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Apple’s leather iPhone cases were great, but problematic. I’m not convinced FineWoven is a great successor yet
Allison Johnson: Apple’s New FineWoven iPhone Cases Are Very Bad - The Verge
But FineWoven is very much not the premium material that leather is. When I popped the MagSafe wallet out of its box, I could clearly see some places where it was already showing wear along the edges. Little bits of lint immediately
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The iPhone USB-C “controversies” have already begun, but this one isn’t what you expected
Jeremy Laird: Apple Finally Put USB-C in the New iPhone, and Now We Know Why It's Limited to 23-Year-Old USB 2.0 Speeds
But the really bad news here is that the USB-C port on the iPhone 15 is still limited to USB 2.0, meaning it tops out
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Remember Facebook Mail? I don’t either
From 2010: Jesus Diaz: Why You'll Give Up Gmail for Facebook Mail
According to Techcrunch's sources, a full webmail client integrated with The One and Only Social Network will debut next Monday. This is why it may become your favorite webmail service.
And:
If I were Google, Yahoo or Hotmail, I&
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From 2012: “it’s all downhill from here” for Apple
From 2012: Dan Crow: We've Passed Peak Apple: It's All Downhill From Here
Before we get into the quotes, you know from this headline alone that this is going to be a banger.
I think in hindsight, we will see that Apple's peak of creativity, innovation and leadership was
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Want a better life? Just say hello to your neighbors 🙃
Dan Witters: Saying Hello Linked to Higher Wellbeing, but With Limits
Americans’ wellbeing score increases steadily by the number of neighbors greeted, from 51.5 among those saying hello to zero neighbors to 64.1 for those greeting six neighbors. No meaningful increase in wellbeing is seen for additional neighbors greeted beyond six.
This is
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Alto’s Task Manager
From 2012: Sarah Perez: Checkmark Brings Better Geofenced Reminders to iPhone, Mac Version in the Works
Checkmark is yet another one of those buzzy iPhone apps which people were talking about, blogging about and raving about, even before it officially launched. And today, it launched.
I used Checkmark back when it was new, and I
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A few words about the Talk Show from 11 years ago
As I alluded to earlier, I’ve been going through some old links I saved years ago. You’ll be seeing some links here over the next few days commenting on things people wrote in yesteryear.
From 2012: John Gruber: A Few Words About the Talk Show
A few administrative points regarding the new The
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I unexpectedly find myself defending color
Ben Lovejoy: Unpopular Opinion: iPhone Colors Don’t Matter to Most People
But in all honesty, I could buy any of the colors and it wouldn’t really make any difference. The total time my iPhone remains caseless, with its color visible, is about two minutes per year – between removing it from the box and
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I love the pieces, hate the whole
Heatmap News: Is There Really a Working Class Backlash to Biden’s Climate Law?
when voters are asked about the individual provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, including EV subsidies, tax incentives to install solar panels and industry subsidies for wind and solar power generation, they support them by double-digit margins. A recent Washington
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Disney would prefer I see ads
Ben Thompson: Disney Earnings, A Split Disney?, ESPN’s Advertising
Advertising takes away the trade-offs: more customers mean more money, both in terms of increased inventory and also increased leverage on your advertising infrastructure; meanwhile, the lower prices made possible by ads lead to decreased churn. At the same time, the upside for advertising
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The same conversation for a decade
Harry McCracken: Why the iPad Remains a Beautiful Disappointment
All along, we’ve known that Apple wants the iPad to be capable but distinctly different from the Mac. Yet, as the iPad gets more powerful and the Mac gets more modern, it isn’t clear that even Apple has a coherent view of where that
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Mac gaming should catch up with Linux (yes, Linux)
Liam Dawe: 5 years ago Valve released Proton forever changing Linux gaming
Gamers using Linux (be it desktop or Steam Deck) in 2023 are now in a place where they can get excited alongside friends who use Windows or traditional consoles, because they know there's a good probable chance at release that whatever
