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Why Apple’s New Phone Doesn’t Matter*
Why Apple’s New Phone Doesn’t Matter - Shira Ovide
New smartphones have been a tough sell for some time. People in the United States and many other countries are waiting longer to replace their phones — for Americans, it’s more than three years on average.
And:
The shift from wow to shrug happened with
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Inoreader Lets You Turn Sites Without RSS into Feeds
Inoreader just rolled out a new feature called Web Feeds that lets you follow sites that don't have
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iPad Main Menu
This concept for an iPad Main Menu is a very well put together mockup, and it’s clear a lot of thought has gone into making it. This is a fantastic mock up, and this idea of a main menu is something I could see making iPadOS better than it already is.
I haven’t
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The iPad Gets Serious (insert eye roll emoji here)
Apple's iPad Pro becomes more like a Surface, and that's a problem for Microsoft | Windows Central
I'd argue – and many of you would too – that Windows 10 is still a more "serious" OS built for doing "real" work.
It bothers me more than it probably
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Xbox Series X was Not Convincingly Revealed
The Xbox Series X specs look impressive, but that’s not enough - The Verge
This all sounds great, but it also sounds not all that differentiated from what Sony has promised for the PlayStation 5 — notably when it comes to load times. So as with a lot of consumer tech these days, the real answer
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Pixel Owners Need Not Wait for Some of Those Android 11 Features
Any post about Android updates is going to be meet with some snarky folks say "ummmm, Android updates are like a year late if they come at all 🤓" Yes, we get it, iOS is much better at getting updates to more devices faster, but hey, people own Pixels and for them this isn&
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Let’s Talk About Enforcing USB-C Everywhere
The EU Wants All Phones to Work With Interoperable Chargers, Here’s What That Means for Apple's Lightning Port - MacRumors
To reduce cost, electronic waste and make consumers' lives easier, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) want "binding measures" that ensure chargers fit all smartphones, tablets, and other portable devices.
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Subscribing to Email Newsletters in Inoreader
Inoreader continues to be one of my favorite subscription web services out there. I love it already for it’s
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Most 2-in-1 Laptops Haven’t Gotten That Much Better
Finding Inspiration in the Microsoft Store — MacSparky
A few years ago I played with some of the initial 2-in-
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What Even is a Video Game Speed Run (Ocarina of Time)?
I’ve never been that into video game speed runs, but I have had an obsession with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time speed runs for years now. In 2013, a speed runner called Cosmo did a run through Ocarina of Time in 22 minutes and explained both what he was doing and what
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Is RSS Just Giving Your Site Away for Free?
Is Having an RSS Feed Just Giving Content Away for Free? | CSS-Tricks
I mean, kinda.
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But…
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It's hard enough to get people to care about your work anyway. Being extra protective over it isn't going to help that.
This article is good, and I just wanted to add one idea
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Overcast 2 Gets Into the Weeds
Introducing Voice Boost 2: Remaster your podcasts – Marco.org
This is about to get nerdier, but bear with me. (Yes, nerdier than ITU broadcast-loudness standards.)
This is a fantastic write up from Marco Arment, who proves once again he’s a great developer and product person.
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Negativity as a Default
Apple Malaise | Becky Hansmeyer
Maybe it’s just me, but the Apple news/developer community seems to have settled into its own particular, cozy brand of misery as of late. And sure, 2020 is off to a bit of a slow, dismal start––it appears the world is going up in flames, both literally and
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When Anti-Virus Software is the Virus Itself
Leaked Documents Expose the Secretive Market for Your Web Browsing Data - VICE
The documents, from a subsidiary of the antivirus
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Is Subscription Pricing Sustainable?
Subscription apps – are they a sustainable business model? - 9to5Mac
What’s your view? Do you share my feeling that subscription apps aren’t sustainable, or are you happy with that approach, even when you have dozens of them?
I took and look at the subscriptions page in the App Store and I pay for 8
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Affordances are Not Clutter
Daring Fireball: It’s Not About Intuitiveness
Far more of iPadOS should be exposed by visual buttons and on-screen elements that you can look at and simply tap or drag with a single finger.
Gruber and I agree on most things when it comes to tech, and I think we honestly aren’t that
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3 out of 4 Apple Watch Buyers are Getting Their First Apple Watch
75% of Apple Watch customers are first time buyers, likely driven by Series 3 promos - 9to5Mac
According to Apple, 75% of Apple Watch buyers during the holiday quarter were brand new to the Apple Watch platform. This is slightly higher than the last time Apple cited this statistic in September, when it reported that 70%
