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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%
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Who is Building Billion Dollar Companies These Days?
Gruber, commenting on Ben Thompson:
There are developers making good money with professional caliber iPad apps. But nothing like the companies that were built around the Mac.
Gruber and Thompson use Adobe as an example of a company who built Mac software and turned into a billion dollar company. They contend no one has done
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Back on Apple’s Incentives (and on blogging as conversation)
Apple’s Incentives - Initial Charge
It’s hard to quantify the value of influencers within families and groups of friends. And the type of people who use RSS are also likely to be the type of people that friends and family members turn to for tech-related advice and recommendations.
Michael responds to my post
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The Galaxy Fold Not a Viable Product
Samsung Galaxy Fold review: The future is an ugly disappointment | Ars Technica
Should you buy a Galaxy Fold? NO! God no. Are you crazy? The sky-high price, durability issues, nascent form factor, and new screen technology should rule the phone out for just about everyone. (Save your bendy tech dreams for Westworld season three.
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"33 Million" Apple TV+ Subscribers
The Wall Street Journal reports (via 9to5Mac, if you don't subscribe to WSJ) that there are about 33
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We Keep Having the Same Frustrating Conversation
We Keep Having The Same Video Game Arguments And It's Driving Me Bonkers
One way or another, there will always be the eternal question: Women, can they do things? What things can they do? As long as we keep allowing people to pretend it hasn’t been answered, they’ll keep treating it
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Guess What Bozo Doesn’t Understand Encryption
Trump says Apple needs to ‘help our great country’ and unlock iPhones used by criminals - 9to5Mac
In the tweet, Trump emphasized that the government is “helping Apple all of the time on trade and so many other issues.” Despite this, Apple refuses to break encryption for iPhones used “by killers, drug dealers and other violent
