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Totally Misunderstanding the iPad
Paul Thurrott completely misses on this one.
[Tim Cook] “You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but those things are probably not going be pleasing to the user.”
Which explains why Mr. Cook’s Apple released its own 2-in-1 computer, the iPad Pro, just three years later. Well, that and the fact
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It's Time to Unite and Give the Galaxy Note 7 a Chance
Goddamned beautiful.
After all, the proof that it gets overheated and explodes for practically no reason at all has been evident for months, but now, we need to focus on its positive aspects and wipe the slate clean. It is our company phone now, and there’s no use complaining about it anymore.
This whole
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Apple Pay Seriously Drives Sales
USA Technologies, Inc ran a 6 month study that "targeted point-of-sale advertising of Apple Pay" and the results are impressive, if not that surprising. The study essentially seems to have looked at sales before and after adding a "pay with Apple Pay" sticker to their vending machines.
The results
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Running AMP in the Browser
I like this idea from Manton Reece:
I’d prefer if Google added AMP support directly to Chrome. While it would be a much more limited rollout, it would feel more natural, with fewer drawbacks for publishers.
I never really thought of it from this angle, but it makes a lot of sense.
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Microsoft Word Does Not Support Custom Fonts. Wait, Really?
I was helping my wife get going with her new (and first) Mac, and apparently Microsoft Office does not support third party fonts, like at all. No, I'm not joking, it's in their official documentation:
Third-party fonts are not directly supported in Microsoft Office for Mac applications. Some third-party
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Apple Should Not be Publishing "Designed by Apple in California"
And John Gruber seems to agree:
Apple’s products deserve this sort of treatment, but part of me says someone else should have published it, not Apple.
I saw this news story hit on my way to work and have been thinking about it all day. After thinking about it for much of the day,
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TOMS Apple Watch Bands
Okay, I want these. TOMS is the company who famously give 1 pair of shoes to people in need for every pair they sell. It's a great initiative, and something that more companies should strive to match.
This week the company announced they are selling Apple Watch bands, and of course that gets
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A Touch OS is About More than Just Bigger Touch Targets
David Sparks on a recent trip the Microsoft Store to try out the Surface Studio:
In more traditional apps, like Microsoft Word, the touch interface was less useful and more wonky. Word is way more touch-friendly on iPad than the Surface Studio. Those two teams at Microsoft should have lunch together once in awhile,
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Pinboard is on of the Simplest, Best Services I Pay For
Pinboard has been a staple of the nerdy community for years, so you probably already know all this, but I have to mention this every now and again.
Pinboard is a service for saving links for later. Think of it like a Pocket or Instapaper-like service, but without the custom reading interface. It'
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Apple Does This Sort of Thing
From Stephen Hackett over on 512 Pixels:
When Apple pushes into the future, it usually does so without much regard for the present. A bunch of people are conflicted about this computer, but Mac users should be used to that by now.
I don't want to say people who are concerned about their
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What Should You Get Instead of a MacBook Pro?
I've found myself in the somewhat awkward spot of defending Apple's choices made with the new MacBook Pros over the past week. To summarize many pieces and hundreds of tweets, I think Apple made a "pro" laptop that will be a great machine for most professionals in the field.
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CMRA: Add a Camera to Your Apple Watch
I just saw this new product called CMRA, a band for your Apple Watch that has not one but two cameras built into the strap. There's one 8MP camera for taking pictures of the world around you, and a 2MP "front facing" camera for selfies and FaceTime calls.
This is very
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Sony's Q2 2016 Results: A Merely Acceptable Pre-Holiday Quarter
Sony announced their 2016 Q2 results today and they were honestly a kind of boring release. Their revenues were technically up year over year in Q2, but this was ultimately a down quarter for the company due to currency fluctuations.
But what I really care about with Sony is their gaming division, so let'
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Sometimes the Apple Watch is Absolutely Essential
This Reddit user just got an Apple Watch and needless to say it's made a good first impression.
Why I love Apple from AppleWatch
It's a very quick read, so check out his story.
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Google's AMP Pages are a Raw Deal for Publishers
The Wall Street Journal reports publishers are finding their return on investment in Google's AMP pages a bit lacking.
For some publishers that is a problem, since their AMP pages do not currently generate advertising revenue at the same rate as their full mobile sites. Multiple publishers said an AMP pageview currently generates
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Insane Double Standards in the Republican Party
Did you know George W. Bush ran a private email server from 2003 through 2009? Did you know that his administration and the Republican National Committee have lost track of 22 million emails?
Clinton’s email habits look positively transparent when compared with the subpoena-dodging, email-hiding, private-server-using George W. Bush administration.
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Apple Missing the Boat on Macs?
Owen Williams wrote this piece with a headline designed to rile people up, Apple just told the world it has no idea who the Mac is for.
The Mac made its name because it embraced the creative industry where Microsoft missed the boat, but in 2016, it seems like it’s going to miss out
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Maybe Apple's Right and Security IS Important
Remember when this story was making the rounds back in July?
So far, only five companies have launched HomeKit-certified smart home devices. What’s the hold up? Apple has thrown a plethora of challenges at hardware makers, and some developers say one of the biggest is complying with Apple’s strict security requirements on