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No One Will Ever Need More Than 16GB of Storage
You know how we always hear those quotes from people saying "who would ever need more than ___ of XYZ?" and just laugh? Did somebody at Apple say that once and it's treated as fact? 9to5Mac has some rumors on the new iPhone 7 Plus.
What’s notable, though, is that the
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Dropbox's Project Infinite's iOS-ification of the Desktop
There was a lot of excitement last week when Dropbox unveiled their latest addition, which they're calling Project Infinite.
Project Infinite will enable users to seamlessly and securely access all their Dropbox files from the desktop, regardless of how much space they have available on their hard drives. Everything in the company’s
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Now Might Not be the Time to Buy and Apple Watch
Zac Hall wrote this piece for 9to5Mac today:
Agree or disagree, I believe the window on buying the first-gen Apple Watch has closed, and in almost every situation potential customers should wait for Apple Watch 2.
I love my Apple Watch to death, but I have to agree with Zac on this one. The
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Video Game Console Sales Sure Look Bleak (if you don't care about real numbers)
Let's talk about video games for a second. As always, we have tech pundits talking about the end being neigh for video game consoles, which is why this article caught my eye. There is so much wrong with this article that it's almost too easy a target. Let's take
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The App Store Shoots First, Ask Questions Later
Come on Apple, I thought maybe we were past the days of completely bizarre App Store rejections. I thought that putting Phil Shiller at the helm of the Store would change things and we wouldn't have these stupid stories every few months. Well, Apple proved me wrong last night where they removed all
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Purple Blogs are on the Rise!
This is a totally self-serving post, but I've started to notice a few more purple tech blogs out there.
At some point, Above Avalon went purple and I think it looks great. I also came across a link to Allen Pike's site which also has a sharp purple hue.
PurpleIsTheFuture
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Removing Unnecessary Things
Why iOS is Compelling - Initial Charge
iOS’ entire interface paradigm is designed around the idea of removing unnecessary things from the operating system so that the task at hand can be performed with as little resistance as possible.
Similarly, Nilay Patel just bought his mom a Chromebook Pixel and it seems to be a hit.
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Don't be That Jackass
TechnoBuffalo on why the Surface Pro 4 is their favorite tablet:
I post this video because I think that it's a valid opinion that deviates from my own. They just ran another piece about how the iPad Pro is a disappointment and is not a laptop replacement.
In Jon’s opinion, the iPad
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Just Do the Thing
My internet buddy Richard Anderson has been working on a web project called Just Do the Thing. It's a simple web app that employs a system I love for tracking how well I'm doing towards to a goal. I used this method to track my running last year and it worked
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Apple Shouldn't Copy the Surface and They're Not
Apple has learned nothing from Microsoft's Surface - The Verge
It also goes far beyond the hardware fundamentals. Apple's iPad Pro ships with a tablet operating system that doesn't have true support for a mouse and keyboard.
Look, I get it that iOS isn't caught up to traditional
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Was I Wrong About the Samsung Gear 2 Smart Watch?
I may or may not have said that the new Samsung Gear 2 was a wreck (I did, and the word was “disastrous”), but there’s a chance I was wrong. Dan Seifert just reviewed the new smart watch for The Verge and he didn’t hate it. He actually kind of liked it!
Ultimately
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Yahoo’s Surprisingly Good iPhone 6S Review
Yahoo is not where I naturally go for tech reviews, but I did want to see David Pogue’s review of the iPhone 6S. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed his review!
Pogue has been one of the premiere tech reviewers for “normal people” and as such, his approach to reviewing products
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Apple Faces: Custom Wallpapers for Your Apple Watch
Apple Faces is a new website for finding cool and clever wallpapers to use on your Apple Watch. Apple’s watchOS 2 introduced the ability for users to use any photo from their library as a custom watch face, and these images are built to fit around that new watch face layout.
While I do
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Marco Arment Pulls Peace from the App Store
Peace, the most-downloaded content blocker for iOS 9 has been pulled from the App Store, not by Apple but by it's developer, Marco Arment himself.
As I write this, Peace has been the number one paid app in the U.S. App Store for about 36 hours. It’s a massive achievement
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I Didn't Know I Wanted to Block Ads Until I Found Your Site
Nilay Patel writing for The Verge:
You might think the conversation about ad blocking is about the user experience of news, but what we're really talking about is money and power in Silicon Valley.
Nilay is correct that this is all a big chess match that’s about more than just readers and
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Tim Cook's Apple is Still the Apple We Know and Love
Walt Mossberg writing for The Verge
But this week’s event convinced me that Apple remains the world’s most influential tech company — even as we approach next month's fourth anniversary of the tragically early death of its genius leader, Steve Jobs.
Many people love Apple, others despise it. But, even without Jobs,