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iOS 9 Installs Should be Way Easier Than iOS 8's
66% of my customers on eligible devices have at least 1.3GB of free space [enough to install iOS 9]. This compares to just 37% of users who would have immediately had sufficient space at the old iOS 8 requirement.
via David Smith
Speaking as an owner of a 16GB iPhone, this is great news!
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Why Doesn’t Microsoft Just Give Windows Away?
Since Friday, the blog post describing the changes to the Windows Insider preview program has been silently updated. Previously it said that signed up members of the Insider Program running a preview version would "receive the Windows 10 final release build and remain activated." Now it says only that they will "receive
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Thinking About the Next Big Social Network
The next great social platform can’t be yet another centralized system. It has to be more distributed and more open even than App.net. It has to focus on writing and bloggers and embrace what is good about the web. Ello doesn’t do any of these things.
- via Manton Reece
I love Manton,
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Reddit, the Place Where Nobody Wins
Reddit has a problem. It’s a well-documented problem, which, oddly, is a big part of the problem. Every six months or so, from the depths of the sprawling site’s underbelly, a network of disparate communities which seem to feed off of bigotry and perversion rise into the greater public’s consciousness. For
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You Should be Watching FilmmakerIQ
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John Hess has an awesome video series going called FilmmakerIQ which covers all manner of things related to film. These videos are always fun and informative, and they’re a great way to geek out over movies for 15-20 minutes
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Inside Out Had a Massive Opening Weekend
What is startling about Inside Out's weekend is that it is the highest opening weekend ever for an original property (that is to say one that is not a sequel or a non-sourced work), passing Avatar, which made $77M on its December 18-20, 2009 bow.
- via www.boxofficemojo.com
Inside Out
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Art, Meet Cookie Monster
One of my favorite pieces of art paired with my favorite Sesame Street character. Via photosunny on Reddit.
Comment from discussion Great wave of Kanagawa (4,335 × 2,990).
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Awesome Zelda Art from GlitchCon
Light Grey Art Lab runs an event called GlitchCon, which is described as:
a 2-day festival hosted at the McNamara Alumni Center on the University of Minnesota campus that explores video games as a culture, career, and creative practice.
You can see more art form the event over on Geek-Art, although I of
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Pinterest Just Made a Big Move
Well, we’re excited to let you in on some good news! In a few weeks, we’ll be introducing buyable Pins—just another way to bring the creative ideas you find on Pinterest to life.
- via Pinterest
This is huge!
And when you pay with Apple Pay, it uses a device specific account number
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USB-C is the Future
And earlier today Intel helped deliver the first blow, announcing that Thunderbolt 3 would adopt the USB-C connector after previous iterations used Mini DisplayPort. Thunderbolt 3 stands on USB 3.1’s shoulders to deliver speeds of up to 40Gbps, letting you run two 4K displays at 60Hz through just one port. It’s
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What’s Up with Google and Android Wear?
They made no mention of anything meaningful in health and fitness, and the didn’t address the slowly-coming-into-focus idea that the wrist can really be a great place for technology. It all just felt very blah.
- Abdel Ibrahim for WatchAware
I agree with Abdel that Google’s Wear announcements were pretty bland.
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Is Destiny Really a Terrible Video Game?
Jon Bois writing for SBNation:
Destiny both represents and precipitates a slow death of the heart. Ostensibly presented, as is every video game, as a refuge from our work and obligations, it instead re-packages that work and those obligations, rejoicing in them, blissfully conflating "doing stuff" with "fun." It doesn&
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Spectacular Blade Runner Poster
I know this is a truly excellent poster because I really want to watch Blade Runner right now. Via The Ninja Bot, but it's tragically sold through its limited run.
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Custom Crystal Pokéballs
I missed out on my chance to get a Charizard Amiibo for a reasonable price yesterday, but I would pay so much more for one of these custom-made pokéballs.
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I Wish This Was Real: The Tea Calendar
The Tea Calendar is a super rad concept for a tea sampler. I don’t even drink much tea, but I would take it up to use this calendar.
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The Anti-Tidal Press Continues
That’s Business, Man: Why Jay Z’s Tidal Is a Complete Disaster - Bloomberg
Some of the Tidal artist-owners can’t pull their work from rival services—because their record deals don’t allow it—but this raises a delicate question: If they could, do Jay Z and his partners really believe that their
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The Pebble Faithful Are Getting Bent Out of Shape
Reviews are out for the Pebble Time, and Pebble diehards at /r/pebble are going nuts over some of them. This thread in particular has drawn quite a bit of ire. I find it fascinating how much weight people put on review scores. Some suggested that The Verge was too afraid to give the Pebble
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Heist Nabs GAME's Entire Splatoon Inventory
Splatoon stock swiped in Nintendo lorry heist - Eurogamer
A lorry carrying stock of Splatoon and its various Amiibo figurines has been stolen.
Copies of the rarer, more expensive Splatoon Special Edition - which contains the game's rare Squid Amiibo - made up much of the delivery.
GAME's entire shipment is now gone.
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