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Smart Watches are Made for Goliaths
Serenity Caldwell on smart watch sizing
It just baffles me. Women buy phones. We like technology. And, by and large, we like nice-looking jewelry on our wrists. Yet Apple is the only company that even considered including women in its initial watch marketing.
Even speaking as a man, I don’t like large watches,
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Photos, Photos Everywhere
Google is releasing “Photos” for Android
We’ve been hearing for a very long time - virtually ever since Vic Gundotra left Google+, with more rumors springing up recently - that Photos would be splitting off from Google’s social/sign-in platform. We’ve heard vague rumblings, and even seen some baby steps toward this split,
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Love Loving Things
Tomorrowland review | The Verge
Hating on things is fun. Particularly online, where we tend to grade things not by the ways in which they succeed, but by the degrees in which they fail to meet our expectations.
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What can be hard is looking past that cynicism and admit to actually liking things.
Bryan Bishop has
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Ad Blocking Is On The Rise
Ad Blocking Poses a Growing Challenge to Media Companies - American Journalism Review
The same report found the number of people blocking ads on Google Chrome increased 96 percent from midyear 2013 to midyear 2014, and the number blocking ads using Firefox rose 21 percent.
It felt like the web was getting better a few years
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Take Your Time to Form an Opinion
Andy Ihnatko on reviewing tech products:
My immediate plans for the Apple Watch include a quick first-look for the Sun-Times and then (yeeks) at least three weeks of daily wear before I even consider writing up my formal take on it. It’s important to get a lot of serious “deep soak” experience
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Practice Makes Perfect No Matter How Big You Are
Star Wars Battlefront on PS4 looks amazing, and here's why - PlayStation Universe
Ingvarsdóttir said that the team were able to squeeze a lot of power out of Sony's black box due to being more familiar with the hardware. Specifically, working with Battlefield 4, which was a launch title for PS4, helped
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Paul Thurrott on Why the Apple Watch is a Disaster
The Problem with Apple Watch in a Nutshell - Paul Thurrott
But the thing about the Apple Watch is that it transcends the normal Apple complaints and even the normal Apple accolades. It’s not intuitive, because you really need to train yourself to use it. It’s not simple to buy, and for a wide
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Some Changes Coming to Android Wear
Sony Says Pop-Up Notifications Will Come to Android Wear - ReadWrite
According to Sony, Google gave its watch platform more than just flick-based controls, always-on apps, and a new built-in app launcher. Android Wear devices like the SmartWatch 3 will also get pop-up notifications and adjustable font sizes. Considering there are
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Lucas Knows His Dialogue Is Wooden, but Thinks That's Just Fine
Stephen Colbert and George Lucas talk Star Wars, wooden dialogue and Howard the Duck - Polygon
Colbert: Do you think it’s necessary for a great movie that you still understand the emotion with the sound off?
Lucas: No. I believe half a movie is the sound. The sound is extremely important, but the dialogue is
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The Best Alley Oop of the Year
Wow! Sergnb answered the pertinent question:
It wasn't legal until he made it. And then it was legal because it was dope as ****
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I Made a Custom iPhone Wallpaper for WWDC 2015
I hope you enjoy this iPhone wallpaper based on the WWDC 2015 logo. I’m using it on my phone right now and it looks pretty sharp!
Download it here (includes 2 versions with and without text).
UPDATE: There are now 3 editions of the wallpaper: iPhone 6, 6 plus, and desktop. Each one has
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The Human Reason for Wanting Nicer Tech
Richard Anderson wrote a very good piece over on Sanspoint about nerd elitism today. The article makes some good points about taking the time to step back and recognize that we needn’t look down on those who don’t share our obsessions. However, this line stuck out to me:
The camera on my iPhone
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How Silicon Valley's Amazing Dick Joke Came to Be
An Oral History Of That Ultra-Sophisticated ‘Silicon Valley’ Dick Joke
T.J. MILLER (Erlich Bachmann): I thought it was likely going to be the greatest joke in the history of American comedy. That was ambitious, but eventually, we came to find out that it was the greatest dick joke in the history of American,
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Jiro Dreams of Bloodborne
The Zen of Bloodborne: What gaming can teach us about repetition | Polygon
The problem with repetition is that it tends to make us mindless due to the fact that we think we know what to expect. I’m often mindless as I clean. Dan Stapleton becomes mindless when he replays a bit of Bloodborne.
People
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There Has Never Been One Best iPhone Size for Everybody
Manton Reese - No Perfect iPhone Size
The lesson from all these switches couldn’t be more clear: there’s no longer one perfect iPhone for everyone.
I hate to disagree with Manton, because I think he’s really smart, but there has never been one perfect iPhone size for everyone. For the longest time there
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HBO's First Real Test
HBO Now is the exception to the cord-cutting rule | PandoDaily
And the company has already admitted that it can’t build the streaming service on its own, so it’s tapped MLB Advanced to make sure its videos reach consumers. If HBO Now is able to withstand the demand for a standalone HBO channel,
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Amazing Quotes from the Original iPhone Introduction
Here’s the archived page of Engadget’s live-blog of the iPhone introduction in 2007. There hare hundreds of comments, but these are some of my favorites. It’s amazing what we found important in a phone just 8 years ago.
Steve had his doubts
Uhm, why? In a time long ago people used
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Android's Ecosystem Is Better Than Ever, But It Still Sucks
I made a bold move from iPhone to Android, and I completely regret it - Business Insider
Apps are an utter disaster. Nearly every iOS version of an app looks slicker and operates better than its Android counterpart. Good luck finding a good Twitter app because the official one is a pain, and all the other