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Evernote's Current Dip
Eugene Kim over at Business Insider (I know, I know) has piece on Evernote’s fall from grace in the tech world.
Depending on where you stand, Evernote is either a sinking ship or a maturing company going through a normal transition cycle. But most people we spoke to seem to agree that the company
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Data is Square (or Why Round Smart Watches are Just a Fad)
We seem to be at a fork in the road when it comes to smart watch design. There is a serious debate out there about whether smart watches should be round or square. The two major players in the smart watch era have already broken down different paths with Google’s partners going all in
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How to Stay Relevant on the App Store
I want to look at one product and one person. The app is Drafts for iOS and the person is David Smith. While there is a sentiment out there that it’s impossible to make a living on the App Store, these stand out as shining examples of how to “make it”.
Drafts is a
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How I Use Apple News (and still hold onto my RSS addiction)
I'm in my late 20s, and while I'm getting to that age that advertisers no longer care about, I still pride myself on being open to new things. I still voraciously consume new music from artists I've never heard of and I have a general working knowledge of what
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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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First Impressions of CurrentC
NOTE: This piece originally ran on June XX, 2015 but was taken down at the request of CurrentC.
One of the perks of working for a big company is that you sometimes get to try new and interesting things before they’re made available to the public. It doesn’t happen too often, but when
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Getting a Little Material Design in Your Apple
What happens when an Apple guy explores Material Design?
I love this bit exploration of Material Design by designer Matthieu Aussaguel. I for one would be okay with a little more Material Design in my iOS and Mac apps.
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Microsoft Releases yet Another Mobile App on iOS, not Windows
Microsoft just launched a new email app called Push. The app only works with Office 365 email accounts, which makes it useless for most people, but I do find it to be an interesting new app. Anything that makes email quicker and easier is okay with me.
This line caught my eye, though:
Send is
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On Apple's Supposed "Planned Obsolescence"
Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: “Apple just releases updates to make your phone obsolete so you have to buy a new one.”
I get this statement more often than I feel is reasonable. There are a surprising number of people out there who seem to think that Apple is out to
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Facebook Doesn't Fit on Your Wrist
Apple Waits as App Developers Study Who’s Buying Its Watch - The New York Times
Facebook was not persuaded [by the Apple Watch as a platform]. Three months after the watch’s release, there is no Facebook app tailored for it. Adam Mosseri, who oversees Facebook’s news feed, said the social network had been
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97% of Early Apple Watch Owners are Satisfied
Apple Watch Satisfaction - Techpinions
Given the current customer satisfaction of the iPhone is at 99%, the first version of the Apple Watch ranks closer to the current generation iPhone than the first generation iPhone or iPad in terms of satisfaction.
These are very impressive "customer sat" (channeling my inner Tim Cook) numbers, but
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The Official Twitter App is Better Than You Think
What if we nerds used Twitter the way it's meant to be used and not like we used it 5 years ago?
This is the question I aimed to answer when I switched Tweetbot off on my Mac, iPad, and most critically of all, my iPhone. I love Tweetbot, and I genuinely think
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Who's Actually Buying iPods These Days?
With this week's update to the entire iPod lineup, many have been asking "Who are iPods even for these days?" Well, I worked the last 3 years managing an electronics department for Target, and have sold a lot of Apple devices over that time. Since Apple doesn't break down
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The Fading "Real Computer"
Office, messaging and verbs - Benedict Evans
When people talk about productivity - about PowerPoint and Excel and how Google Docs and the cloud will or won't kill them, or messaging and the cloud, or how you need a PC for 'real work' - I'm reminded of CC Baxter and his Friden
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Apple Makes Profits, Everyone Else Fights for Scraps
The Wall Street Journal reports Apple earned 92% of the profits in the smartphone market last quarter:
Apple Inc. recorded 92% of the total operating income from the world’s eight top smartphone makers in the first quarter, up from 65% a year earlier, estimates Canaccord Genuity managing director Mike Walkley. Samsung Electronics Co. took
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The Global PC Market is Shrinking Quite a Bit
Global PC market shrinks 11.8% year-over-year:
With shipments totaling nearly 16.4 million PCs in 2Q15, the U.S. market shrank -3.3% from the same quarter a year ago. Although most vendors saw volume decline, gains from Apple and Lenovo helped limit the overall decline.
As someone who has been following
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Apple Doesn't Have to Play the Free Music Game
The Great Apple Music Pivot - Above Avalon
Apple Music's family plan option will give the service life, but more is needed. The free music subscription model will eventually be too difficult for Apple to ignore.
I disagree entirely. How many times has Apple refused to play the same race-to-the-bottom game
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Slickwraps vs. dbrand Skins: Which Is Right For You?
Updated March 2017: I bought a new dbrand skin and made a video for it.
https://youtu.be/qhA875Ov-s0
Do you love your smartphone but wish it was just a little different? Maybe it could use more grip or maybe it needs a splash of color to stand out. The phone case market has