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Early Days on the Watch (or How Even the Best Watch App Sucks)
Marco Arment on Overcast for the Apple Watch
I originally designed the Apple Watch app for my podcast player, Overcast, with a scaled-down version of the iPhone app’s structure.
This seemed like a sensible adaptation of my iOS app to the Apple Watch. In practice, it sucked.
While the whole rest of the
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Microsoft's New Edge Browser Will Run Chrome And Firefox Extensions
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has been the butt of jokes for a long time now and in Windows 10, the company is finally replacing it. Microsoft Edge is the new browser within Windows 10 and along with a lot of great features, the
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Google Rankings Getting a Big Change Tomorrow
Google is making a giant change this week that could crush millions of small businesses - Business Insider
On Tuesday, April 21, Google is making a major update to its mobile search algorithm that will change the order in which websites are ranked when users search for something from their phone or tablet.
The algorithm will
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Jawbone is Running Out of Time
Jawbone to Launch Payments Wearable With Amex - re/code
Rahman said that while he knows there is significant competition in the space, he also thinks it is not as clear-cut as it seems. The Apple Watch, for example, has health apps, but is focused on messaging and other features.
Good on Jawbone for keeping
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My iPhone's Today View
Very few Today view widgets have made the cut since the launch of iOS 8, but I’ve been thinking about them a bit more lately. These are the apps that made the cut.
OmniFocus - I had cleared my list by the time I took this shot, but this is my favorite way to quickly
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Taking Calls on Smart Watches is Actually Really Cool
I saw something amazing today. I saw someone making a call on a Samsung Galaxy Gear watch.
Stay with me, that’s not meant to be a punchline.
To put this into a little context, this was someone who has owned their watch for a few months. I remember talking to them about it sometime
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HBO Now is Available on Your Apple Devices...Now
HBO Now launched today and is exclusive to Apple devices and Optimum customers[1]. Specifically, you can install the app from the App Store on your iPhone or iPad, and it will be on your Apple TV automatically the next time you turn it on.
My initial impressions are that it’s just like HBO
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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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Samsung Finally Made Another Great Phone
I have a tendency to give Samsung a hard time on this site. I’m definitely not alone in this endeavor, though. For years Samsung has been the whipping boy for Apple fans the world over. They’re an easy target, after all. They aren’t very original, they have brash marketing that gets under
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Samsung Bets Big on High End when They're Losing to the Low End
With Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, Samsung Tries to Regain Its Footing - NYTimes.com
If you pay the premium price to Apple, you get a phone with a well-designed operating system, no overlapping preloaded apps, and a host of services that often work very well, like iMessage, Apple Pay and expanding compatibilities with Apple’
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HTC Brags About the Ultimate Bullshit Spec
Readwrite - The HTC One M9’s Best Feature Doesn’t Actually Exist Yet
HTC decided to do just that by boasting about the fact that the One M9 offers a stunning 2 terabytes—yes, you read that correctly—of microSD storage.
There’s just one problem: 2TB microSD cards basically don’t exist yet. The
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Matt Gemmell's Epic Overview of Windows Phone
Matt Gemmell - Windows Phone: A Guide for iPhone Users
I take my iPhone everywhere I go, and for the most part, it’s a satisfying device to use. […] It’s a little (dare I say it) boring.
Some of that feeling is just because of familiarity; I’ve never used a non-Apple smartphone for
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How to Fix "mds" Process Stuck at 100% CPU Usage
I should specify that the Alfred extension runs "sudo" commands, so you must have Terminal open and signed in for this to work. You probably don't have to do this too often, so pasting the commands into Terminal will work fine.
Is your computer running a little sluggishly? Have you opened
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Get a Feel for Apple Watch Apps at WatchAware
WatchWare has quickly become one of my go-to sources for all things Apple Watch. And while their daily links are fun and thoughtful, this page winth interactive demos of Watch apps takes the cake. Seriously, check it out and play around with some of the demos. This is the most helpful resource for demystifying
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Samsung Shouldn't Have Listened to the Tech Pundits
Samsung unveiled their Galaxy S6 phones today, and oh boy, do I think they screwed it up. Here’s a snippet from Dan Seifert at The Verge:
Hallmarks of Samsung’s phones, such as removable batteries, microSD card slots, and waterproofing are nowhere to be found on the S6 or S6 Edge. That will likely
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Samsung Might Have Some Culture Problems
Samsung seems like a great place to work
In fact, during one meeting with the global teams at Samsung’s headquarters in Korea, executives made the US team stand up in front of several hundred of their peers in an auditorium. The executives told the employees to clap for the US team as encouragement since
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Pebble Time Announced (on Kickstarter? Why?!)
Well, we all knew it was a matter of time, and Pebble announced their new smartwatch today. Interestingly, they’re going to Kickstarter again, which makes no sense at all to me. They sold over a million watches and from all appearances, seem to be a legitimate company now, so why are they wasting their
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Apple Doesn't "Get" Fashion, and Maybe That's a Good Thing
Leslie Price wrote this article about how the tech world doesn't understand fashion. It's getting a ton of attention, and it is a well-written piece, but I disagree with plenty of it.
Instead of being released at $350, it would hit stores with a price tag in the thousands. Consumers