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Free TomTom GO Navigation (UK) for 1 year
Using the German TomTom website you can get access to 12 months of TomTom Go services for Android or iOS with promo code BILDGONAV – may be useful for anyone who wishes to use an alternative to Google Maps etc…. Read More ›
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AirBuddy 2
With AirBuddy, you can simply open your AirPods case next to your Mac and see the current status right away, just like how it works on your iPhone or iPad. With just a click you’ll be instantly connected and playing… Read More ›
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Clean Android Launchers
You might already be familiar with launcher apps, which completely reskin Android phones with different icons, app drawers and home screen layouts, but some of these launchers go way beyond a visual overhaul—they actually change the way that apps and… Read More ›
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McGST Podcast Episode 22 (Survival mode, no possessions and Borat)
Joanne and I talk about James O’Brien’s new book, How Not To Be Wrong, and if survival mode is wholly a bad thing. The discussion meanders around a bit (far too long?), but I think she learned from me in… Read More ›
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Huawei wins, Huawei loses
Huawei’s new smartphone is technically really good. But don’t buy it. Again. Technically amazing, fatally flawed.
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The Center of a Spicy Dunkin’ Donut
Ostensibly, the Spicy Ghost Pepper Donut is part of the chain’s slate of Halloween promotional items, along with a decorate your own donut kit, a (pretty tasty) pumpkin donut, and their Spider Donut (the “spider” being a decorative design, not an ingredient)…. Read More ›
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Station Eleven
What was lost in the collapse: almost everything, almost everyone, but there is still such beauty. One snowy night in Toronto famous actor Arthur Leander dies on stage whilst performing the role of a lifetime. That same evening a deadly… Read More ›
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Books are banned?
The move by the Welsh government is quite strange in my view. Firstly, I believe that the book thing is maybe an error by the supermarkets for the reasons quote in the tweet above, but what I don’t get is… Read More ›
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The school meals campaign
Cafes and restaurants across England have promised to feed children in the school holidays, despite the industry struggling to survive coronavirus restrictions. Responses to Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford’s child food poverty campaign escalated after the government voted against extending… Read More ›
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Oreo built a doomsday vault in Norway
Asteroid 2018 VP1, dubbed the “Election Day Asteroid” because it’s scheduled to graze Earth on November 2nd, has a slim chance of entering Earth’s atmosphere, and even if it does it will disintegrate before impact. But Oreo isn’t taking any… Read More ›
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