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Is Apple Arcade worth it?
What your $4.99 doesn’t get you is a product worth shouting about. Apple Arcade is fine if you like to burn through simple, mobile games. But if you were hoping for something more — something that would push mobile gaming… Read More ›
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Echo Buds (oops!)
Everything you love about Alexa, now in true wireless earbuds. Enjoy premium sound, limit background noise with Bose Active Noise Reduction, and get up to 5 hours of music playback on a single charge. Advanced microphones give you hands-free access… Read More ›
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New NOMOS sports watches
It’s easy to categorise NOMOS as one type of watch, but these are fabulous. Not cheap, but a real surprise. The three watches we have here today are the Tangente Sport Neomatik 42 Date, the Tangente Sport Neomatik 42 Date… Read More ›
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Why can’t we agree on what’s true any more?
Much of the outrage that floods social media, occasionally leaking into opinion columns and broadcast interviews, is not simply a reaction to events themselves, but to the way in which they are reported and framed. The “mainstream media” is the… Read More ›
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A little more about the iPhone 11 Pro
It’s a camera. It genuinely feels like a camera to me after a few days of use which is not something I have experienced before. I have always felt that iPhone cameras, and Samsung phone cameras etc, don’t quite feel… Read More ›
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Born to dare?
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iPhone 11 Pro thoughts
I had no intention of buying an iPhone 11 Pro. My iPhone X has 92% battery capacity and is still super fast. It does everything and is a wonderfully made smartphone, and could potentially have given me another 3 years… Read More ›
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Joanne’s Bournemouth Marathon Run for Young Minds Trust
I am running to support a wonderful charity called Young Minds which is true to its word and which can actually help those when they need the help! Please give them the support they need to support the next generation…. Read More ›
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Stuff not to buy: Galaxy Fold, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone queues…
This is shocking. This is the ‘fixed’ Galaxy Fold from one of the biggest tech companies in the world. Not quite so shocking as nothing is shatterproof, but it can’t be nice to have this happen on day one. VERY… Read More ›
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The Ming 17.06 Copper
Luminous material is most often used in watchmaking for purely utilitarian purposes: it helps you read the time at night. It is far rarer to see it exploited for its aesthetic potential, and frequently, and especially on dress watches, it… Read More ›
