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• HTC smartphones pulled from sale in UK

  By Shaun on August 6, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  HTC has stopped offering its phones for sale in the UK while it is involved in an intellectual property dispute. The Taiwanese company’s online store currently lists all of its models as “out of stock” despite the fact they remain… Read More ›

• Google is shutting down Trips

  By Shaun on August 6, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Google is shutting down its Trips app for mobile phones, but is incorporating much of the functionality from the service into its Maps app and Search features, according to a statement from the company. Support for the Trips app ends… Read More ›

• The Watch Chosen By The CIA

  By Shaun on August 5, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  If you know something about aircraft, you probably recognize this one immediately – only you might think it’s the very closely related plane made for the Air Force, the famous SR-71 Blackbird. This, however, isn’t the SR-71, but the Lockheed… Read More ›

• How the television transformed our homes

  By Shaun on August 4, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  The postwar boom made TV ubiquitous: In 1950, 3,880,000 households in America had a TV—about 9 percent of the total population. By 1960, 90 percent of all households had at least one. This was the golden age of appliance marketing… Read More ›

• The Man with the Golden Airline Ticket

  By Shaun on August 4, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  For several years, the revenues department at American had been monitoring my father and other AAirpass holders to see how much their golden tickets were costing the airline in lost revenue. After 20 years it seems, they’d decided the pass… Read More ›

• Orient Bambino (RA-AP0002S10B) watch review

  By Shaun on August 3, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Orient is a brand that will skirt around the edges of your consciousness if you are at all into watches. The connection to Seiko, the prices and the designs are obvious lures and so I decided to take a look… Read More ›

• Fitbit is feeling the hurt

  By Shaun on August 1, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Fitbit, which preceded Apple in the wearables field, has reported its latest quarterly earnings — and they’re not as good as hoped for. Fitbit’s smartwatch revenue decreased 27% year-over-year. That was partly due to “weaker than expected” sales of the… Read More ›

• The Junghans Max Bill Chronoscope 100 Jahre Bauhaus

  By Shaun on August 1, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Junghans is doing several Bauhaus anniversary models, all limited editions; this particular steel version of the 100 Jahre Bauhaus Chronoscope is an LE of 1000 pieces worldwide. In some respects, although this is maybe a less rigorous interpretation of Bauhaus… Read More ›

• Does it really matter if Instagram gets rid of likes?

  By Shaun on July 30, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  There have been viral posts of influencers crying about the “blood, sweat and tears” they pour into Instagram, direct appeals to followers for more comments and a frenzy of media. But does it really matter that Instagram seems to be… Read More ›

• The Hublot Classic Fusion Chronograph Mykonos

  By Shaun on July 30, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Hublot, in collaboration with GOFAS Jewellery, has introduced the eighth edition of its Mykonos watch. Inspired by the Aegean Sea and the Cyclades Archipelago, the watch features a sky blue ceramic bezel and a rotating windmill at 3 o’ clock…. Read More ›