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I Fought Apple and Won
I continued the conversation with the store duty manager and she said the best she can do is take 25% off the replacement handset price of AUD$800 (or close to it). I was not about to pay an additional $600… Read More ›
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The Best Wireless Active Noise Cancelling Headphones
The journey was prompted by my own desire to replace an aging pair of wired Bose QuietComfort 25s with something new. That pair has travelled with me around the world without missing a beat, so its replacement had big shoes… Read More ›
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The Swiss Dreams Watchphone
Oh yes, this design attracts eyes! What a vivid idea, what a luxurious performance! The design of this smartphone is a story about how the world changes, how modern achievements conquer it and creates a new vision, new references, new… Read More ›
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The best Windows laptop is a MacBook
And then the Best Buy salesman tossed in a suggestion I hadn’t expected: “You could always get her a MacBook.” “What?” “Some things will look a little different. Some of the programs she works with would be different. But there’s… Read More ›
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I fail to understand Apple…
I fail to understand why companies like Apple don’t address the entire market. That means various smartphone sizes and various smartphone prices. I don’t believe that making a less expensive phone with fewer features eats away at the higher priced… Read More ›
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Brexit is a lie
May’s defeat should dispel any illusion that there is a happy ending to the Brexit story. The truth of the matter is that the project that defined May’s premiership — negotiating a Brexit deal acceptable to both the EU and… Read More ›
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Wear OS is doomed
It’s all being blown way out of proportion. The Fossil deal is not going to fix Wear OS. This is not the acquisition that will lead to a Pixel Watch. In reality, the deal was probably too small to really… Read More ›
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Going For A Song
Garth Cartwright has travelled the length and breadth of the country, conducting more than 100 interviews with some of the icons of the record shop trade and the wider music industry, including Martin Mills (Beggars Banquet), Geoff Travis (Rough Trade),… Read More ›
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The iPhone SE is back, sort of
It’s not certain why Apple is only now bringing the iPhone SE back for clearance sales. It won’t mind selling more iPhones, though. The company recently warned that it will miss holiday season financial estimates after iPhone sales in China… Read More ›
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Sometimes there are hard feelings…
“To anyone divorced, I encourage you with all of me to try and look at this from a different angle,” he advised. “Just because you didn’t workout as husband and wife doesn’t mean you can’t be mom and dad.” More… Read More ›
