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• How can I trust TomTom?

  By Shaun on July 29, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  I’ve been getting warnings about TomTom going off support for a while now, and encouraging me to get my free 3 year subscription to TomTom GO. I’ve tested both on the same drive and I much prefer the old TomTom’s… Read More ›

• Scaramucci

  By Shaun on July 29, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  “Who leaked that to you?” he asked. I said I couldn’t give him that information. He responded by threatening to fire the entire White House communications staff. “What I’m going to do is, I will eliminate everyone in the comms… Read More ›

• Microsoft Paint to be killed off

  By Shaun on July 29, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  First released with the very first version of Windows 1.0 in 1985, Paint in its various guises would be one of the first graphics editors used by many and became a core part of Windows. Starting life as a 1-bit… Read More ›

• The iPod Shuffle and iPod Nano Are Dead

  By Shaun on July 29, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  Today, we are simplifying our iPod lineup with two models of iPod touch now with double the capacity starting at just $199 and we are discontinuing the iPod shuffle and iPod nano. And with that one line they are gone…. Read More ›

• Mail Rail

  By Shaun on July 29, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Before the Mail Rail, there was that popular Victorian device, a pneumatic tube. The London Pneumatic Dispatch Company opened a postal railway under Euston Station in 1863 that could carry 35 bags of mail one-third of a mile in a… Read More ›

• The $30,000 colouring book

  By Shaun on July 29, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The Bespoke Coloring Book is being hailed as the “world’s most luxurious coloring book” and has a price tag to match – $30,850 for 10 bespoke illustrations created by famed illustrator Ian Beck, based on your personal preferences… More at… Read More ›

• Pet Brothers From Other Mothers

  By Shaun on July 29, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  So sweet. The full collection is here.

• Wearables: only the strong will survive

  By Shaun on July 27, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  “The wearables market has fallen short of expectations,” TomTom CEO Harold Goddijn admitted in an investors call this week. “Because of this and because we want to focus on Automotive, Licensing and Telematics businesses, we are reviewing strategic options for… Read More ›

• Dash-Dash It All

  By Shaun on July 27, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  I spotted this which led me to this. Not only a discussion of what changes Apple might make, but also a discussion of where the various dash types are used and where they came from. And of course British and Canadian… Read More ›

• Elders React To Queen

  By Shaun on July 27, 2017 • ( 8 )

  The best band of all time? Yes, no need for the question mark.