Author Archives
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Cost of hospital gloves: $5,141
Sometimes, Twitter is the perfect platform to counter a powerful person’s b*llshit. Tweeted by Tyler Conway.
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Apple Notes: nothing better?
Apple’s refreshed note-taking app landed with impeccable timing: it supported the then-new iPad Split View in the first beta of the OS released in June, and Apple deftly positioned Notes as a nimble, multi-purpose tool that many saw as a… Read More ›
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iOS 11 Concept
A clever video concept. Some very useful new features that fit well with the current structure of the OS.
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Sinclair ZX Vega+ funding campaign halted
Crowdfunding platform Indiegogo intervened to stop a handheld retro computer console campaign from acquiring further funding, the BBC has learned. The Spectrum ZX Vega+, backed by Sir Clive Sinclair, had achieved its original crowdfunding target. But then Indiegogo halted further… Read More ›
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That Psion feeling. It never leaves you.
For those of you who did not experience the Psion PDAs, you maybe think that those of us who bang on and on about them are just wishing to go back in time in a rose coloured time machine. We… Read More ›
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Your watch faces
Well, I asked to see your watch faces and Neil and Bob did not disappoint, apart from the fact that they appear to have made them as functional and uncolourful as possible. And then Trevor sent me one. “This is… Read More ›
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Judge blocks FBI from forcing fingerprints from targets to unlock iPhones
In the latest skirmish over privacy in the cellphone age, a federal judge in Chicago has rejected a law enforcement request to force potential targets in an ongoing investigation to provide fingerprints to unlock any iPhones or other Apple devices…. Read More ›
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I don’t like ad-blockers, but…
While checking out the article about fingerprints above, I thought I would run Ghostery on Chicago Tribune to see what it would try to block. Is there really any need for any site to need that many trackers etc?
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Photo: Colorful Aurora over Iceland
You don’t always see a scene this beautiful when you hike to an ancient volcano — you have to be lucky. When the astrophotographer realized that auroras were visible two-weeks ago, he made a night-time run for the top of… Read More ›
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Reasons to upgrade
“may have offered the sense of something new” This is curious, and is, I expect, a major factor in keeping technology sales up. From the look of your piece, you moved from the SE for functional reasons: you needed the… Read More ›
