I have a 64GB iPhone SE so in theory should be fine for available memory. Yes, I would prefer 128GB so that I never even consider such things, but I now find myself with 5GB remaining and am somewhat perplexed…. Read More ›
Articles
AirPods 2.0
It is indeed true that within a couple of years AirPods, and similarly designed wireless earphones, will look normal. It is also possible that they will become so common that they are invisible to those in the vicinity of someone… Read More ›
Who really owns your phone?
Phones are no longer just a thing you use to call people or text them. The days of playing Snake because it’s the coolest thing your phone can do are long past. Today, they’re more like your computer that they… Read More ›
Don’t Be Ashamed About Collecting
Last week I sat down in a bar discussing this topic with my colleague Jon Henrik Haraldsen from the Norwegian watch website, tidssonen.no. I showed him a website of a guy that was all crazy about some toys and he… Read More ›
Government Censorship Made Easier
There’s a new form of digital censorship sweeping the globe, and it could be the start of something devastating. In the last few weeks, the Chinese government compelled Apple to remove New York Times apps from the Chinese version of… Read More ›
A revearlution?
I was sitting in a coffee shop at the weekend on my own and feeling uncomfortable as us Brits do when in public with no one to talk to. Staring at my phone I got a notification that a new… Read More ›
The Death Of A Battery
Reshot my Snapchat video of Hannah lip-synching to the aforementioned Ariana Grande video four times—mostly because that depletes the battery so fast, but also because the second vid was the best. Listened to a podcast about how Donald Trump won… Read More ›
Temporary stuff
It dawned on me recently that mst media I now purchase is temporary and that a lot of it is in a place I am unaware of. For example, when I purchase films they sit on an iTunes server,… Read More ›
The filter bubble
Any technology is in itself neutral. With the possible exception of what artificial intelligence will become. Bob I think that there is a degree of nuance here, and a need to be slightly careful in referring to technology as “neutral”. If… Read More ›
AirPods vs Apple Watch (again)
I’ll bet that AirPods were designed by a small team whereas the watch always felt like design by committee. Certainly one possible reason why there was such a major change in WatchOS 3. AirPods don’t have the range of functions… Read More ›
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