Mike Murphy posted the above photo on Twitter and what an exciting line-up of varied and enticing phone designs it is. At least there is a difference in specifications as shown by Quartz– Yes yes, I am being sarcastic, but… Read More ›
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My son, the green bubble friend
My son’s iPhone 6 bent at the exact point that a lot of iPhone 6 phones bend and so we took it to Apple. It is 18 months old and Apple’s view was that they would give us a new… Read More ›
It’s easy to buy spectacles. Well, it should be.
Late last week, a Minionesque vending machine mysteriously appeared in a parking lot near Snap’s original offices in Venice, California. It was named Snapbot, and it was there to sell Specs, the company’s goofy new picture-taking sunglasses, for $130 a… Read More ›
How mirrors made us individual
Polished metal and obsidian mirrors have existed from ancient times, and because of this, historians have usually passed over the introduction of the glass mirror as if it was just another variation on an old theme. But the development of… Read More ›
There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in
The title of this article is my favourite line from my favourite Leonard Cohen song, which just happens to be my favourite song. It sums up so many things for me and gained more relevance when my father passed 2… Read More ›
Time to start ignoring America
America just became very small. For all of the ‘leader of the free world’ speak and how the Trump presidency will affect the world, I somehow think the opposite will happen. There is of course a view that many Americans… Read More ›
Someone used my email address and these companies sent me their information
It all started back in April when I received an email from TalkTalk confirming my TalkSafe registration. This was swiftly followed up by a password setup email which contained a link to set up a new password for my account,… Read More ›
So what happens if Apple doesn’t make another iPhone SE?
I really don’t know how I would feel if Apple chose not to make another SE-sized device, but I know I won’t be buying an iPhone 7-sized device. I guess it’s possible that the company has an SE device ready… Read More ›
Image Capture for moving large files and photos in bulk
I’m not sure I buy the “cumbersome” argument; when not in use it’s recessed, and when in use, well, every other port has a big old wire sticking out of it, so I don’t see it as a real point…. Read More ›
Are we too focussed on hardware gimmicks?
John Gruber said something interesting on the latest Talk Show when he described the Google Pixel. He said that he could happily live with it if it ran iOS and that it was by far the best Android device he… Read More ›
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