Based on the rumours I was ready to write an article entitled ‘Apple just released its most important product this decade’ tonight. As it happens I cannot do that because the Apple Watch series 4 didn’t tick the boxes I… Read More ›
Articles
Why is Rolex so popular? Why?
I was talking to an authorised dealer for Rolex the other day and mentioned the fact that the Submariner and certain other models are seemingly being constrained in terms of the volume on sale. He disputed this and advised that… Read More ›
Watches feed a guy’s sense of security/superiority
To parse another thing that guys do: they see a watch all over social media, read about it in all the magazines … it quickly becomes the It-Watch, which they also start obsessively wanting. “Everyone who is anyone has X,… Read More ›
$1 trillion and counting
It’s a lot of money and not really $1 trillion because of how the markets work, but it is a significant milestone that only a select few organisations had a chance of breaching. The reaction has been predictable in many… Read More ›
Use Instapaper in Europe today
The ongoing debacle that is Instapaper’s handling of the new GDPR rules doesn’t look likely to be resolved soon. It has been made worse by the complete lack of information from the developers and the late notice in pulling the… Read More ›
Stuff
Versa Felt it right to update my thoughts on the Fitbit Versa and the company in general. The Versa has gone now because of multiple problems and more specifically because of the way Fitbit deals with its loyal customers. For… Read More ›
Privacy again
The new EU privacy laws go into effect May 25. Many companies are sending out privacy statement updates because of this. However, new privacy laws don’t necessarily mean more privacy. I’m diabetic, but luckily not seriously. It’s easily controllable using… Read More ›
Quick thoughts: Google Home vs Alexa
Had to buy a Google Home mini for a freelance piece and have been very surprised at how it works and feels compared to the Amazon Echo. I own both the budget versions, but the audio quality of the Google… Read More ›
Fitbit Versa after a few weeks: multiple problems remain
I posted the below on the Fitbit community yesterday in this thread– OK, I wore my Versa on my left wrist (synced to my iPhone as non-dominant wrist) and a Charge 2 on my right wrist (synced to my wife’s… Read More ›
Why would Apple make a round Apple Watch?
There are rumours, lots of them, that suggest Apple is in the process of making a round Apple Watch, but I just can’t buy the idea. It used to be that I believed all watches should be round because that… Read More ›
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