I’ve never been owned an iPhone nor a Mac, simply because the upfront cost has been too high. But if I had the money in hand it would actually make more financial sense than it appears to at first sight:… Read More ›
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What happens to your identity when you don’t speak to anyone for 27 years?
Candy! Always good. Ten rolls of Smarties, stuffed in a pocket. Then, into his backpack, a bag of marshmallows, two tubs of ground coffee, some Humpty Dumpty potato chips. Burgers and bacon were in the locked freezer. On a previous… Read More ›
The Thieves Who Steal Sunken Warships
The team’s search for other battle casualties in the area was no less haunting. USS Perch, a 300-foot-long American submarine, was gone. So were two British ships—the 329-foot HMS Encounter and the 574-foot Exeter. Another, the 329-foot HMS Electra, had… Read More ›
Called Apple Support, wish I hadn’t
Over the past 2 weeks I have been struggling to get in to the App Store or iTunes on my iPhone without having to go to Settings and sign out of my Apple ID. When I sign back in it… Read More ›
Will bikes triumph over cars?
Bikeshare bikes of the future, according to Dediu, will be outfitted with cameras and sensors, collecting valuable data for cities. When a cyclist rides over a pothole, it can be automatically reported to a city. Cameras on the bicycle will… Read More ›
Apple hasn’t locked me in. I have locked myself in.
When I looked at the Galaxy S8 recently I was somewhat impressed by what I saw. Ignoring the fact that it is Android and that I am heavily invested in the iPhone, there is no way on earth that I… Read More ›
Music is about the visuals as well in 2017
I have been using the 3 month free trial to Apple Music that came with my BeatsX headphones over the past week despite using Amazon Music for the past 6 months. Surprisingly, I am finding the Apple Music much more… Read More ›
Forgotten Media Formats
We remember the format wars in the vein of “Two men enter; one man leaves.” Think VHS vs. Betamax, or HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray. But in the cracks in between, some media formats came and went with hardly any notice, or… Read More ›
Amazon, Google, Apple and Facebook are running our lives (here we go again…)
It’s possible that this entire day is delineated by a handful of technology companies. Google Home wakes you up in the morning and later, Google recommends a lunch spot – it even gives you live information on how busy it… Read More ›
I credit Google with the biggest game changer…
Could you be more specific about what Amazon and Google and Samsung and others have done though, since say 2010? Amazon changed the face of retail in the same way Sears Roebuck did a century ago, but they’re still stuck… Read More ›