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• Hosting and comments

  By Shaun on July 29, 2021

  

  If you wish to comment on any post on McGST you can do so on Twitter via @stmcgill. All of the posts are automatically linked there as soon as they are published. This makes it much easier to manage and… Read More ›

• From typewriter to MacBook: progress…

  By Shaun on July 28, 2021

  

  My daughter bought an old typewriter yesterday to clean up and fix. She loves the idea even though she realises that her Chromebook is a ‘much’ better tool for her writing, but as I lugged it into the boot of… Read More ›

• Future PLC’s e-commerce business boom

  By Shaun on July 28, 2021

  

  The U.K. media company — which owns brands like Tom’s Guide, Cinema Blend, Golf Monthly and Marie Claire — drove nearly a billion dollars of e-commerce revenue for its affiliate partners in 2020, driven by evergreen content and shopping holidays… Read More ›

• Online ID / age verification

  By Shaun on July 28, 2021

  

  The thesis behind the proposal— which I critique here — is that the offline world is safe for children because of the measures put in place to protect them, but the online world is not. Spoiler: the offline world is… Read More ›

• Apple reports $21.7B Profit on $81.4B Revenue: is that good for consumers?

  By Shaun on July 28, 2021

  

  For the quarter, Apple posted revenue of $81.4 billion and net quarterly profit of $21.7 billion, or $1.30 per diluted share, compared to revenue of $59.7 billion and net quarterly profit of $11.25 billion, or $0.65 per diluted share, in… Read More ›

• Hope For Paws

  By Shaun on July 28, 2021

  

  Hope for Paws is a 501 C-3 non-profit animal rescue organization (E.I.N: 26-2869386). We rescue dogs, cats and other types of animals suffering on the streets or neglected in the wild. Through rescue and education, Hope For Paws works to… Read More ›

• Has Carl Pei come up with an AirPods Pro rival?

  By Shaun on July 27, 2021

  

  Ultra light at 4.7g / Powerful 11.6mm speaker driver / Sound by Teenage Engineering / Active Noise Cancellation / Up to 34 hours of listening. When you want peace and quiet, switch on active noise cancellation to capture and cancel… Read More ›

• What future products make perfect sense to build? A folding Kindle and iPad? A 4G Garmin?

  By Shaun on July 27, 2021

  

  I would like to see a folding Kindle from Amazon. This is so obviously possible with the current width of a Paperwhite, which is even not the thinnest available, that we could have a folding Kindle able to display two… Read More ›

• They Might Be Giants (the app)

  By Shaun on July 27, 2021

  

  A different song every day! They Might Be Giants’ official and totally free song app includes new Dial-A-Song tracks and songs from the band’s vast catalog. The app holds five tracks at all times… More here. I love the personality… Read More ›

• 🎶It’s not fun to play with the DMCA🎶

  By Shaun on July 26, 2021

  

  My podcast Better off Read has been down for the last 24 hours. This is because a DMCA takedown service reported I had breached copyright for making an episode of my podcast about 2666 by Roberto Bolaño because they have… Read More ›

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