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• Is it time for Apple to ditch the lightning cable?

  By Shaun on July 29, 2021

  The PolyCharge is an interesting product and one that appears to offer many advantages. It is on Indiegogo so you will have to gauge the risks, but this kind of product is starting to make more sense every day. Marques… Read More ›

• 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 ›

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