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• 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 ›

• The Commodore PET smartphone

  By Shaun on July 26, 2021

  It will only mark the attempt of a small company to buy an off-the-shelf smartphone from China and ship it with a white casing and a slightly weird looking take on the Commodore logo. To justify selling under the Commodore… Read More ›

• Smartwatch Wars Part Two: Garmin Instinct Solar vs Casio G-Shock (any of them)

  By Shaun on July 26, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  One of these is not a smartwatch by the true definition of the word, but for many it offers all of the smarts they need. The following Casio G-Shock GW-M5610-1ER, for example, is definitely smart- 1/ Satellite time keeping makes… Read More ›

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