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• Interrogating Zuckerberg

  By Shaun on April 26, 2018 • ( 1 )

  Soooooo funny!

• Final Versa final thoughts and the future of smart watches and I need three wrists, and…

  By Shaun on April 24, 2018 • ( 0 )

  I didn’t expect the arrival of the Fitbit Versa to cause so many conflicting thoughts in my mind, but I am a fickle character so am left pondering much more than just a simple fitness tracker. The Versa is a… Read More ›

• iPhone X is brilliant, Siri is not

  By Shaun on April 21, 2018 • ( 2 )

  When it came to overall customer satisfaction, iPhone X owners in our study gave the product an overall 97% customer satisfaction. While that number is impressive, what really stands out when you do customer satisfaction studies is the percentage who… Read More ›

• 100M Prime users / 250M Apple subscribers

  By Shaun on April 19, 2018 • ( 1 )

  Apple now has a customer base of more than 250 million paid subscriptions across its Services offerings of Apple Music, iCloud and App Store continuing payments. Viewed against Amazon’s recent announcement of 100 million Prime members, that figure is substantial…. Read More ›

• Fitbit Versa: two days in (vs Apple Watch)

  By Shaun on April 18, 2018 • ( 1 )

  I have been using the Versa for two days now and feel that this is enough time to start to understand the good points, the bad and the meh… Overall I am very impressed with the Versa as a fitness… Read More ›

• Fitbit Versa: a second opinion

  By Shaun on April 17, 2018 • ( 0 )

  Really am enjoying my Versa. It replaces my Charge 2 as well. I like the size, the weight and I got the charcoal band, which I also prefer over the silicone one on my Charge 2. I don’t understand the… Read More ›

• Buying the Fitbit Versa, twice

  By Shaun on April 16, 2018 • ( 3 )

  My wife and I are Fitbit converts. She used to wear an Apple Watch, but felt that the fitness aspect was too wooly to really benefit from and I am a (real) watch guy so have been happy to wear… Read More ›

• The HomePod is stumbling

  By Shaun on April 12, 2018 • ( 11 )

  

  When Apple Inc.’s HomePod smart speaker went on sale in January, it entered a market pioneered and dominated by Amazon’s Echo lineup of Alexa-powered devices. Apple has been touting the HomePod’s superior sound quality but so far hasn’t enticed many… Read More ›

• Earth’s Wonders

  By Shaun on April 11, 2018 • ( 1 )

  Once a matter of debate, we know today the Earth is not flat. But the satellite imagery we’re most familiar with — taken straight down––flattens and obscures the visual cues we get from perspective, making the imagery appear like maps, not photos…. Read More ›

• More than half your body is not human

  By Shaun on April 11, 2018 • ( 2 )

  Human cells make up only 43% of the body’s total cell count. The rest are microscopic colonists. Understanding this hidden half of ourselves – our microbiome – is rapidly transforming understanding of diseases from allergy to Parkinson’s. The field is… Read More ›

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