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• Your apps (Neil)

  By Shaun on March 15, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Much of what I do uses Apple’s own apps, and I can’t think of many, if any, cases where I have replaced a default app with something else. I’ve limited this to iOS, in line with Shaun’s post. Mail: it… Read More ›

• The TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45

  By Shaun on March 15, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45 is not just a new smartwatch, but also a totally new concept from TAG Heuer. The watch will be able to host both digital and mechanical modules that attach to the watch’s lugs. Users… Read More ›

• A Large-Scale Analysis of Technical Support Scams

  By Shaun on March 15, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  In this paper, we perform a three-pronged analysis of the increasingly serious problem of technical support scams. First, we build a reliable, distributed crawling infrastructure that can identify technical support scam pages and use it to collect technical support scam… Read More ›

• Stop Auto-Play Videos from Annoying You On A Mac

  By Shaun on March 15, 2017 • ( 5 )

  

  Auto-play videos suck. They use bandwidth, and their annoying sounds get in the way when you’re listening to music and open a web page. I happen to write for a website that uses them, and it annoys me to no… Read More ›

• This Book Left Me in Tears

  By Shaun on March 15, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  When Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2013, he was a 36-year-old on the verge of making big contributions to the world with his mind and hands. He was a gifted doctor—a chief resident in neurosurgery at Stanford… Read More ›

• Micro-Scale Modeling

  By Shaun on March 15, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Joshua Smith, a miniaturist and former stencil artist based in South Australia, constructs tiny, intricate worlds for a living. His work, which exhibits astonishing observational and representational skills, focuses on the “overlooked aspects of the urban environment – such as… Read More ›

• Using a Frame Within a Frame

  By Shaun on March 14, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  First of all, a frame within a frame occurs when you use a visual element in the image to frame the primary subject. The purpose of using a frame within a frame is to help move the viewer’s eye toward… Read More ›

• Siempo phone: brilliant or silly?

  By Shaun on March 14, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  We felt overwhelmed by our phones so we built a better one. Smart technology re-imagined for a less distracted life… More at kickstarter. Silly.

• Stuck in the middle, in a place I don’t want to be

  By Shaun on March 14, 2017 • ( 9 )

  This is far from one of life’s big problems, at least not in comparison to other things I am dealing with. It is, however, something that is bothering me and possibly something that others will have to deal with in… Read More ›

• Eye: the iPhone case that gives you Android

  By Shaun on March 14, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Add to your phone a: 5 inch display, battery power, up to 256GB storage, SIM slots, an IR blaster & wireless charging! More at kickstarter. That is a clever idea, it really is, even though it is effectively an Android… Read More ›

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