We picked up three new iPhones in my household last year, the 12 Pro for my wife and myself, and the 12 mini for my teen daughter. We upgraded from iPhone X models (my daughter from an iPhone 7), taking advantage of the special AT&T trade-in program that was offered, which made the upgrades a no-brainer for us. I…

I think that’s a big factor for me too. I’m all-Apple for mobile devices (have been ever since 2007), but I am all-Windows for work and any PC/laptop use at home. I’ve gotten really fast at using Windows. It’s like second nature to me. I know all the major keyboard shortcuts, I snap multiple windows on screen at once,…

Apple’s move to take CPU design in-house many years ago and put massive resources behind it was probably one of the smartest moves they ever made. Their chip designs are simply mind-blowing, especially the M1. It’s because of that that the iPhone is so fast and takes such amazing photos, the watch is industry leading,…

People love to bag on Apple for being restrictive, but I think in this case it loses sight of the real issue: security. iMessage is fully encrypted using on-device keys. The encryption is so good that the FBI had to pay some firm nearly a million dollars to crack the San Bernadino Bomber’s messages (this detail just…

Bud’s ads of late reek of desperation. I remember the one a few years back that made fun of craft beers and people who drink them. Look, Bud, you’re not going to lure anyone back from better beer, once they’ve crossed over. The best you can do is keep some of the Bud drinkers from looking elsewhere, I guess. But…

Doesn’t surprise me. GoT is not the show that entertains us anymore. It’s over and we’ve moved on. I remember when Battlestar Gallactica was huge. But everything ends at some point.

Because $90/mo is not paying enough?

They threw it in at no cost? If I find myself hitting the gap, I may call and complain to see if they will do the same for me. Great tip.

Two adults and one child. One adult working from home full time. One child distance learning. Four security cameras. Cloud thermostats and irrigation controller. Three iCloud Photos/Backup accounts. Stream 90% of what we watch. Digital games on consoles. I think that’s most of it. We are in a pretty similar situation…

I agree they are playing games with wording, but this policy is WAY better than Comcast/Xfinity. I’m paying $90/mo for 1Gbps and still have to navigate a 1.2TB cap, which we keep creeping closer and closer to each month. I hit 97% of the limit last month, yet we do not seem like particularly heavy users. Everyone is…

This seems obvious to me. Unless you are consistently ordering the “fitness special”, the meal you get was designed by a chef to be delicious, so that you’ll come back again and recommend it to your friends. That means lots of butter, fats, and carbs. If it’s fast food, that means highly processed ingredients, MSG,…

I agree, I don’t see Apple doing this. It’s just a patent, and maayyybe one day it will be an alternate wrist device product but never a replacement for the Apple Watch.

My 1980's self is jealous of your Commodore 64. That was the machine that came closest to the “real arcade experience” but I could never afford one. 

That’s our world now. There’s money and power to be gained from perpetuating lies, and little consequence for most who do this. His lies helped fuel an insurrection which by some measures almost worked. 

Humans are inherently greedy and selfish. Remove all the rules and barriers, and greed will take over every time. The heads of these private banks and energy companies have one job: to maximize their profits/growth to the full extent that regulations allow. I’m all for freedom and capitalism but we learned long ago…

The gap between graphics and box art gets REALLY wide if you go back to the Atari days. 

Marathon brings back fond memories. Those were the days when multiplayer LAN games were super hard to come by. Just adding networking to your Mac cost a king’s ransom. My very first LAN gaming session was on a Mac network at my office after hours, playing Marathon with a coworker. I still remember firing rockets at…

Wow, interesting. Didn’t know that.

I wonder if this will include EXIF data like location, and proper translation of the date the photos were shot. This has been a huge problem with iCloud exports in the past and it can really mess up your photo organization. 

It’s true. Productive discussion in most cases is simply not possible. Even families that are close and built a lifetime of trust of one another break up over this. They will have to find their own bottoms.