Month: January 2019
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Snack Pick of the Week: 1/8/19
Nomnomnomnom.
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Apple is putting iTunes on Samsung TVs
John Porter: Apple tells The Verge that Samsung’s smart TV ad-tracking features cannot track viewing usage within the iTunes Movies and TV Shows app, in another example of Apple’s focus on privacy. Here’s the thing: this means you’ll need to connect your Samsung TV to WiFi in order for this to work. And there’s long […]
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iPad Productivity Report — 1/7/19
Some solid iPad apps to recommend, and a teaser of some changes I have been making to my setup.
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So You Bought a GR1, Now What?
Some of the things I tell new GR1 owners to do upon getting their bag.
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Should I Use My Personal Laptop for Work?
No. Just no. I’d also extend this to mobile devices too.
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Los Angeles Accuses Weather Channel App of Covertly Mining User Data
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries and Natasha Singer: In the complaint, the city attorney excoriated the Weather Company, saying it unfairly took advantage of its app’s popularity and the fact that consumers were likely to give their location data to get local weather alerts. The city said that the company failed to sufficiently disclose its data practices when […]
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The 12” PowerBook
Easily the greatest laptop ever made.
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Happy New Year! May Your City Never Become San Francisco, New York or Seattle
Emily Badger: Surely there is nothing left to fear in New York, a place that already has tall buildings and high rents. But the pending arrival of Amazon in Long Island City, as Vice recently put it, has some residents on edge about “becoming Seattle on steroids.” The specter captures the particular mix of high […]
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Must Have Apps of 2018 from The Nerdy Student
Good list.