TechpadinTech News Google Didn't Buy HTC, It Bought HTC's Brain Google didn't buy HTC, it bought about 2,000 of HTC's engineers for $1.1 billion, and that says more about the smartphone business in 2017 than the iPhone 8 launch does. September 30, 2017·3 min read
TechpadinTech News The Watch That Can't Quite Call Home A few days in with the cellular Apple Watch Series 3 and the LTE bug that keeps it from finding a signal, plus a bleak little aside about Equifax's CEO stepping down the same week. September 29, 2017·4 min read
TechpadinTech News That Cellular Apple Watch Everyone's Suddenly Not So Sure About The Apple Watch Series 3's cellular connection has been glitching out for reviewers all week, and I'm glad I didn't pre-order one. September 27, 2017·4 min read
TechpadinTech News iOS 11 Showed Up and Quietly Murdered My Flashlight App iOS 11 landed this week and quietly wiped out thousands of old 32-bit apps. Mine included, and I'm still a little annoyed about it. September 21, 2017·3 min read
TechpadinTech News Watching Cassini Die This Morning Cassini burned up in Saturn's atmosphere this morning after twenty years, and I watched the whole thing alone in my kitchen while everyone else argued about the iPhone X. September 15, 2017·3 min read
TechpadinTech News The Software Switch That Gave Tesla Owners More Battery Overnight Everyone's talking about the iPhone X notch this week, but the story that actually stuck with me is Tesla flipping a software switch to unlock extra battery range for Florida owners fleeing Hurricane Irma. September 13, 2017·4 min read
TechpadinTech News Waiting on the Essential Phone The Essential Phone from Android co-founder Andy Rubin finally started shipping this week, minus mine. Notes on the ceramic back, the missing headphone jack, and the accessory that isn't ready yet. September 4, 2017·4 min read
TechpadinTech News The Guy Who Runs Half the Internet Had a Bad Morning Cloudflare's CEO admitted he pulled a neo-Nazi site's protection because he woke up in a bad mood, and that admission is the part worth sitting with. August 19, 2017·4 min read
TechpadinTech News The Leak That Spoiled Its Own Keynote Apple accidentally shipped its own iPhone X secrets inside a HomePod firmware build, and a few developers with disassemblers found everything before the keynote even had a date. August 17, 2017·3 min read
TechpadinTech News HBO Got Hacked and Now I'm Muting Half of Twitter HBO's data breach and multi-million dollar ransom demand have me less worried about corporate security and more worried about surviving Twitter until the next Game of Thrones episode. August 10, 2017·4 min read
TechpadinTech News Woke Up and Bitcoin Had Split in Two Bitcoin split into two coins this week and I spent way too much time watching exchange rates instead of just enjoying my evening. August 2, 2017·4 min read
TechpadinTech News SoundCloud Is Cutting 40% of Its Staff and I Don't Know Where My Old Mixes Go SoundCloud just announced it's cutting about 40% of its staff and closing two offices. Some notes on what that actually feels like from someone who's had an account since 2012. July 30, 2017·3 min read
