75 Million Machines In, and That Nag Icon Still Won't Leave Me Alone
Microsoft says Windows 10 is on 75 million machines now. My own upgrade went fine, mostly, but the little "Get Windows 10" icon is still haunting my taskbar and I have opinions.
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The Email That Moved Billions
A quick reflection on the wild Black Monday market swing and the strange moment when Tim Cook personally emailed Jim Cramer to talk Apple's stock back up.
75 Million Windows 10 Installs and Mine Still Wont Shut Up
Microsoft says Windows 10 hit 75 million installs in under a month, and my desktop still wont stop nagging me to join them.
Chrome Is Finally Going to Shut Up Autoplaying Flash Ads
Chrome is about to start pausing autoplaying Flash ads by default, and after months of my laptop fan screaming at me on every news site, I have never been happier about a browser update.
Chrome Is Finally Going to Pause Flash Ads
Chrome is about to start auto-pausing Flash ads on September 1st, and after years of complaining about battery-murdering banner ads on this blog, I am fully here for it.
Amazon Drops Flash Ads, and Nobody's Really Sad
Amazon just told advertisers it's done accepting Flash ads starting September 1st. It's a small ad-tech footnote, but it's another crack in the slow, overdue death of Flash.
Windows 10, Three Weeks In, and That Candy Crush Tile Nobody Asked For
Three weeks into Windows 10 and the OS is solid, but I still can't figure out why Candy Crush Soda Saga was waiting for me on the Start menu.
The Bezos Memo Sounded Real Familiar
The NYT's Amazon workplace piece and Bezos's memo denying it reminded me way too much of a five-month stretch I did at a Chicago startup in 2009.
Google's New Parent Company Couldn't Even Get Its Own Domain
Google's big Alphabet restructuring is everywhere this week, but the detail nobody's talking about is that they couldn't even get alphabet.com and ended up on abc.xyz instead.
Somebody Just Won $6.6 Million Playing Dota 2 and I Cannot Stop Thinking About It
The International 2015 wrapped up Saturday night with an $18 million crowdfunded prize pool, and Im still trying to figure out what that number actually means.
My Windows 10 Upgrade Day, Printer Driver and All
A day-one diary of upgrading two real machines to Windows 10, including the printer driver that broke, the update settings buried in a submenu, and why the new Start menu almost makes up for it.
So Where's My Windows 10?
Windows 10 is supposedly out today, but my reserved copy is nowhere to be found yet, some notes on the staggered rollout and the GWX icon that's been nagging me since spring.