TechpadinTech News The New Google Drive Icon Almost Made Me Send The Wrong Link Google quietly redesigned its whole icon family this week, not just the logo, and the new Drive triangle nearly made me email a spreadsheet link to the Play Store. September 5, 2015·3 min read
TechpadinTech News A Round Watch Face Doesn't Fix What's Wrong With Smartwatches Samsung showed off the circular Gear S2 and Sony unveiled the 4K-screened Xperia Z5 Premium at IFA Berlin this week, and I've got opinions about rotating bezels and spec races nobody needed. September 4, 2015·3 min read
TechpadinTech News A Round Smartwatch and a Bezel That Actually Makes Sense Samsung showed off the round-faced Gear S2 at IFA Berlin today, and the rotating bezel is the first smartwatch input idea in years that didnt make me roll my eyes. September 3, 2015·3 min read
TechpadinTech News That New Google Logo Is Already Making Me Feel Old Google swapped its serif wordmark for a chunky sans-serif one this week, and Ive spent way more time than I should staring at the new G dot animation. September 2, 2015·4 min read
TechpadinTech News 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. August 31, 2015·4 min read
TechpadinTech News 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. August 30, 2015·3 min read
TechpadinTech News 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. August 28, 2015·3 min read
TechpadinTech News 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. August 25, 2015·3 min read
TechpadinTech News 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. August 23, 2015·3 min read
TechpadinTech News 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. August 22, 2015·4 min read
TechpadinTech News 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. August 19, 2015·4 min read
TechpadinTech News 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. August 18, 2015·3 min read
