Newsstand Is Dead. My RSS Folder Isn't (Yet).
Apple announced Apple News as the replacement for Newsstand at WWDC, and it's got me thinking about how quietly RSS has been getting sidelined for years.
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My iPad Doesn't Get Split View and I'm a Little Salty About It
Live-blogging my reaction to today's WWDC keynote: Swift going open source has me way more excited than Apple Music, and I'm salty my iPad Air doesn't get Split View.
The Night Before WWDC
It's the Sunday night before Apple's WWDC keynote, and instead of another feature wishlist, I just want iOS 9 to stop crashing on my 5s.
The Fallout 4 Teaser Site Did More Work Than the Trailer
Bethesda confirmed Fallout 4 today with a trailer, but the real story was the weeks-long countdown site that got the internet decoding a Geiger counter noise instead of reading a press release.
That Little White Windows Icon Showed Up in My Tray
Microsoft finally named a Windows 10 release date and started nagging everyone's taskbar to reserve a free upgrade. Some thoughts on the little icon, the free-upgrade catch I haven't found yet, and an unrelated USB eject rant.
That Little White Windows Icon That Showed Up In My Tray
A weird new icon showed up in my system tray this week promising a free Windows 10 upgrade, and the way Microsoft rolled it out is a little baffling.
Google Photos Just Solved (and Slightly Creeped Me Out About) My Storage Problem
Google I/O gave us Android M and a dozen other things, but the announcement that actually got me moving was free unlimited photo storage, and the catch nobody's talking about.
The Asterisk on "Unlimited" Photo Storage
Google Photos launched with "unlimited" free storage at I/O this week, but the fine print on compression is a lot bigger than the keynote made it sound.
Salesforce, Buyout Rumors, and a CRM I'd Rather Forget
Salesforce takeover rumors sent the stock jumping over 10% on Friday, and it dragged up some genuinely bad memories of the CRM job I had back in 2012.
Logjam Ruined My Saturday
A new named-and-logo'd TLS vulnerability called Logjam sent me digging into my own Apache config this weekend, and it's got me thinking about how we cover these things.
The Witcher 3 Ate My Weekend, and My Graphics Card Filed a Complaint
The Witcher 3 came out last Tuesday and its mostly gorgeous, but Nvidias HairWorks hair tech is beating up my AMD card and I have opinions about why.
Spotify Running and My Doubts About BPM-Matched Playlists
Spotify's New York event brought video partnerships and a cadence-matching running feature, but the one that actually solves a problem I've had for three years is the boring one.