Making Room for iOS 8 (And Deleting My Life to Do It)
iOS 8 landed yesterday and immediately made me delete forty vacation photos just to have room to install it. Also, that U2 album is still not gone.
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The U2 Album Nobody Asked For
Everyone's talking about the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch, but the thing that actually got under my skin this week was finding a U2 album I never asked for sitting in my iTunes library.
Preorder Morning: My AT&T Cart Died Four Times
Preorders for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus opened at 12:01am Pacific today and the ordering sites buckled, mine included. Also: I still can't get that free U2 album out of my iTunes library.
The Real Story This Week Wasn't the Apple Watch
While everyone was covering yesterday's Apple event, Amazon quietly cut the Fire Phone to 99 cents six weeks after launch, a much bigger admission than it got credit for.
The Flint Center Callback
Apple's September 9th invite went out this week for an event at Flint Center — the same auditorium where Steve Jobs unveiled the original Macintosh in 1984, and I don't think that's a coincidence.
The Moto 360's Flat Tire Problem
Motorola showed off the Moto 360, new Moto X, and the odd little Moto Hint earpiece this week, and I've got thoughts on that flat tire notch everyone's already complaining about.
Finally Turned On Two-Step Verification
Apple put out its statement on the celebrity photo breach today, and instead of rehashing that mess, I spent my lunch break finally turning on two-step verification for my own Apple ID.
Amazon Bought Twitch, Which Nobody Called
Amazon, not Google, ended up buying Twitch for around $970 million. Some thoughts on why that's stranger than it first sounds, and why I had my money on the wrong buyer.
So It's Amazon, Not Google, Buying Twitch
Amazon closed its $970 million deal for Twitch this week, and after months of assuming Google would be the one writing the check, my reaction is mostly relief.
Swing Copters Made Me Crack My Phone
The Flappy Bird guy's new game, Swing Copters, launched this week and it is a small cruel machine designed to ruin your lunch break.
Ninety-Nine Cents Buys You a Fire Phone Now
Amazon slashed the Fire Phone to 99 cents on contract last week, barely a month after launch, and the timing says more than the price does.
Bill Gates Built a Machine to Dump Ice on Himself
Bill Gates one-upped everyone's ice bucket challenge with an actual Rube Goldberg rig, and it says a lot about how tech people can't resist optimizing a viral trend.