Ten Minutes With the BlackBerry Z10
I spent my lunch break playing with the new BlackBerry Z10 at the AT&T store the day after it launched. Verdict: great hardware, a genuinely smart inbox, and an app store that's going to sink the whole thing.
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Refreshing Mt. Gox While Cyprus's Banks Stay Closed
Watching the bitcoin price climb all week while Cyprus's banks stay shut, and thinking about what it means that people trust a currency with no government behind it more than the one that does.
Trying Out Google Reader's Replacements Before July
Google Reader's July shutdown sent me down a weekend-long rabbit hole trying Feedly, NewsBlur, and The Old Reader as replacements — none of them quite fit yet.
Samsung's Galaxy S4 Launch Was a Broadway Play I Didn't Ask For
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S4 this week with a Broadway-style stage show, and the gimmicks (eye tracking, air gestures) buried a genuinely solid phone underneath.
My RSS Reader Died Yesterday and I Spent All Morning Mourning It Badly
Google announced yesterday that Reader is done on July 1st, and Ive spent this morning trying to move 214 feeds somewhere else before the panic wears off.
The Water on Mars You Could Have Actually Drunk
NASA said today that a Martian rock sample drilled by Curiosity shows the ancient water there was mild enough to actually drink, and that one detail has stuck with me all day.
Change Your Password (Again)
Evernote forced a password reset on everyone after last weekend's breach, and it's got me thinking (again) about why more people don't just use a password manager.
The Evernote Reset Email That Ruined My Sunday
Evernote reset something like 50 million passwords over the weekend after a breach attempt, and it made me finally confront my own bad password habits.
An 8-Inch Phone Call
Samsung unveiled the 8-inch Galaxy Note 8.0 in Barcelona ahead of Mobile World Congress, and yes, you can apparently hold it up to your ear and make a call.
UltraPixels, Or How HTC Talked Me Into a Made-Up Word
HTC's new One phone drops megapixels for bigger "UltraPixels" to fix low-light photos. The engineering makes sense. The marketing word is ridiculous.
HTC Already Won This Week, and Barcelona Just Got Started
Mobile World Congress opened in Barcelona today, but the phone everyone's actually talking about launched six days earlier in New York and London.
The HTC One's UltraPixel Gamble
Two days after HTC unveiled the One, some thoughts on the UltraPixel camera gamble, the aluminum unibody, and why BlinkFeed feels like a Friday-afternoon decision.