The Supreme Court's unanimous Riley v. California ruling says police need a warrant to search your phone after an arrest, and it made me actually look at my own lock screen settings for once.
Our office wifi collapsed under forty people streaming the USA-Portugal match at once, and I still ended up watching Silva's equalizer as a frozen spinner.
A rough Sunday night streaming USA-Portugal through the buffering-prone WatchESPN app turned into a small case study on why streaming infrastructure still isn't ready for a real mass audience.
Nest just bought Dropcam for $555 million, and between the thermostat, the smoke detector, and now a camera, Google's smart home footprint is starting to feel bigger than "smart home."
Amazon's Fire Phone brought face-tracking cameras and a genuinely useful help button this week, while a one-word app called Yo quietly picked up $1.2 million.
Watched Amazon's Fire Phone event over lunch — some thoughts on Dynamic Perspective, the AT&T exclusivity, and why Firefly is the only feature I actually buy.
A Monday spent half-watching the USA beat Ghana 2-1 through a buffering WatchESPN stream, getting spoiled on Twitter, and a small weekend detour into Apple's new Swift language.
Goal-line tech made its World Cup debut in France vs Honduras, and I've got thoughts about how invisible the decision-making was to anyone watching at home.
A Saturday spent messing with the new Swift beta and Xcode Playgrounds, with the World Cup (and that van Persie header) on in the background.
Nintendo skipped the live E3 stage this year for a weird pre-recorded claymation video, and between that, the new Zelda footage, and Splatoon, I think it was the smartest move of the show.
Watching Nintendo's pre-taped E3 Digital Event from home: painfully awkward puppets, a Zelda Wii U trailer that actually won me over, and some early skepticism about Amiibo figures.
A weekend spent poking at Xcode 6's Swift playgrounds after WWDC, including the parts that clicked and the optional-chaining stuff that made me want to throw my laptop.
