Fire TV and the Streaming Box Pileup on My Shelf
Amazon shipped its $99 Fire TV box today, and I've got thoughts about owning yet another streaming device, plus a confession about losing my afternoon to Google's April Fools Pokemon map thing.
Google Maps, Pokémon, and Why I'm Over Corporate April Fools
Losing my morning to Google's Pokémon-themed April Fools map gag, a complaint about corporate joke fatigue, and two real stories that actually mattered this week: Office for iPad and King's rough IPO.
Office for iPad: Great Apps, Rude Awakening
Four days in with Microsoft's new Office for iPad apps: the design is genuinely good, but the free-to-view, pay-to-edit setup caught me off guard mid-document.
Wall Street Wasn't Addicted to Candy Crush
King Digital's Candy Crush Saga maker had a rough Wall Street debut this week, and I've got some embarrassing in-app-purchase confessions of my own.
Notch Pulled Minecraft From the Rift, and I Kind of Get It
Facebook bought Oculus for $2 billion this week, and Notch pulling the Minecraft Rift port over it stuck with me more than the price tag did.
Titanfall, Two Weeks In
Two weeks into Titanfall on Xbox One: why the 6v6 cap is right, why the cloud servers aren't quite as flawless as the marketing claimed, and why I'm not losing sleep over the lack of a PS4 version.
Twitter's Eighth Birthday and the Star Button
Twitter just turned eight, which got me thinking about favoriting, a stock I don't own, and why I finally caved and bought Titanfall.
Digging Up My First Tweet on Twitter's 8th Birthday
Twitter turned eight yesterday, so I spent twenty minutes digging up my own first tweet from 2008 and thinking about how much the site has changed since.
So Mt. Gox "Found" 200,000 Bitcoins
Mt. Gox says it dug up 200,000 "lost" bitcoins in an old wallet. Forgive me for not celebrating an exchange that apparently doesn't know what's in its own accounts.
iOS 7.1, My 4S, and the Titanfall I Can't Play
Ten days late updating to iOS 7.1, a CarPlay feature I'll never use in my '03 Civic, and Titanfall envy from the sidelines.
One Week Into Titanfall
A week into Titanfall: no real campaign, six-on-six matches that somehow don't feel small, and cloud servers that actually held up.
Neil Young's Pono and the Golden Ears Problem
Neil Young's Pono Kickstarter blew past its goal in hours this week. I'm skeptical the problem with most people's music is file resolution.