A Pound Lighter: First Week With the iPad Air
A few days in with the new iPad Air, why the weight drop matters more than any spec sheet, and two real complaints (no Touch ID, stingy base storage) amid all the Twitter IPO noise.
The More Interesting Story Isn't the Twitter IPO
Everyone's watching the Twitter IPO price tonight, but the more interesting tech story this week happened on a launch pad in India.
I Set My Alarm for 4AM to Watch India Launch a Mars Probe
I got up at 4am to watch India launch its first Mars probe on a shaky livestream, and I can't stop thinking about how little anyone around me noticed.
Buying a Nexus 5 Was Its Own Little Ordeal
The Nexus 5 launched last Thursday at $349 unlocked, but actually buying one from the Play Store turned into its own small ordeal. Early thoughts on the phone and on Android 4.4 KitKat.
349 Dollars Broke My Brain a Little
The Nexus 5 landed in the Play Store this week at $349 unlocked, and I spent the afternoon fighting a broken checkout page and rethinking what a flagship phone is supposed to cost.
Ordering a Nexus 5 Between Doorbell Rings
Ordering a Nexus 5 on launch day while handing out Halloween candy, plus a grumble about Adobe's breach turning out to be way bigger than first admitted.
Google Leaked Its Own Phone Again
The Nexus 5 leaked straight through Google's own Play Store days before the official reveal, and it's got me thinking about how badly Google always seems to fumble its own launches.
OS X Mavericks Is Free and My Mail Is Broken
Mavericks is free, which is weird for Apple, but mine broke Gmail in Mail.app. Also: Nokia announced a phone the size of a small tablet this week.
Mavericks Is Free and My App Store Just Sat There Spinning
Mavericks is free, which is great, except the Mac App Store spent all night Tuesday choking on the download. A night of vending-machine-style nudging to actually get it installed.
Mavericks Is Free and My Mail App Is Confused
Mavericks shipped free, which is the real story, but the overnight App Store crush and a Gmail unread-count bug in the new Mail app are what actually ate my morning.
Google Hit $1,000 a Share and I Have Complaints
Google stock closed above $1,000 a share this week and everyone's treating it like a milestone. It isn't — here's why the number itself is basically meaningless.
GTA Online, Still Eating My Character Three Weeks Later
Three weeks after launch, GTA Online is still dropping my sessions and eating characters, plus my new Kindle Fire HDX showed up and my router is dying.