My Drawer Full of Dead iPod Cables
Apple's new Lightning connector kills off nine years of 30-pin accessories overnight, and my drawer full of old docks and cables is not thrilled about it.
Refresh, Refresh, Refresh: The iPhone 5 and My New $29 Dongle
Two hours of refreshing liveblogs for the iPhone 5 announcement, plus the real complaint of the day: a $29 adapter for killing the old dock connector.
Zuck Finally Said Out Loud What the Facebook App Already Told Us
Zuckerberg called betting on HTML5 over native "the biggest mistake" Facebook made, on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt today, and anyone using the rewritten iOS app already felt it.
Nokia's Amazing Camera Demo Was Kind Of A Lie
Nokia's slick Lumia 920 image-stabilization ad turned out to be faked with a real camera rig, not phone footage, and the fallout says more about trust than the hardware itself.
The Reflection That Gave Away Nokia's Fake Demo
Nokia's slick Lumia 920 camera demo turned out to be shot with a completely different camera rig, and the reflection that gave it away is funnier than the phone itself.
The Shadow Trick on Apple's New Invite
Apple sent out invites this week for a September 12th event, and the internet immediately lost its mind over a picture of some shadows. Some notes on that, and on the 9:41 clock tradition nobody outside Apple blogs cares about.
My Lumia 900 Just Got Orphaned
Nokia showed off the Lumia 920 and 820 today, and all I could think about was that my five-month-old Lumia 900 just got left behind for good.
The Note II is Real and I Told You So
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note II in Berlin this week, and as an original Note owner who got mocked for it in February, I've got some things to say about giant phones.
Samsung's Galaxy Note II and the Giant Phone Problem
Samsung showed off the Galaxy Note II at IFA this week, and I'm still not convinced a 5.5-inch phone belongs anywhere near a jacket pocket.
Twitter Is Slowly Strangling the Apps I Actually Like
Twitter's new API rules from a couple weeks back are still bugging me, mostly because of what they mean for Tweetbot and every other client that isn't the official app.
A Strange Week for Space
A personal reflection on Neil Armstrong's death this week, set against Curiosity's first test drive on Mars and a nephew who didn't know who "the moon guy" was.
The Invite Just Landed
Apple's September 12th event invite just landed, plus a few thoughts on Neil Armstrong's death this week and how the Samsung verdict changes the timing.