It Appears That The iPhone 5c Experiment Won't Soon Be Repeated
Notice anything unusual about this week's Apple keynote? You know, aside from the first Apple phablet and confirmation of a wrist-worn wearable? This year's mix…
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The iPhone 6 Feature That's Great, But Hardly Good Enough: Wi-Fi Calling
It was mentioned in the company's keynote as something of an afterthought, but for travelers, it was the one line that piqued the most interest:…
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The Online Review Is Becoming An All-Or-Nothing Proposition
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, my grandmother ran a restaurant. It was in the middle of nowhere North Carolina, a solid 20 miles from any…
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On Social Media, You're More Than Just A Critic
Judgmentalism has been a staple of societal life for longer than I'm even capable of understanding, and as such, folks have been handing out criticisms…
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The Photographed World: How Our Generation Is Redefining The Art Of Documentation
It was November of 2006, and while many were stuck in a food coma and/or preparing to zone out for the holidays, Flickr was launching…
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Twitter Goes Facebook By Injecting Foreign Content Into Your Stream
It was really just a matter of time — Twitter is now Facebook. In its early days, where new Facebook users friended just a handful…
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Let's Never Speak Again: The Incredible Benefits Of Searchable Text
I could, in theory, phone everyone up that's reading this story and convey this message to them via voice. I'm in no position to argue…
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The Insane Process Of Connecting The World Through Undersea Internet Cables
We've oohed and ahhed over interactive maps that detail the world's mysterious network of undersea Internet cables, but a new report over at Builtvisible is…
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Apple's Enterprise Deal With IBM: The Dawn Of A New Era At Apple?
At the conclusion of this year's WWDC, I remarked that the Apple of 2014 was starkly different from the Apple which had showed itself at…
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Google's Android One: Bringing High-Quality Performance To Those Who Can't Afford It
Android One won't make too many headlines, and you won't read too many reviews of handsets that emerge due to its existence. But in my…
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Kenu Airframe Review: The Best In-Car Smartphone Mount For Travelers
I'm hoping that things change in the (near) future, but for now, my smartphone outsmarts any in-car navigation system that I've seen. To date, I…
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A Great Idea, Ruined: Perpetual Negativity Is Driving Me Away From Social
I'm spending far less time on social media these days than I once did. A combination of factors have led to this. First off, there's…
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Warning: Don't Waste Your Money On Knockoff iPhone Lightning Cables
When Apple ushered in the Lightning cable with the iPhone 5, millions of folks groaned collectively. A new connector means new accessories and outdated doodads,…
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LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt SSD Review: Finicky Mechanical HDDs Are Dead To Me
First, a story. I loathe mechanical hard drives. They're painfully slow, annoyingly finicky, and prone to failure — the consumer ones, anyway. Toss one in…
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As Smartphones Control Cars, Your Ecosystem Decision Carries Even More Weight
Think buying all news apps is a pain? Try buying a new car. For years, the switching costs involved in changing from one handset to…
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In The Age Of Content Creation, Why Don't Upload Speeds Match Download?
For a brief period of time, the Internet at large served the consuming masses. For those who can recall the day the mainstream public discovered…
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Precarious Permanence: Cementing Your Legacy 140 Characters At A Time
It pains me greatly to acknowledge it, but blurting out whatever comes to mind on Twitter, Facebook or any number of social channels is a…
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Form Meets Function: What Google's Nest Acquisition Says About Our Technological Future
Nest. Outside of the hardcore tech following, and maybe one level beyond that, no one on Earth had heard of this company prior to January…
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Ooma's Wearable Safety Phone Alerts Family And Authorities When You've Fallen And Can't Get Up
Let's face it: you're older than you were yesterday. And on a serious note, so are the people who you may very well be taking…
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Ona Bags Lima And Presidio Camera Strap Review: Classy, Sexy, Useful
For those who've been following my reviews over the years, you'll likely be well aware of how fond I am of Ona Bags. It's a…
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2013: The Year Twitter Became Too Big To Actually Follow
Do me a solid, will you? Imagine the sweet, succulent release in finally letting go of something that's been dragging you down, and then take…
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Pebble Joins The Smartwatch Ecosystem War With Its Own App Store
You knew it was bound to happen, and happen it has. While it apparently still has a ways to go to catch up to Samsung's…
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More Is Less: How A Pebble Smartwatch Brought Sanity To A Hyperconnected iPhone User
It's the Kickstarter project that has largely defined what's possible on the service, and if you're reading this, you're well aware of how many millions…
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Email, Twitter And The Always-On Lifestyle: Today's Double-Edged Sword
Today, I made a choice. I made a choice to carve out a chunk of time to write this article, but I did so at…
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Apple 13-Inch Retina MacBook Pro Review (Late 2013)
It happened: the MacBook Air has officially been trumped as my recommended road warrior machine. And, perhaps unsurprisingly, it's another Apple product that's doing the…
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