J.D. Power tablet numbers don’t add up

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I saw tonight that J.D. Power gave the 2013 U.S. Tablet Satisfaction Award to Samsung. I thought, well it’s been a good run for Apple, but you can’t always win. Then I looked at the ratings and did a double-take. […]

Google is fucking creepy

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The Nexus 5 and Kit Kat software are designed to make it easier to use Google’s search engine and other services to learn about a person’s habits and needs so it can display helpful information. Google Inc.’s virtual assistant, Google Now, also engages in richer dialogue with Nexus 5 users.

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The trouble with Microsoft

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Rian van der Merwe:

Apple would look at that data and say, “let’s cut the bottom 200 commands.” Microsoft looked at it and said, “We’re going to need a bigger ribbon.”

Rian makes some good points in his article, but the highlighted portion above sums up my thoughts on Microsoft.

FAA’s personal electronics decision

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Passengers will eventually be able to read e-books, play games, and watch videos on their devices during all phases of flight, with very limited exceptions. Electronic items, books and magazines, must be held or put in the seat back pocket during the actual takeoff and landing roll. Cell phones should be in airplane mode or with cellular service disabled – i.e., no signal bars displayed—and cannot be used for voice communications based on FCC regulations that prohibit any airborne calls using cell phones. If your air carrier provides Wi-Fi service during flight, you may use those services. You can also continue to use short-range Bluetooth accessories, like wireless keyboards.

Rudderless Microsoft

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Nice article from John Moltz. I think Microsoft’s biggest problem is its lack of vision—they don’t have a next big thing in their arsenal.

iOS 7: It’s the details

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Admittedly small things in such a large OS, but these are the types of details that Apple thinks about.

Adobe data breach more extensive than previously disclosed

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Adobe Systems Inc said on Tuesday that the scope of a cyber-security breach disclosed nearly a month ago was far bigger than initially reported, with attackers obtaining data on more than 38 million customer accounts.

Oopsie.

Police ticket Google Glass-wearing driver

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The police officer cited a California law stating that “[a] person shall not drive a motor vehicle if a television receiver, a video monitor, or a television or video screen, or any other similar means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video signal that produces entertainment or business applications, is operating and is located in the motor vehicle at a point forward of the back of the driver’s seat, or is operating and the monitor, screen, or display is visible to the driver while driving the motor vehicle.”

There is an exception that allows for GPS, so she may be able to fight the ticket.

Compound shapes in CSS

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I love that this could have been done with images, but he tackled the problem with CSS instead.

Amplified: The Self Destruct Chip

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Jim gets angry and talks with Dan about the Loop Magazine reboot, Apple’s Q4 results, hands-on with the new iPad Air, Tim Hortons, busting your iPhone, Stunt Copter, iPad keyboards, and more.

iWork’s missing features

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There has certainly been a lot of talk about features being removed from the latest (free) versions of iWork. It certainly did hurt the power users, but I think Apple was looking for a consistent user experience across devices. It will be interesting to see how many of these features return in future updates.

Fantastical 2

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Fantastical is one of those apps that just works. Love it.

Apple confirms iPhone 5s battery issue

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“We recently discovered a manufacturing issue affecting a very limited number of iPhone 5S devices that could cause the battery to take longer to charge or result in reduced battery life,” said Apple spokesperson Teresa Brewer. “We are reaching out to customers with affected phones and will provide them with a replacement phone.”

Dell laptops smell like cat urine

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A number of Dell users have complained that their Latitude 6430u Ultrabooks “smell of cat urine”.

Dell engineers have ruled out biological contamination, and said the smell was not a health hazard.

There are some jokes in there somewhere.

Review: iPad Air

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From the minute I picked up the iPad Air at Apple’s event in San Francisco last week, I knew it was going to be different. Apple set expectations very high by simply using the “Air” moniker for the new iPad, giving users thoughts of a lightweight, powerful, professional device like people think of the MacBook Air.

Trigger 2 drum replacement

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I use Trigger in my songs all the time, but I have tried Trigger 2 yet. The description looks pretty amazing.

OS X Mavericks compatibility with music software

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Peter Kirn has a nice roundup of what music companies are saying about compatibility of their software with OS X Mavericks. I’ve always kept my music machine one OS version behind just to make sure I’m compatible.

The New York Times are fucking morons

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The New York Times writer Catherine Rampell hit a new low of utter stupidity today claiming that Apple wants to purposely “bust your iPhone.” I’m not even going to link to the pathetic excuse for an article—instead, read Brian Barrett’s takedown on Gizmodo. At least he put some thought into what he wrote.