Chris Matyszczyk

Apple’s Beats supports Colin Kaepernick in pulsating ad

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. An unseen presence. Beats/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET How many times a day do people tell you that you’re wrong? How many times do you get bullied, one way or another, and told to back off? A new ad from …

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They’re already camping outside Best Buy for Black Friday

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Not much of a line. CBS DFW screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET I’d rather thought this Black Friday business was waning a touch. I assumed most people shop online and don’t want to be involved in potential fisticuffs over a discounted TV. It seems, though, that …

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Apple wants you to share your AirPods this Christmas

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Love means sharing your AirPods with strange men. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET There’s not enough of them to go around this Christmas. No, I don’t mean loving relationships. I mean AirPods. That’s at least one message sent by Apple’s newly-released ad for the Holidays. …

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Apple’s Siri doesn’t really want to talk about HomePod

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. She tried to throw me off the scent. screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET I admit to being entirely unsurprised that HomePod won’t be home for Christmas. Somehow, it seemed inevitable that it would suffer the same fate as so many much-hyped Apple products of the past. …

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I went to buy an iPhone X. AT&T told me Galaxy Note 8 is better

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Was I sold? Or unsold? César Salza/CNET AT&T just wouldn’t let go. First, it emailed me on iPhone X preordering day: “Krzysztof, your wait for iPhone X is over.”  It wasn’t. When I went online, I could order only the 64GB version. And …

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Apple insists iPad Pro is the modern definition of a computer

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. It’s a postcomputer that needs a pen. Oh, I mean a pencil. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Are you still using the word “computer”?  I fear you might be passe. I fear Apple might think so too. Lately, the company hasn’t talked too much about …

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Firefox sells itself by criticizing old Firefox

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. That’s how I used to look. Well, not the blonde hair. Mozilla/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET I’ve never wanted to put all my eggs into Google’s basket. I don’t know what Google wants to use that basket for — and I have suspicions that it’s …

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Ohio State fans mock Apple’s iPhone autocorrect issue

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Really quite funny. screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Last week, the iPhone X became the A[?]Phone X.  Or something close to that. For many people who’d downloaded iOS 11.1, every time they tried to type an “I,” the phone would autocorrect to an “A” followed by …

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Microsoft’s Satya Nadella to iPad users: ‘Get a real computer’

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. He likes to tell a joke or two. Drew Angerer/Getty Images There’s been so much news this week, what with the Xbox One X being launched and the iPhone X undergoing teething troubles. (Its teeth are chattering in the cold, apparently.) You might, therefore, have …

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Chicago mulls $500 fine for those who text while crossing street

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Chicago may not be her kind of town. Richard Levine/Getty Images It was one thing when Honolulu introduced fines for people who text while crossing a street. Those penalties range from $15 to $99. Now Chicago is thinking about upping the stakes. Considerably. As CBS …

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