Now playing: Watch this: 3 reasons to switch to Chrome on the iPhone 2:00 Chrome’s synchronized tab history is a great asset for desktop Chrome users. Jason Cipriani/CNET Yesterday my how-to cohort Matt Elliott extolled the virtues of Firefox for iOS, citing it as his preferred mobile browser. The big draw, at least for him? …
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Apple removes VPN apps from China App Store
Now playing: Watch this: VPN explained: A privacy primer — with robots and race… 1:39 China has been cracking down on virtual private networks, which enable people to get around the country’s infamous internet filter dubbed the Great Firewall. Now, Apple is removing VPN apps from its China App Store. ExpressVPN said Saturday it received a letter from Apple saying …
Read More »Nokia 3310, SNES Classic, BlackBerry use nostalgia to sell
I am refreshing, refreshing and refreshing again the online ordering page for the Nintendo NES Classic Edition. I’m hoping for an “add to cart” button, but in less than two minutes it’s sold out and I miss my chance. To quote Charles Bronson: no dice. My reason for buying was simple. I spent a big part of my childhood playing …
Read More »Tips for using the net while traveling abroad
The last thing you want to come home to after a once-in-a lifetime family vacation abroad is a $2,000 phone bill. We’ve all heard the nightmare stories of people who travel internationally and then get a ridiculous cell phone bill upon their return. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Here’s some advice on using your smartphone while traveling …
Read More »A musician’s take on the analog
A whole lot of words have been written about the differences in sound between analog and digitally recorded music, but Damon Krukowski’s approach in his new book “The New Analog: Listening and Reconnecting in a Digital World” feels different, possibly because he was a drummer who played in Galaxie 500, one of my favorite indie bands of the late 1980s. Steve …
Read More »An insanely great phono cartridge for well
The Koetsu Urushi Sky Blue cartridge. Koetsu How can a phono cartridge’s tiny stylus tracing an LP’s microscopic grooves make great sounding music? To me it’s a magic trick that never gets old with just about any decent cartridge, but with the Koetsu Urushi Sky Blue cartridge it happens on a wildly higher level, so musical epiphanies occur on a regular basis. …
Read More »Apple kills iPods, Adobe kills Flash, Walmart kills SNES preorders
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Read More »Galaxy S8 Active rumored to get a shatterproof screen
Now playing: Watch this: We finally killed the Droid Turbo 2 3:07 We all have that friend whose phone screen looks like a mosaic. Some of us are that friend. Enlarge Image Some alleged details about the S8 Active. via Weibo user Kumamoto Technology But shatter-resistant screens are here to put an end to the sadness. And it sounds Samsung’s …
Read More »Apple sued over tvOS “What did he say?” feature
Apple is being sued over an Apple TV feature that stops you missing a moment in a movie or TV show. According to MacRumors, Florida company CustomPlay, which makes companion apps for movies, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple over the “What did he say?” feature in Apple TV’s tvOS software. This feature rewinds a movie or TV show …
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