Guilherme Rambo at 9to5mac writes: We believe, from looking at some information found on the latest watchOS 5 beta, that the resolution will be 384×480. For comparison, the resolution on the current 42mm Apple Watch Series 3 is 312×390. If true, these new Apple Watches will have more pixels than the original iPhone.
Author Archives: Jack Wellborn
Adam Fischer provided a bunch of excerpted quotes from his lengthily titled book Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley (As Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom) to NYMag. The article features a generous amount of quotes from the likes of Andy Hertzfeld, Tony Fadell, and even John […]
Mike Wuerthele, writing for AppleInsider: After several back-to-back tests, keeping the processors warm and the fans running, we were able to regularly get impressive scores of up to 916. Using Intel Power Gadget, we clocked the processor speed averaging around 2.3Ghz and 2.6GHz, almost exactly what we were getting with the i9. Regardless of whether […]
From Jonathan S. Geller at bgr.com: Apple is planning an interesting partnership and a potential acquisition of AgileBits, maker of the popular password manager 1Password… According to our source, after many months of planning, Apple plans to deploy 1Password internally to all 123,000 employees. While the details seem somewhat suspect (overheard conversations), this makes total […]
From Peter Bright at Ars Technica: Compared to the Surface Pro, it has a smaller screen (10in, 1800×1200) And Even with the reduced price, it retains all the major Surface design elements: a variable position kickstand, 8MP rear/5MP front cameras with Windows Hello facial recognition, the Surface Connect magnetic charging and dock port, and a […]
Just over two years after my snippet renaissance, I’ve finally put some time into working together a hack to address one of my biggest wants — snippet variables. As someone who heavily uses TextExpander’s Script Snippets feature, the benefit of being able to pass a variable to a snippet has long seemed obvious. Nothing illustrates […]
While originally posted here, I decided my other blog was better suited to my non-technology ramblings. If you like my writing here and/or are also a listener to the fantastic Reconcilable Differences, feel free to check it this post.
Juli Clover over at MacRumors has an interesting comparison between the flagship laptops from Apple and Microsoft. Like many of Microsoft’s computers1 as of recent, the Surface Book 2 looks like a good machine that I am sure many will find compelling and seeing the laptops stacked on top of each other really illustrates the […]
This is a neat piece by Michael Steeber about the origins of “Simplicity Shootout”, a promotional video for the original iMac. My favorite part is how Adam Taggart, the guy tasked with setting up the PC, is an actual MBA with experience in assembling PCs. A winter break side job at Brown University in the […]
In an article primarily about Chrome’s new feature that blocks auto playing videos with sound, The Verge made passing mention of the browser’s upcoming support for “precision trackpads”1 and linked to this Reddit. FINALLY! Does it scroll like Edge too? That’s the main reason I use Edge – it scrolls and zooms just like Safari […]