PSA: Don’t Upgrade to WatchOS 4 if you use your Watch to Control Music Playback

If you use your Apple Watch as a remote to control your phone’s music app, do not upgrade to WatchOS 4. This has actually been in the WatchOS 4 betas since the very first one, but I did not catch it until very recently because I could not be bothered to load the WatchOS betas […]

Sparrow Mail sells out to Google, scams its loyal users

Today, Sparrow, arguably the best third party mail client on OS X and iOS (there aren’t many really) right now, sent its paid users this email; This is great news for everyone in the company (big cash out), but for most of their loyal users, this not just a clear act of betrayal (who could […]

Why John Gruber jumped ship and betrayed 5by5 studios (Updated with Final Comment)

    !!!Important: Please read the final comment at the end of this post before deciding if you wish to continue reading the whole piece. This incident has happened more than 3 weeks ago, and while it seems silly to write about it after most of the online hate towards gruber has died down, I simply […]

Google Nexus S unboxing

Okay well I did the unboxing days ago, but so what? This phone is Google’s iPhone. It is exactly what Google will and did make if there are no manufacturer’s input involved in the whole dumb Android ecosystem. Google’s finest, you may say. It is therefore the perfect target for attacks on all the bad […]

The Singtel iPhone Rep Who Told Me to Turn Off the Roaming Data Switch When I Wanted to Cancel Mobile Data

So Thursday I was at my Grandpa’s place to setup his (mine really) “brand new” Original Aluminum iPhone. After the setup, I called up Singtel as usual to cancel mobile data as after all, what my grandfather really wants is a nice looking phone with a super easy to use chinese input for SMS, not […]




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