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Pi wants to extend the reach of wireless charging | TechCrunch

Pi wants to extend the reach of wireless charging | TechCrunch I’ve been hoping for a truly ‘wireless’ charging experience to surface, and Pi looks like an exciting product. I’m concerned about a couple of things though: Charging the device requires plugging it into a case first. This is

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Apple’s needless cult of secrecy

Apple’s needless cult of secrecy This is a very shallow argument. It’s not just about ‘surprise and delight’. It’s also about keeping new products under the wraps until the last moment. If it’s Apple who is controlling the narrative about the expectations for future products, they’

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Here’s the Ionic, Fitbit’s long-awaited answer to the Apple Watch

Here’s the Ionic, Fitbit’s long-awaited answer to the Apple Watch 4 days of Battery Life is impressive and much better than Apple Watch’s double day battery life. But ‘smartwatches’ aren’t just about battery life alone. Much like any other wearable, there’s a strong influence on

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WSJ: ‘Apple Readies $1 Billion War Chest for Hollywood Programming’

WSJ: ‘Apple Readies $1 Billion War Chest for Hollywood Programming’ It’s an interesting route that Apple’s taking with its purported movie streaming service. I’m not sure the world needs another “Originals” service, there are already too many of them. I’d like Apple to instead be the

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How Venice Beach influences Snapchat’s design

Vidit Bhargava On a recent vacation to Venice, California, I had stumbled upon Snapchat’s old headquarters on Venice Beach. It was a white house with a blue rooftop that just blended in with the rest of the neighbourhood’s building. Also, I found the unique vibe and culture of

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Going home with the an edge to edge phone

Vidit Bhargava The home button offers a clear exit path for the user to exit an app. It’s a comforting experience, a case of clear of navigation, that the iPhone has always had. Last week’s accidental firmware leak all but confirms an edge to edge phone, with a

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Affinity Photo for iPad: Review

Vidit Bhargava Back in 2014, with the announcement of the iPad Air 2, Apple demoed Pixelmator, the photo editing app that wowed users with its retouch tools and an easy to use iOS-first interface, which made it an ideal prosumer application for photo editors and people looking to do more

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Pixel Quiz July 2017

Vidit Bhargava Q1. X is the official alias for Lockhead Martin’s Advanced Development Programs group. The name X originated back in the World War II days, when Lockhead Martin was first given a contract to build fighter jets. X is widely used to describe a group within an organization

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Pixel Quiz June 2017

Vidit Bhargava Q1. According to it’s creator Y, X was inspired from his own adventures around the hillsides of a village called “Sonobe”. In an interview Y explained, “When I was a child, I went hiking and found a lake. It was quite a surprise for me to stumble

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“Autumn Creators Update” was “mistranslation”; “Fall Creators Update” for all | Ars Technica

“Autumn Creators Update” was “mistranslation”; “Fall Creators Update” for all | Ars Technica Looks like naming your latest release after a season is a poor idea. Some countries refer to Fall as Autumn, for some others the season isn’t fall at all! It’s spring. The only logical

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Face Authentication is a better design choice than Fingerprint Authentication

Today, When you pick-up your phone, and try to use its features, the phone asks whether it’s you or not? And you tell it that you are using the phone by providing your fingerprint. The phone then checks those fingerprints, makes sure its you and unlocks your phone. In

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Speculation Regarding the Pricing of and Strategy Behind This Year’s New iPhones

Speculation Regarding the Pricing of and Strategy Behind This Year’s New iPhones Interesting analysis over the iPhone pricing tier. But I’d like to disagree on a couple of points. Last year, when Apple introduced a Series 2 Apple Watch, they gave the first generation watch a speed bump

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San Jose's “Wickedly Fast Wi-Fi”

San Jose’s “Wickedly Fast Wi-Fi” This year at WWDC, Wickedly Fast WiFi was a life saver! T-Mobile LTE is spotty in San Jose Downtown and that can be a daunting scenario if you are new to the city, and have no idea where the nearest Starbucks is. It&

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Touch Zones and Assumptions

Back in 2014, just before the release of the iPhone 6 and 6Plus, Scott Hurff made an interesting observation about the iPhone screen sizes. Hurff’s observation was that the natural touch zone for an iPhone has shrunk down after the introduction of larger screen sizes and that it’s

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Withings is now Nokia

Withings is now Nokia Nokia is now an IOT health and fitness brand with some really cool weighing scales and watches. This is one of the finest transition from a has-been to a “fun-and upcoming devices’” brand. That analysis aside, I feel Withings will benefit a lot from Nokia’s

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About the new SF Pro font

Vidit BhargavaWith iOS 11, Apple’s making updates to its system fonts. Previously called SF UI, the system font is available in two different options, SF Display and SF Text. Here’s a look at the difference between Display and Text fonts, and the changes made in the new SF

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Thoughts on Planet of the Apps

Vidit BhargavaI watched the first episode of planet of the apps this week and wanted to write down some initial thoughts about the show: 1. This is very much a “Startup” reality show: Planet of the Apps is not about “making” an app. It’s about making a business around

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Daring Fireball: The Mac Pro Lives

Daring Fireball: The Mac Pro Lives I’m really excited about the new Mac Pro from the perspective of Industrial design. When Apple updated the MacPro in 2013, it was literally the future of Industrial Design. The shiny aluminium, the cylindrical unit with a unique way of accessing the internals

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What happens when you dump the App Store?

What happens when you dump the App Store? I’d love to see the same graphs for a young app by an indie-developer. (For example: Sketch in its early days). The problem with this sort of analysis is that it usually picks up a developer that’s fairly big. (Rogue

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Thoughts on the App Store Review System Changes

Responding to Reviews Responding to reviews is a double edged sword. On one hand, it’s going to be great to respond to feature requests or angst about bugs with a simple “Thanks for the feedback, I’m working on an update to fix this, please stay tuned.” But at

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Pixel Quiz : January 2017

Vidit Bhargava Q1.Which game based on the GoldSrc Engine was developed by Minh “Gooseman” Le and Jess Cliffe? An excerpt from the gameplay section of the Wikipedia page of the game reads : “Spectators are generally able to watch the rest of the round from multiple selectable views, although some

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It's time to admit Apple Watch is a success

It’s time to admit Apple Watch is a success This piece is worth the read for anyone whose been cynical about the Watch’s success as a product. It’s probably always going to be just a fraction of iPhone sales (because it’s an accessory) but its

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The State of Indian Streaming Services & the bad UX of "Originals"

Vidit Bhargava A few years back streaming video in India meant that you’d either have to goto YouTube and search for a movie promoted in the “YouTube Box Office” or you’d have to look for one of the services from “Spuul” or “BoxTV”, none of them

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Don Bradman Cricket 17: First Impressions

Vidit Bhargava This is a very quick first impression post. Will right a complete review sometime later this week. Don Bradman Cricket 17 focuses on Customizability and Analytics. Two aspects which were present in Don Bradman Cricket 14 but not to the extent that DBC 17 provides. There’s

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Iovine Comments Suggest Apple Music's Video Strategy Has Broadened

Iovine Comments Suggest Apple Music’s Video Strategy Has Broadened I like the idea of one subscription offering all of the three: Music, Movies and TV Shows ; I just wish it isn’t all built into one app. For example, Video is best experienced in the videos app.