pixelbits Senator Al Franken asks Uber for more clarity on new location data sharing | TechCrunch Senator Al Franken asks Uber for more clarity on new location data sharing | TechCrunch Glad someone brought this up. Uber’s new app chooses to use your location data “always”. Uber’s description for the usage is that it wants to improve “pickups , drop offs, customer support and
pixelbits Uber just added Snapchat filters and friend locators to its app - The Verge Uber just added Snapchat filters and friend locators to its app – The Verge The moment you see the swipe up interface in the uber app, it feels like a place where applets and advertisements would go. Applets seem to be an imminent arrival to Uber with this announcement. I
apple ”macOS is becoming legacy software“? Nope. ”macOS is becoming legacy software“? Nope. This is the kind of Tech journalism that drives me away from Tech news. There’s no reason as to why anyone would come to this conclusion except for the fact that it generated a lot of clicks. For a legacy software, an
ios The Cost of Being Nintendo Vidit Bhargava Super Mario Run released yesterday. After Pokemon Go, this is another nostalgia trip for anyone who loved playing these games back when they were kids (I did. I always enjoyed playing the game, even though it felt exceedingly tough), and ofcourse there’s a big promotion around the
pixelbits Apple: earning the wrath of Steve « Observatory Apple: earning the wrath of Steve « Observatory One of the most accurate summary of why Apple is facing the flak this year. The timing is off. Had these products been out even 4 months earlier, at WWDC , the scene would have been different.
pixelbits Super Mario Run requires persistent Internet Connection Super Mario Run requires persistent Internet Connection There seem to be three modes in Nintendo’s upcoming Super Mario Run game. All three of them need a persistent internet connection. From the looks of it in the interview, it appears that the only reason why Mario requires a persistent internet
pixelbits Alto’s Odyssey, the follow-up to Alto’s Adventure, is coming in 2017 - The Verge Alto’s Odyssey, the follow-up to Alto’s Adventure, is coming in 2017 – The Verge Alto’s Adventure is an all time favourite. The design of the game’s pretty similar to a much older game called “Tiny Wings” but Alto’s Adventure has
pixelbits Fitbit is buying Pebble's Software Assets. Watches to Windup Fitbit is buying Pebble’s Software Assets. Watches to Windup It’s said to hear Pebble shutting down. Pebble’s been around for a long time. They started off as being an accessory to the Blackberry and as a proof of concept of how convenient an accessory
apple Get A Mac Completes 10 years! Get A Mac Completes 10 years! I remember going to Apple.com every couple of weeks just to watch the latest ad in the Get a Mac series. As a 12 year old these ads were more or less like a TV Show, every week one would get a hilarious
pixelbits Lots of Bezel to remove on iPad Lots of Bezel to remove on iPad If there is a 10.5inch iPad to come out next year, it’ll probably be the same form factor as the 9.7inch iPad but with an even smaller bezel. There’s lots of room both on the sides and the top
apple What makes the Mac App Store good for users Vidit Bhargava Last week PaintCode moved out of the Mac App Store In what seems to be a trend off late. But what put these developers on the Mac App Store in the first place? The Mac App Store is the best place to get your app discovered. This is
pixelquiz Pixel Quiz October 2016 Vidit Bhargava Q1. In May 2016, Dag Klittlaus at TechCrunch disrupt showed an advanced AI platform called X which would be able to write it’s own code to accomplish new tasks, allowing “it to understand the intent of the user and to create programs to handle tasks on the
ui design How I use Siri Vidit Bhargava Some time back, Walt Mossberg wrote an interesting piece for the Verge stating that Siri seems “Dumb”, the gist of that article is that in the last 5 years that Siri has existed, it has done little to improve itself and that the inconsistency of the responses drives
augmented reality The State of Augmented and Virtual Reality Headsets Vidit Bhargava For the last few weeks I’ve been reading a Neil Stephenson’s Snow Crash. Snow Crash is based on the premise of a futuristic Metaverse, an internet like platform created for a virtual reality headset. This is something that’s very close to reality
emoji Apple And The Gun Emoji Apple And The Gun Emoji With the popularity that iPhone enjoys, I think Apple has the ability to make other platforms change their gun emojis to something less serious. Within months, a very high number of iOS users will be using the new Apple Emoji set, and when some one
maps State of Apple Maps in India Vidit Bhargava While the Apple Maps listings remain scarce over the country, there have been several improvements to the platform which seem to be in a much more constructive directions. For starters, Apple has set up an Apple Maps Development office in Hyderabad. This is something that’ll help accelerate
macs So where are all the new Macs for 2016? So where are all the new Macs for 2016? I sense there’s going to be a fall event for the “Pro” lineup, which’ll probably update MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Pro and presumably iPad Pro (12.9″) with the new A10 Chipset. I wonder if MacMini is going to
apple Apple returns fire on Spotify, calling out ‘rumors and half-truths’ over App Store rejection | TechCrunch Apple returns fire on Spotify, calling out ‘rumors and half-truths’ over App Store rejection | TechCrunch It’s good to see Apple take a stance on Spotify’s rampant accusations. Apple takes a ”15%” cut for any in-app purchases for subscriptions made through its store. To me that 15%
pixelbits How-To: Show the size of folders in the Finder on Mac [Video] | 9to5Mac How-To: Show the size of folders in the Finder on Mac [Video] | 9to5Mac Step 1: Open Finder Step 2: In the menu bar select View → as List Step 3: In the menu bar, select View → Show View Options Step 4: Check the box next to Calculate all sizes This is
apps Designing Pro Apps INTRODUCTION Computers have almost always had professional applications. They’ve always been in the workplace. But with Touch Screen Tablets like the iPad there’s been a massive shift in terms of the target audience for the applications, and it’s been more in the direction of
hardware Who Cares if Apple Ditches the Headphone Jack? Wireless Is the Future | WIRED Who Cares if Apple Ditches the Headphone Jack? Wireless Is the Future | WIRED Completely agree with this post by David Pierce, it’s more or less about when the Wireless headphones get at par with Wired. My 2012, Bose Companion Speakers look like a wire-y mess in front of
pixelquiz Pixel Quiz: May 2016 Q1. The idea of the name X, came to Robert Kalin while he was transcribing an episode of Fellini’s 8 ½ (to decide on a name for his startup), which is when he came across X. According to him, “In italian, you say, ‘X’ a lot. It means, “Oh
quality assurance Developer tips: Quality assurance checks worth doing Developer tips: Quality assurance checks worth doing ICYMI : I wrote some developer tips at the awesome tech blog : “The App Factor”. Do give it a read.
ipadvPC iPad v PC: Volume 1 Vidit BhargavaLast week Apple announced the iPad Pro 9.7″ and one of the things they argued was that a lot of PC users would want to shift to the iPad. To be honest, it’s high time. The iPad is a much better device at doing a lot of
apple Oops, Apple made another 16GB iPhone Oops, Apple made another 16GB iPhone Tech Journalists don’t realise this but on average a person has just about *25 third party apps* (1) on his phone. 16GB is enough storage for those people. They can definitely do with a greater storage option but if that means increasing
