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Closed Windows: Microsoft Closing All Retail Stores

June 29, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary

More bad news for Microsoft on Friday, they announced they are closing ALL Microsoft Store physical locations.

Microsoft

Broken Windows: pro-Microsoft sites say Stability Going Downhill & Win Mail is Deleting Gmail

June 25, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary

Today's Broken Windows stories from pro-Microsoft web sites report more big bugs in Windows 10.

Microsoft, Windows

Broken Windows: Microsoft Keeps Making More Bugs Than Useful Features

June 18, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary, Engineering

Update after update, Microsoft just keeps breaking Windows. More proof that it was a good move, when I dumped Win-Blows for Mac. It was 10 years ago when I went Mac and never looked back.

Apple, Azure DevOps/VSTS, Mac, macOS, Microsoft, Windows

On The Wrong Side: Facebook, Trump, Brutal Police, Racists – It’s All Interconnected

June 12, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary

They are on the wrong side of history. And of right now. Facebook, Trump, brutal police, racists. They are all interconnected.

Epic Games Unreal Engine 5 on PlayStation 5 is Bananas Cool

May 20, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary

This first look video of the not yet released Unreal Engine 5 on an also not yet released PlayStation 5 is AAAA-mazing !!!

Gaming

Your Privacy & Security Attacked Again by Attorney General & FBI Director

May 20, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary

They Are Lying To You. Defend yourself. Protect your country. Fight for our Constitution. By taking up Obama's call to action. VOTE.

Apple, Security

Cheapest iPhone Has More Processor Power Than Most Expensive Android

May 13, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary

Android Central says "The cheapest iPhone has a more powerful processor than the most expensive Android phone". Yup... the $399 iPhone SE kicks the ass of every Android phone by a mile, and then some. Including Samsung's top of their line, Galaxy S20 Ultra starting at a whopping $1,399 !!!

Android, Apple, iPhone

Apple COVID-19 Contact Tracing Tech Released in Beta – Next We Need Apps

April 28, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary

Apple and Google's joint efforts to develop tech to support COVID-19 contact tracing is starting to appear. But for now it's just APIs. To make it work, we need health systems to build support for it into apps.

Apple, COVID-19, iOS

Apple Philosophy When Founded 44 Years Ago Still Rings True Today

April 1, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary

Apple was founded 44 years ago today, on April 1, 1976. And it's philosophy then, still looks a lot like the Apple we know today.

Apple

iPadOS 13.4 is Even Cooler Than the New iPad

March 29, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary, Design

The coolest thing about the new iPad Pro isn't the hardware, it's the trackpad and mouse support in iPadOS 13.4. Apple announced trackpad and mouse support in iPadOS 13 - sorta. But in iPadOS 13.4 it's now for real.

Apple, iPad, UX Design

New iPad Pro is Just a Feature Bump

March 25, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary

The new 2020 iPad Pro adds some cool features for sure, but it's not the big improve that is typical. That's actually not a bad thing.

Apple, iPad

Lenovo Laptop with 2nd Screen – Please Don’t Do That

January 7, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary

From the "No body needs that, so please don't" department: At CES 2020 Lenovo announced a new ThinkBook Plus with a 10.8-inch E ink display on the lid. This is a really really bad idea that is a very bad User eXperience (UX) design. This is what happens when tech companies do something just because they can, even when they shouldn't.

Microsoft, Windows

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