New Instagram Icon

What Instagram’s colorful new icon tells us about the current state of design

It's all about bold purples, and oranges. With a hint of some primaries too, like splashes of yellow and red in the name of vibrancy. Not just Instagram's pretty new icon (see above), but also as I'm seeing the trend across culture in general. In 2016, it would seem one...
Pebble 2 Smartwatch Review

Pebble 2 Review – The smartwatch perfected

The Pebble 2 represents a philosophy that eschews bling in favor of a delightful customer experience. And it works tremendously well.
New Microsoft Surface Pro laptop/tablet

Microsoft promises over 13 hour battery life with new Surface Pro 2017

Price also gets a slight bump, with new 2017 Surface Pro tablets (laptops) starting from $799.
Google Pay replaces Android Pay and Google Wallet

Google Pay aims to simplify mobile, user experiences

Company merges Android Pay and Google Wallet into single Google Pay brand.
Tesla Model 3 shareholder sales report

Trendspotting: Tesla Model 3 sales are crushing the competition in California

California New Car Dealers Association reports that it received 3,723 or 14.3% of all new registrations for the new Tesla Model 3. That tops all the competition, including the Mercedes C-Class at 12.7% and BMW 3-series at 12.5%.
Alexa app compared to Sonos for whole home audio

Replacing Sonos with Amazon Echo & Alexa – is it a good idea?

As a long-time fan of Sonos products such as the Sonos One and Play:5 speakers I've been watching Amazon Echo products with interest. I wonder, could they replace a Sonos setup for whole home audio? The advantage of going with Echo, of course, is that you get all the additional...
Google Pixel 4 Quick Gestures

Made by Google 2019: Everything but a Pixel Watch

Will Google ever capitulate and reboot its wearable strategy?
Fewer than 10% of Americans are buying $1,000 smartphones, report says

Spotify now has 2 home screen widgets for iPhone users

Widgets were just one of many significant features introduced with iOS 14. But if you're like me it's one of the best -- and long awaited -- things to happen to the iPhone in a long time. Spotify is among the latest to roll out its own widgets. And they're...
Apple’s all-online Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off June 7 with keynote address

In Tech: Apple developers conference to be all-virtual, kicks off June 7, 2021, courts 30 million Apple developers (WWDC21)

And away we code... Apple today took the wraps off the latest edition of its upcoming developer conference. WWDC21 is scheduled to run from June 7 through June 11, 2021. Like last year this event will be all-virtual. Apple says it the event will be available to some 30 million Apple developers...