Android on your Microsoft Windows desktop? Yes, (beta) hell has frozen over
If all goes to plan and the beta plays out without any major issues, it looks like we’ll soon be able to run Android on…
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Continued Conversation: Fewer Okay Googles needed for Google Home Hub
Continued Conversation for Google Home smart speakers is here. Basically the new feature enables you to continue issuing voice commands without having to continually say…
Sonos One 2nd gen gets updated internals — app still better than Amazon Echo
The superb Sonos App for music control keeps its speakers like the Sonos One a step ahead.
Wine Report: Wine producers shape markets through vision and social influence
How do you compete in an industry that has largely remained unchanged for 7,000 years?
Vlog Videos: This is the best camera accessory for new YouTubers
Hint: Can you hear me now?
Trendspotting: At 50% share Apple Watch still dominates smartwatch market, Fitbit and Samsung gain
A new report today on the smartwatch market tells us something we already know all too well: Apple continues to dominate. According to Strategy Analytics…
3 Days in Sonoma: Producing a short film using 5 years of footage (Video)
A woman in wine country. A woman in trouble. Again.
Filmmaking Challenge: Use only a prime lens to shoot your next project
Limiting yourself to a manual prime lens can ultimately improve your composition and focusing skills, and maybe even lead to more creative results.
‘Hamilton’ Review: Founding of country was much more difficult than you were taught
Stark Insider Broadway Review by Jeanne Powell: Hamilton at the SHN Orpheum Theatre San Francisco. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s remarkable Broadway stage musical Hamilton celebrating America’s founding…
And It Hurts: Looking to ‘Beyond the Black Rainbow’, ‘Drive’ and ‘Lost Highway’ for filmmaking inspiration
For the upcoming Stark Insider YouTube promo trailer I decided to look for inspiration and do something a little different. In this case I had…