Retro is a thing right now. History isn’t repeating, but it’s trying to rhyme. The Moto Razr returned to so-far disappointing reports. Maybe Samsung Flip can fare better? All these things come down to trying to use a fold-able screen in a flip phone form factor.
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TEMPEST, the personal weather station is better than sticking your head out the window
You have a phone. You have a ridiculous number of weather apps. Why would you want a personalized weather station? For accuracy and personalized automation. TEMPEST, on Indiegogo, gets you this.
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Amazon, again: Ring giving away your privacy to third parties
Amazon can’t win. Whether it’s shady deals with law enforcement, trying to create a surveillance network they control, or just plain allowing their developers full access to all users’ videos, Ring continues to give them bad news on the doorstep.
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36 years ago, Steve Jobs launched the Macintosh, and changed the course of computers forever
Everyone at a computer uses a mouse (or trackpad) to point an arrow on a screen with icons and windows with applications. It’s easy to forget that the future we got wasn’t the only one, or how much of the paradigm we owe to that first machine.
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Ok, but why couldn’t Sony build a car?
I’ve been thinking a lot about this. What are all the reasons Sony could build a car? Because they’re the same reasons Apple could, for that matter.
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Sony is not building a car.
Sony displayed the Vision-S electric car at CES 2020, and people lost their damn minds. But they’ll never make this thing in production. Why’d they do it?
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UAG wants to strap *clap* you up
Is Urban Armor Gear (UAG) headed up by Hans and Franz? I have no idea, but that’s what popped into my head while coming up with the headline. And for all you 80s kids, I’ll pop a video in down at the end for your enjoyment. Any which way, we’ve told you about stuff from UAG before (here and here), but they don’t just have stuff for phones – oh no. They’ve even got straps (which we first wrote about here) for your smart watches! That’s what we’re talking about today.
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Taking another break today
Just as with last week, we’re taking another break today to kick off the new year. We’ll be back to our usual foolishness on January 2nd – see you then!
Taking a break for a few days
Many of you are celebrating and spending time with family, so we’re taking this opportunity to take a break for a few days as well. No new content on the 24th or 25th, but we’ll be back into the swing of it on the 26th. See you then!
Win an iPhone 11 case from Knapsack
Hello, Dear Readers,
We’ve been running Knapsack for a few months now and we feel like we might be missing something: your input. I’d like to grab a few comments from you all about what you’re looking for in a gadget/gear site and what we’re missing.
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