dbonds

The other interesting part is whether Google itself will "take offense" to DDG using VPN functionality "for so

Agreed that the "low wattage charger doesn't keep phone charged when running heavier workloads" is the main le

The in-screen fingerprint sensor is not nearly as quick/accurate on my Pixel 6 Pro as it was in my Oneplus 7T

No.

Good luck to Brad at Stardock. I've followed them since the OS/2 days and am sure he'll be successful there.

Uhm, it's also coming on PC as well. Don't forget us PC gamers! :-) One of the cooler things I've experi

"But I’m happy to review the phone and use it until the Pixel 6a Pro that I really want arrives towards the

Math is a hard computer science problem. :-)

agreed - and even IF everything was actually done at 9:30 (thus potentially explaining the multiple instances

Fun fact - gasoline will dissolve styrofoam into a flammable jelly-like substance (aka napalm). I'd avoid thi

In reply to AnOldAmigaUser:$12b is a heck of a "windfall". ;-) Realizing that there are other debts to pay

In reply to navarac:...and everyone says the same thing about Google. Apple tends to have a "more stable

In reply to paul-thurrott:On this topic (other variants of COD, at least), I'm curious if you've eve

With the recent development of the M1 processor from Apple, there has been talk that there will need to be bet

In reply to paul-thurrott:One more - "The Pixel 4a and 4s (5G) have older Gorilla Glass 3 protection" - really

If Nvidia wasn't a direct competitor to Intel and AMD in the CPU market already, they certainly are now.

In reply to mattbg:I believe (although haven't read the details of the "oracle deal" yet) that all the Ti

Great newsletter - I also have fond memories of that time - I'd just graduated college in '95 and go

In reply to elhieger:...cough...Nokia...cough....I'm not sure if MSFT would want to go down the "manufact

Remember back in 2008 when MSFT tried to buy Yahoo for ~$45bil? It failed and MSFT likely dodged a bullet o

In reply to chrishilton1:See the original story on the MSFT interest in TikTok here - they're in the comm

While I agree that it'd overall be a colossal mistake (aka Nokia) for MSFT to buy TikTok, I'm curiou

Definitely agree that they'd be buying the "user base" and another chance with the consumer (especially t

In reply to paul-thurrott:I think a bulk of enterprise businesses in the US DO have HP, Lenovo, or Dell for ma

Appears linkedin wasn't the only one that had "issues" in this space:https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/techn

In reply to Vladimir: Well, twitch is owned by amazon. Youtube is owned by google. Only other "major gam

In reply to SebastienJRM:I'm amazed you're still using a 5X - that's definitely on the "long te

In reply to SvenJ:Regarding the Fitness tracker topic - I use a Fitbit Versa 2 (connected to Android phone, wh

Pulled the trigger today on Mint Mobile (coming from Google Fi) and a new Oneplus 7T phone (coming from a LG G

In reply to mclark2112:According to the mint website, you can do wireless hotspot to provide wifi access to yo

"allowing employees based in its Seattle and San Fransisco offices to work from home till March 9th."I think y

I've enjoyed reading your "Programming Windows" series - even as someone who doesn't have a hard bac

Definitely leaked "in all it's glory" - not much left uncovered here (except perhaps the hand gesture sup

In reply to christian.hvid:I believe the word you're searching for is "deprecated". When something is

Given some of Microsoft's prior marketing campaigns, I can't wait to see the one for this launch - l

In reply to Elindalyne:When everybody cries, we all win. :-)

Surface GoSurface HeadphonesUgly Windows sweater (Large)

Tried to post this just as the show started, but don't see my comment at all now. Sorry if this is dup

Xbox game pass

Interesting twist - MSFT (specifically Dona Sarkar via twitter) states they will work with affected users to r

In reply to Oasis:Not the OP, but you should definitely check out the wyzecam options at www.wyzecam.com - the

Regarding the "glass bottom" fears mentioned early in the podcast - you ought to check out this pool that open

Oddly, I cannot find a "Google Account" app in the Play Store? Searched on that specific title, and done ot

..and "we're done!". Interesting wrapup to today's podcast. :-)

As someone happy with (and planning on staying on) Google Fi, I've been waiting for the Pixel 3 series, b

Interesting naming choice as I believe "Nova" translates to spanish as "Not going". ...which could potentia

In reply to wocowboy:Totally agree on the update concerns, and thanks for writing out this comment as it saves

I'd been a Windows phone user since the Motorola MPX200 came out (~2003ish?) and was all the way up to la

In reply to dbonds:...and now they (the Moto x4 sites on Fi) are back!

Realizing this is likely "hot off the presses", I hope nothing has changed as both of the links to the Fi site

In reply to Chris_Kez:I think you answered your own question there. :-) They had the right technology in

In reply to karlinhigh: Speaking of "orphaned products" -- hopefully you already know about this, but google i