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Should Balatro videos be demonetized to protect kids?
It’s a question I’ve been thinking about a lot this week. If Balatro is gambling, where do we draw the line with other free and mobile games? Are those games gambling too? Continue reading “Is Balatro Gambling? Maybe I have this all wrong…”
Pebble smartwatches are coming back! Google has open sourced the Pebble OS, and now a pair of watches are available for pre-order! If you own an iPhone however, the experience will be limited.
Why is Apple afraid of the competition? Continue reading “Pebble Smartwatches Are BACK (And Apple is Scared of Competition)”
The folks at OnePlus have confirmed that there will be no Open 2 this year. What are YOUR thoughts on OnePlus skipping another year for foldables?
OnePlus Community Post https://community.oneplus.com/thread/1652471315484901379 Continue reading “No OnePlus Open 2 For YOU (in 2025) CONFIRMED!”
Tablets CAN do more, but WHAT ELSE can we do with them?
A slightly more philosophical question to ask you fine folks. I have to be missing additional uses and features that would help tablets solve more problems. There’s tons of compute power just sitting in our slates, what else can we be doing with them to USE that compute power?
Continue reading “What MORE Can We Do With a Tablet? What Am I Missing?”
Microsoft is trying to justify their incredible investment in data centers (and the billions of dollars needed to subsidize the failing OpenAI’s flailing business model) by adding CoPilot features to Microsoft Office apps. I’ve spent the last week toying with CoPilot in Word and Excel.
No specific hot take here. They provide almost no value to me or my workflow. Your mileage may vary.
Of course, getting these AMAZING New features “included” means Microsoft will be increasing the cost of a 365 Family plan from $99.99 a year to $129.99 a year. As I need Office document support for the work I do, and I have a couple family members on this plan for cloud storage, I still feel the Family plan (without AI) is a decent value.
However, for “AI” features that I’m not interested in using or keeping, a cost increase of 30% isn’t something I want to pay for.
Thankfully, on Microsoft’s on blog, they detail there will be a “Classic” plan that users can switch to and keep their older perks and pricing. A handy little link is included that takes you to a Microsoft support page.
I want that. Let’s do that.
It’s when we scroll down to the instructions that things get ugly. Continue reading “Dear Microsoft: Keeping My Subscription is NOT Canceling My Plan. Shame on You.”
Clean up your old phone!
It doesn’t take much to trick your brain into thinking you have a brand new gadget. For $20 I cleaned up my old OnePlus, and it feels brand new again! What are YOUR best tips and tricks for cleaning up an old gadget? Continue reading “No New Phone for the Holidays? Let’s Clean Up Your Old Phone!”
SGGQA Podcast Special Report!
I cut down a section of this week’s podcast. Enjoy!
Bluetooth audio delivers higher revenue growth, and companies make more money by forcing people to replace headphones more frequently.
Have consumers really moved on? Is everyone cutting the cable? Or is there an opportunity to “innovate” by bringing back a useful feature?
We have some sales data to analyze…
Continue reading “Losing Headphone Jacks was ALWAYS Ruthlessly Greedy! Consumers Haven’t Given Up On Cables!”
Camera Control “Buttons” are Kinda Stupid.
EVERYONE ELSE WAS WRONG BUT ME!!!
A little trip down memory lane. We’ve already tried this dumb experiment of using a camera shutter button as a zoom rocker. It was a terrible idea. Just because Apple is trying it again with hardware, doesn’t make it any better… Continue reading “Camera Control Fake Buttons Are NOT Better for Phone Photos…”