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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…”
Ok. I am actually saying Apple scammed my Grandma.
From retiring an iPad that still worked, to selling her cloud she didn’t need, my grandmother owns PREMIUM gadgets (from the world’s most popular/profitable) manufacturer.
Where’s the support? Isn’t that what Apple is supposed to do well? Continue reading “Apple’s Terrible Support Scammed My Grandmother…”
Meta Orion AR Glasses! They’re not real! YOU can’t buy them!
HOW will Apple react???
Over a decade of Apple Glasses hype, and we’re still pretending that AR glasses are RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER! These aren’t real products yet, and we’re missing incredible opportunities to make more accessible products for consumers.
This is so frustrating…
Continue reading “Meta Orion AR Glasses: Apple Media Coverage Ruins Everything…”
Apple fans on Threads are CORRECT!
Apple not bringing LLM features to current iPhones and iPads is NOT an indication that Apple is failing to support their products!
So why did we think this was a problem when Google did something similar with Gemini? Continue reading “When Apple Fans Defend Google: AI Edition!”
It’s time for another round of hack tech “reviews” comparing Google products against Apple products. This round?
Location trackers.
I’ve been pretty vocal on the topic for the last year, pointing out how Apple used its size to bully competitors, and how in this specific instance, Apple fell far short anticipating concerns with AirTag privacy and security.
After a year-long delay (caused by Apple), folks on Android are finally getting access to tags, cards, and clips that offer up networked location tracking capabilities.
And in the first week that these products are hitting Google’s network, it’s time for Hack Tech “reviewers” to declare Apple “the winner” in a completely unfair comparison. Continue reading “Maybe Stop Shilling for Apple’s AirTags? Google’s Find My Device Network is JUST Getting Started…”
It’s 2003, and I’m working for a small firm that manages tech sales and support for one of the labs in New Mexico. My main job is literally manually translating purchase orders and product requests from an ancient order system at the firm to communicate with an ancient UNIX system at the lab. When I’m not transferring data and approving requests though, I work with the sales teams, support teams, and I spend a lot of time in their warehouse taking systems apart. It’s a great job.
We ran two main contracts that would completely change the entire course of my life. We sold and supported HP systems and Apple systems. Continue reading “Suing Apple is a necessary step in challenging our perception of Big Tech…”
Apple and OpenAI are partnering to improve AI on future Apple products, but who is paying who?
We don’t know what the deal looks like, and we don’t know how this will impact privacy and security on the iPhone.
We know Apple is generally fine with selling off your user data to Google. Will this be any different?
Apple turns EVERY WiFi router into a location tracker!
Apple sure does seem to like creating privacy problems. Even if you’ve never used an Apple product, or ever let an Apple device connect to your network, Apple is still tracking your WiFi and your location.
Here’s how to opt out!
Researcher Paper on Apple WiFi tracking (PDF) https://www.cs.umd.edu/~dml/papers/wifi-surveillance-sp24.pdf