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Why Did Gruber Leave 5by5?

Eric Schwarz — Sat, 19 May 2012 05:09:45 +0000

For anyone who listens to tech podcasts, The Talk Show is highly-downloaded favorite. Dan Benjamin was the perfect foil for John Gruber, so it’ll be interesting to see where things go now. Some of the speculation, like what Jonathan Poritsky has prepared is a little fun and interesting, since there is quite a bit of [...]

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Coffee Smart Cover

Eric Schwarz — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:07:25 +0000

Since this is a bit of a slow news day, I was going through my Safari Reading List and came across this little how-to from Two Lives Left (they make games) to freshen up a stained and beat-up leather Smart Cover. Even if you don’t plan on ever doing something like this, it’s worth checking [...]

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Twitter is Following You

Eric Schwarz — Fri, 18 May 2012 02:19:57 +0000

Not surprising, much like Facebook, but enough reason for us to take the Tweet buttons off of our site. Obviously, this doesn’t apply if you don’t use Twitter or use a separate Twitter app.

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J*******k

Eric Schwarz — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:08:08 +0000

Gotta love an odd news story to start your Thursday. It’s probably a glitch, and perhaps this has nothing to do with music, and is Apple’s way of subtly encouraging users to keep their devices as stock as possible?

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How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet

Eric Schwarz — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:41:03 +0000

Great, but sad article by Mat Honan for Gizmodo about Yahoo completely missing the point of Flickr, ruining it and everything else. It’s a shame, since I always thought Flickr was pretty cool. The fact there has never been a Yahoo-made iPad app (the is an iPhone one) for it speaks volumes.

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ESPN Radio: What’s a Few More Bucks?

Eric Schwarz — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:29:51 +0000

I’m a fan of ESPN Radio, and its app, previously $2.99, was an iPhone-only app that wasn’t the prettiest, but featured access to the live stream, podcasts, and entire shows. The new app (4.0), which comes down the line as an update for existing users, is now universal (hooray) and has been redesigned. Streaming now [...]

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