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Apple Vision Pro - first hands on

Yesterday I got the chance to try the future of computing… I finally got to get my hands on the Apple Vision Pro, which has now arrived in the uk. The full experience left me with one thing in mind, ‘this is another iPhone moment’.  The first time I used and iPod Touch (the gen 1 that came before the iPhone in the UK) I immediately bought one. I knew in my hands I was holding the future of…

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The iPod is dead. Long live the iPod.

The iPod is dead. Long live the iPod.

Photo by Aegon Boucicault on Unsplash Apple has decided to discontinue the iPod Touch. The last iPod. My first touchscreen Apple device (as I waited for the first-generation iPhone to arrive in the UK). What does it mean? Does it mean anything? When the iPod Touch came along, it was a companion device to the rest of the iPod range. At the time, they had mechanical hard drives and could store…

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When Elon says 'authenticate all humans' what does that mean?

When talking about Twitter at the weekend, the discussion around free speech came up and exactly what that means for the platform going forwards.

Photo by Marten Bjork on Unsplash With the purchase of Twitter seemingly going through and Elon Musk obtaining the most successful unsuccessful social media network, it got me thinking about some of his comments around it and what they may mean for users. As the platform has been plagued with bots for years now, the comment from Elon of ‘authenticate all humans’ has got a lot of people…

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Why don't we make smartphones like this any more? An explainer.

Why don’t we make smartphones like this any more? An explainer.

A friend of mine has been looking for a new smartphone for quite some time and we got into a fairly lengthly conversation about it which got to the point where I shared the image of the Verizon Droid (above) and he said ‘See, why aren’t we making this anymore?!’ It then occurred to me that my answers of ‘why’ tell a larger story around user experience and expectations. There are a number of…

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It's now easier to send The Tame Geek a message.

It’s now easier to send The Tame Geek a message.

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2021 - Predictions

2021 – Predictions

So, the review of the last year has been done (good thing, as there wasn’t much going on* Citation needed) it’s time for the predictions for 2021. Also, not a cop-out here, but, more than most years, this is likely to be a bit of s shaky one when it comes to the dates of things, but let’s see how we get on! Specifics New iPad Pros, the first half of the year – the chip is now two generations…

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2020 - Year in Review

2020 – Year in Review

Yeah, we’re doing this… For more than half a decade now I’ve been reviewing the year and marking up my predictions. But this has been 2020 and nobody (apart from all of the people that did) could’ve predicted what came to pass. So, as is tradition, we’ll start with the specifics, however, I’m not going to be too hard on my self with the scoring and I’m not just going to copy and paste ‘because…

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Holographic optics for thin and lightweight virtual reality Holographic optics for VR use means smaller, lighter glasses, rather than headsets. This kind of technology will help drive adoption for the general public. #vr #ar Read More

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Apple Chips – The move from Intel would make sense | Tame Geek As WWDC is going completely online this year and there’s a lot of buzz around Apple announcing ARM powered Macs at the event, here’s the article I (poorly) wrote eight years ago predicting it. I think a follow up will be needed in the coming weeks! Read More

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Insights Archives – Cool Blue The last couple of months have been transformative for all of us and for businesses. As we’ve been navigating our way through this, the team at Cool Blue have been collecting and creating some really interesting content which we’ve now published for everyone in our new Insights section Read More

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Facebook targets Pinterest users with its new ‘Hobbi’ experimental app – 9to5Mac They are coming for Pinterest's lunch! Read More

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In the home of the future, every surface is an interface Welcome to your mixed reality home! Read More

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See David Bowie Sing “Hurt” With Nine Inch Nails in 1995 Wowsers. Read More

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2020 – Predictions | Tame Geek Each year, I go through the calendar and mark up when the next big tech events will be. I'm at about 90% accurate for the last 4 years, so, who want's to know when the new iPhone will be released? Read More

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2020 - Predictions

2020 – Predictions

As ever on the Tame Geek website, we firstly look back at the year that was, then take a view out on the year to come with some predictions.

Specifics

Updated iPads (including Pros) will be launched within the first three months of 2020, sometime in March:

They will focus on new camera tech (Pro models) and other ‘pro’ features

The Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will take place in the…

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2019 – Year In Review | Tame Geek Some traditions have to hold up to the test of time. Here's another one, the Tame Geek 2019 - Year In Review Read More

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2019 - Year In Review

2019 – Year In Review

Welcome to the review of the year from the Tame Geek. 

I’ve been a bit quieter this year when it comes to the fully written blogs, but that’s what this site was designed to accommodate. That said, coming in 2020, maybe the Geek’s first move into podcasting and some more regular video content. The purpose of that will be to see if the process can become as streamlined as possible.

When it comes…