Archive for June 2015

» Apple Watch now available at the Apple Store

If you’re well-heeled and looking for a last minute Father’s Day gift.

 

» The Rebound #39: El Capitan Crunch

We talk about Schiller on The Talk Show, El Capitan, iPad multitasking and Apple dropping the Mac before we close with me getting something drastically wrong.

» Turning This Car Around #65: Sacrificial Phil

This week on the world’s most likely to include me dadcast we talk about the sacrifices you make as a parent.

» ‘Who Has Your Back?’

The Electronic Frontier Foundation rates technology companies on protecting your data from government requests. High marks go to Adobe, Dropbox, Yahoo and Apple, among others. Not so high marks to AT&T, Google, Microsoft and Slack.

In light of this, I’d like to apologize to Dropbox for my cynical remarks about their hiring of Condoleeza Rice. Fortunately, that seems not to have panned out. I’m glad to be wrong. Frequently.

» Microsoft shake up

MarketWatch provides the details of Microsoft’s latest reorganization. The biggest change seems to be this:

Executive Vice President Terry Myerson will lead a newly formed team, Windows and Devices Group (WDG), focused on enabling more personal computing experiences powered by the Windows ecosystem. This new team combines the engineering efforts of the current Operating Systems Group and Microsoft Devices Group.

Stephen Elop will transition out and Mark Penn is — finally — leaving to spend more time with his Scroogled mugs. Actually, it says he “has decided to pursue another venture outside Microsoft” so I wish him every success as Donald Trump’s campaign manager.

» Am I going to have to buy a Playstation?

I would not be surprised if Firewatch won’t run on my 2012 MacBook Air and Star Wars Battlefront looks sa-weeeeet.

Have to. Get to. Tomato. Tomahto.

» ‘El Capitan first look’

Rene Ritchie provides the highlights. I would have loved to get Siri on OS X but I’ll be happy with stability and Find My Cursor. I’m terrible at that game and would gladly pay a dollar to unlock the cheat codes.

» Minecraft for HoloLens

Microsoft had many good reasons to buy Minecraft but it sure makes a killer demo for the HoloLens and is likely to inspire a whole generation to get the device,

» Turning This Car Around #64: Middle School Means No Bare Shoulders

This week on America’s darnedest dadcast we talk about the impending horrors of middle school.

» Costolo out at Twitter, Dorsey named interim CEO

It’s not rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic it’s more like a party boat going around and around in circles. Hopefully it’ll get steered in the right direction now. Glad I’m not at at the helm. Well, other than the money.