Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, recently tweeted a long post that complains about “What was once the promise of the free exchange of information is being turned into the ultimate tool of control.” He’s referring …
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Author: Adam Z. Lein
Designer & web developer since the mid 1990's starting on the DEC intranet. User experience consultant since 1998. Photographer since 1995. Tech journalist since 2002.Fediverse Profile
There is Such Thing as a Phone That’s Too Thin
Thin is in again. Apple used to brag about the thinness of the iPhone 5, 6, and now the iPhone Air. But is there such a thing as being too thin? I think so. A …
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WhatsApp’s 2025 Ad Campaign is probably a lie. Here’s how to tell. UPDATE: It is a lie.
UPDATE Oct 2, 2025 It turns out all of Whatsapp’s privacy claims are lies just as predicted. This week a lawsuit was filed by an ex-employee who discovered numerous privacy and security compliance violations including …
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Wacom Movink Review: the thinnest and maybe best pen display ever
I’ve been using Wacom tablets for computer graphics since I could afford the cheapest one they made in 1997 as a broke college student. Since then, I’ve used many graphics tablets, tablet PCs, and pen …
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B&H’s Bild Expo picks up where Photo Plus Expo left off
The Bild Expo first started in September of 2023 as a big 50th anniversary for the B&H Photography & Video super store. After attending that, I figured it was just a one-time event for the …
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Dynabook’s New Tecra A40-N, Tecra A60-N, and Portégé X40-N Laptops have Intel Ultra Series 2 chipsets
Dynabook today announces new versions of the Portégé® X40-M Series 2, Tecra® A40-M Series 2, and Tecra® A60-M Series 2 laptops powered by the Intel® Core™ Ultra Series 2 processors. They will also include Wi-Fi …
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T-Mobile G1 Review – The original Android smartphone
Originally published at Pocketnow on 11/8/2008 – 1, 2, 3 INTRODUCTION As many of you may know, T-Mobile was the first carrier in the USA to release HTC’s first phone (the HTC Wallaby) which was also the first …
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Xiaomi POCO F7 Ultra Review: The first ultra POCO phone
The POCO F7 Ultra is the first “Ultra” model for the POCO brand and it’s the top-of-the-line for the F7 series of POCO phones. It’s very similar to the Redmi K80 Ultra in terms of …
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Xiaomi POCO F7 Ultra unboxing
The Xiaomi POCO F7 Ultra and Pro smartphones have just been announced with their launch scheduled for March 27 and we got our hands on the Ultra version. The new design looks pretty great with …
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A look at the new MINI BMW OS 9 in-car computer user experience
I got to take a look at the new BMW Operating System 9 in some new Mini Countryman and Mini Cooper cars to learn about the new user experience. The most obvious and unique aspect …
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