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An open letter to my Macbook Pro, on which I spilled coffee this morning

Jun18
by on June 18, 2019 at 12:32 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


My dearest MacBook Pro, I’m sorry. I’m so, so sorry. It wasn’t meant to be like this. We’ve spent five beautiful years together and, honestly, they’ve been the best of my life. We’ve shared almost everything together, the highs and the lows. But… God, this is tough. I was sitting down to write this morning – as I do most days – and, fuck, I don’t even know exactly how it happened. The time either side of the incident are burned in, but the actual event itself? A blur. One moment the coffee was in the cup, the next… Fuck me,…

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Why Samsung’s virus scans for smart TVs are a UX disaster

Jun18
by on June 18, 2019 at 11:48 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Plugged


Samsung was lambasted and mocked in the press and on social media yesterday, after the company tweeted a reminder to owners of its smart TVs to periodically run virus scans on their panels – along with a video demonstration of how to go about it. Let’s point and laugh at Samsung for a bit: for anyone that didn’t see it, I happen to have sent the tweet on discord, it looks a little something like this: pic.twitter.com/IpYQ430sDM — Nicuri (@Nicuriq) June 18, 2019 If Samsung are recommending we manually dig deep in to the menus to run a virus scan…

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Facebook’s Libra ‘cryptocurrency’ is missing one thing: monetary policy

Jun18
by on June 18, 2019 at 10:52 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Facebook has outlined the economics of its new Libra cryptocurrency, revealing it will create a secondary token intended specifically to pay dividends to early backers. It’s called the Libra Investment Token, and it will only be available to members of the Libra Association (which maintains the network) and other accredited investors. Money raised by selling the Libra Investment Token is said to be placed in low-risk assets, and revenue generated is to go towards supporting operating expenses of the Libra Association itself and other development costs, including grants to non-profits. Once those are paid for, some of the remaining returns will be distributed to Libra Association members in the form of…

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Google is rolling out RCS messaging without waiting for carriers – here’s what that means

Jun18
by on June 18, 2019 at 10:10 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google


Almost two years after showing off the first glimpse of  its Rich Communication Services (RCS), Google is rolling it out without waiting for carrier support. The Verge today reported that The Verge reported today that Android users in the UK and France will be able to use RCS by the end of this month. But, how will it change your life? First, an introduction to RCS. Think of RCS as SMS on steroids. It gives you the ability to send large texts without any character limit, create groups, send content, and share live location. In short, it’s Google’s attempt to…

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