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‘Don’t Upgrade Your Camera Gear Unless It’s Limiting You’

February 23, 2021
I recently came across an interesting comment made by a participant in a photography forum: “You should only upgrade your camera only if it’s limiting you, not just because you have the money to.” This is the explanation for how I grew out of my first body and kit lens, but also the reason why I haven’t upgraded my body for the past 7+ years since moving to full-frame. Back in 2008, I…
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Quill launches as a team messaging antithesis to Slack with native iPhone and Mac apps

February 23, 2021
An all-new team messaging service is out today called Quill, and it’s positioned as as being “for people that focus” with “conversations designed for people, not bots.” The new team messenger features a thoughtful design with advanced features like “structured” and “social channels,” retroactive threads, passive/priority mentions, nested channels, and much more. Quill, the new…
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Qualcomm and Lofelt join forces with aim to improve Android haptics

February 23, 2021
The gold standard of smartphone haptics has — unfortunately — been Apple and the Taptic Engine for years at this stage. We’ve seen great improvements from the likes of Google, Oppo, Xiaomi, and OnePlus, but Qualcomm and Lofelt have now partnered with the express aim to “bring advanced haptics to the Android ecosystem.” Often our interactions with our smartphones are brief, but nuances…
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Google Store gains refurbished options for Nest Learning Thermostat, Wifi, and Hello

February 23, 2021
For some time now, the US Google Store has offered an affordable refurbished option for a few select products, including the Nest Cam Indoor and Nest Protect. Today, the Google Store has gained three more refurbished options in the US, the Nest Learning Thermostat, Nest Wifi, and Nest Hello. First up, the third- generation Nest Learning Thermostat is available for $159 refurbished on the Google…
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