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Owen Williams

@ow
329 posts
2025-09-30
not noted: the giant undismissable banner ads they show in your kitchen
2025-09-30 View on X
Bloomberg

Amazon unveils the $220 Echo Studio, its high-end speaker for audiophiles, 8" and 11" Echo Show for $180 and $220, and the $100 Echo Dot Max, all with Alexa+

New speakers include revamped look, upgraded silicon and integration with Alexa+ subscription service.

2025-06-10
i pretty much exclusively use an ipad outside of work and love it—but the lack of windowing always felt like it was holding it back. this makes it the best computer for most people!!
2025-06-10 View on X
The Verge

Apple unveils iPadOS 26 with features to “fluidly resize” app windows, move them, and open more app at once, a new Files app, a Mac-like Preview app, and more

how to download the developer beta now Kahekashan / The Hans India : Apple Introduces Fresh Design and Smarter Features with macOS Tahoe, iPadOS 26, and More at WWDC 2025 Harsh Shi...

THEY MADE THE IPAD INTO A MAC FINALLY!!!! [image]
2025-06-10 View on X
The Verge

Apple unveils iPadOS 26 with features to “fluidly resize” app windows, move them, and open more app at once, a new Files app, a Mac-like Preview app, and more

how to download the developer beta now Kahekashan / The Hans India : Apple Introduces Fresh Design and Smarter Features with macOS Tahoe, iPadOS 26, and More at WWDC 2025 Harsh Shi...

2025-04-26
Google giving me yet another reason to never buy its hardware again 🚮https://www.theverge.com/ ...
2025-04-26 View on X
The Verge

Google says it will end support for 1st- and 2nd-gen Nest thermostats on October 25, and won't launch new models in Europe due to its “unique” heating systems

The company is also pulling Nest thermostats out of Europe entirely, citing “unique” heating challenges.

2024-02-15
dudes all over twitter being like wow what a visionary, but i watched this video and it just felt like watching steve ballmer laugh at the iphone for not having a keyboard in 2007 (also, it looks like it was shot on a potato)
2024-02-15 View on X
Spyglass

Zuckerberg makes valid points on the Quest 3 being better overall than the Vision Pro today, but he risks having his own “Ballmer laughs off the iPhone” moment

i see twitter is currently in the ‘justify my $3500 purchase to myself in public constantly’ stage of talking about the Apple Vision pro
2024-02-15 View on X
Cult of Mac

Many Apple Vision Pro users are returning their devices for being too expensive, heavy, or isolating, as the 14-day return window closes for launch day buyers

Many early adopters seem set on returning their Apple Vision Pro headsets.  As the 14-day return window approaches for people …

dudes all over twitter being like wow what a visionary, but i watched this video and it just felt like watching steve ballmer laugh at the iphone for not having a keyboard in 2007 (also, it looks like it was shot on a potato)
2024-02-15 View on X
The Verge

In a video, Mark Zuckerberg shares his thoughts on the Vision Pro, saying Quest 3 “is the better product, period”, highlighting Apple's tradeoffs, and more

closed won mobile but open won PC, and i believe open will win the next” is not only brilliant but even more bullish for crypto than VR Tobi Lutke / @tobi : Great message, lots of ...

2024-01-27
it's apparently incomprehensible to people on this site that this can be true for most people, while ALSO being true that it's good thing that there is a path to installing software outside of a closed app store for other people
2024-01-27 View on X
The Platform Law Blog

Apple's changes for iOS app distribution in the EU fail to offer fair and reasonable commissions and show its disdain for both the DMA and app developers

Yesterday, Apple made an important announcement regarding changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union in response to the Digital Markets Act ("DMA").

2023-12-12
This is a BIG deal and might be a watershed moment for unbundling app stores that makes it a lot easier to compete. Having options beyond paying 30% of your income would be a *big* deal for mobile. https://www.theverge.com/...
2023-12-12 View on X
The Verge

The jury in Epic v. Google finds that Google has monopoly power in the Android app distribution and in-app billing services markets; Google plans to appeal

Three years after Fortnite maker Epic Games sued Apple and Google for allegedly running illegal app store monopolies, Epic has a win.

2023-08-19
Kelowna is on fire right now and in the middle of all of it, people are sharing screenshots of news stories on Facebook because the company blocked all Canadian news media 😳 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/ ... [image]
2023-08-19 View on X
CBC News

Evacuees from the wildfires threatening Yellowknife say that Meta's news fight with Canada's government makes it harder for them to share lifesaving information

Meta notes government sources not blocked as northerners duck ban by sharing screenshots of information

2023-08-10
This Slack redesign is pretty wild. It claims to be ‘built for focus’ and I hope that really means ‘deal with channel overload’ https://slack.com/... [image]
2023-08-10 View on X
The Verge

Slack unveils its biggest redesign yet, adding a Home section, a left sidebar, a DMs section similar to the one in Teams, and “a unified inbox” Activity window

2023-06-29
most of the canadian / local subreddits have been taken over by alt-right mods for years and this is just going to make it happen to every major subreddit out there https://www.theverge.com/...
2023-06-29 View on X
PC Gamer

Reddit user sliced_lime, most likely Mojang's Mikael Hedberg, says Mojang no longer plans to post changelogs to r/Minecraft due to Reddit's API pricing changes

The Minecraft subreddit won't be a source for official Mojang communications going forward.  —  If you want official updates …

most of the canadian / local subreddits have been taken over by alt-right mods for years and this is just going to make it happen to every major subreddit out there https://www.theverge.com/...
2023-06-29 View on X
The Verge

Internal messages: Reddit tells protesting mods that their communities won't remain private beyond the timeframe set for this week to confirm reopening plans

I'd buy it if we got one or two or any in the past, but five randomly on the same day Reddit is trying to force open subreddits is fishy to me https://www.theverge.com/... … @waxy@...

2023-06-09
rip one of the best apps on my phone and probably my use of Reddit entirely https://twitter.com/...
2023-06-09 View on X
MacRumors

Apollo's developer plans to shut down the Reddit client on June 30, saying “Reddit's recent decisions and actions” make it impossible for Apollo to continue

Popular third-party Reddit app Apollo will be shutting down as of June 30, Apollo developer Christian Selig announced today.

lots of subreddits are planning to go offline in protest of this change and reddit's leadership is out here with thinly veiled threats that they'll just override community mods and force their hand if they do 🙈 https://www.reddit.com/... [image]
2023-06-09 View on X
MacRumors

Apollo's developer plans to shut down the Reddit client on June 30, saying “Reddit's recent decisions and actions” make it impossible for Apollo to continue

Popular third-party Reddit app Apollo will be shutting down as of June 30, Apollo developer Christian Selig announced today.

2023-06-07
There's some really amazing things going on with the Vision Pro—and beautiful hardware— but some large social hurdles to clear as well. It felt very dystopian! I don't really see what would make me truly want/need to get it. I want to use my phone/screens less, not more.
2023-06-07 View on X
TechCrunch

Hands-on with the Apple Vision Pro, which seems to be a genuine leapfrog in XR capability and execution, offering near-perfect eye tracking and gesture control

2023-06-06
i just know i'm gonna hate buy this thing so hard [image]
2023-06-06 View on X
The Verge

Tim Cook unveils Apple Vision Pro, a “spatial computing” headset controlled with the user's eyes, hands, and voice, coming to the US for $3,499+ in early 2024

Apple has announced an augmented reality headset called Apple Vision Pro that “seamlessly” blends the real and digital world.

Having thought about the Apple Vision Pro announcement for a while I'm both excited and...not. It's a marriage of a bunch of amazing technologies in only a way Apple could to make happen, and looks like an amazing experience that nails great UX for a mixed reality world. But... [video]
2023-06-06 View on X
TechCrunch

Hands-on with Apple Vision Pro, which seems to be a genuine leapfrog in capability and execution of XR, offering near perfect eye tracking and gesture control

After a roughly 30 minute demo that ran through the major features that are yet ready to test I came away convinced that Apple …

...I'm skeptical of the premise in general. Apple's demo was “killer” use cases like...browsing the web? Calling people? Watching movies? And always alone. Definitely feels like Apple Watch launch where they went wide and found a use case as they iterated—fitness, not fashion. [video]
2023-06-06 View on X
TechCrunch

Hands-on with Apple Vision Pro, which seems to be a genuine leapfrog in capability and execution of XR, offering near perfect eye tracking and gesture control

After a roughly 30 minute demo that ran through the major features that are yet ready to test I came away convinced that Apple …

There's some really amazing things going on with the Vision Pro—and beautiful hardware— but some large social hurdles to clear as well. It felt very dystopian! I don't really see what would make me truly want/need to get it. I want to use my phone/screens less, not more.
2023-06-06 View on X
TechCrunch

Hands-on with Apple Vision Pro, which seems to be a genuine leapfrog in capability and execution of XR, offering near perfect eye tracking and gesture control

After a roughly 30 minute demo that ran through the major features that are yet ready to test I came away convinced that Apple …