Notable Favourites

★ Twitter to suspend politcal advertising (thread)

Everyone's looking at you now, Zuck. Not sure why it's taken this long for anyone to see the light.

Update

Axios with some great points on the topic.

Posted 30th Oct 2019 @ 21:26

★ Analogue Pocket

Mobile gaming might be where the money is, but handheld gaming seems to be making a comeback.

The Analogue Pocket looks great, and would make a great replacement for anyone with an ageing GameBoy system (that's me).

3.5" 615ppi 1600x1440 LCD display
Works with GameBoy, GameBoy Color & GameBoy Advanced games
Also works with Game Gear, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Atari and more via adapters
USB C
HDMI
Supports USB and Bluetooth controllers

Via Bless This Stuff.

Price: $199

Posted 19th Oct 2019 @ 10:00

★ Apple Maps new Look Around feature — Honolulu, Hawaii

I updated to iOS 13 last night and was happy to see the Look Around announced when you first open the Apple Maps app. The feature is only available in San Francisco, Las Vegas and Honolulu and it works really well.

This video retraces the steps we took 10 years ago when we visited Hawaii and would walk from our hotel towards Waikiki beach. It's pretty smooth and nicer experience than Google Maps but it would be really nice if you could hide all the clutter.

It also looks like there's more detail in Honolulu where the perspective of cars, people and objects shifts slightly as you look around at a particular spot but if you do the same on The Strip in Vegas, it feels flatter and much more like the Streetview experience we're used to.

I've seen the Apple Maps cars in 4 locations in London over the past 6-8 weeks so I'm really looking forward to seeing the feature roll out to more cities and countries.

Posted 20th Sep 2019 @ 09:00