Over the years, Microsoft has made at least ten iconic startup sounds for Windows—from the triumphant “Ta-da!” of Windows 3.1, to the ambient chime that Brian Eno crafted for Windows 95, to the orchestral sweep of Windows XP. In this episode, we explore the creation of the classic Windows startup so

The news of Elon Musk buying Twitter has put Mastodon into the public spotlight as an alternative social network, rapidly exploding our growth with over 30,000 new users in just a single day. This is because at Mastodon, we present a vision of social media that cannot be bought and owned by any billionaire, and strive to create a more resilient global platform without profit incentives. We believe that your ability to communicate online should not be at the whims of a single commercial company.

Mastodon is now available on Google Play Store and the Apple App Store. Read about some of the design decisions we made for these apps!

"Bug fixes." "Jam packed full of Super Amazing Things." "Every 3 weeks, we polish up the Pinterest app to make it faster and better than ever." "To make our app better for you, we bring updates to the App Store every 2 weeks...Every update of our Facebook app includes improvements for spee…

Is it time for journalists to get off Twitter? One of the nation’s leading newspapers has made a presence on the social platform optional. We’ll talk about why, and what effects this could have on the quality of reporting and the safety of reporters. Also, Warner Bros. Discovery’s takeover of CNN and HBO, the collapse of Black News Channel and the USA Today’s innovative use of comic journalism. From Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Earnest Perry and Kathy Kiely: Views of the News.

An instant New York Times bestseller! From the bestselling author of But What if We’re Wrong, a wise and funny reckoning with the decade that gave us slacker/grunge irony about the sin of trying...

Sponsored by Surfshark VPN. Go to https://Surfshark.deals/mrmobile - Enter promo code MRMOBILE for 83% off and 3 extra months for free! [INTO THE FOLD EPISODE 12 - SURFACE DUO 2 REVIEW RE-DO] Just last week on this channel we were exploring what it means to blur the line between smartphone and computer … but I guess the reality is that I’ve been thinking about it since about 2007, when I realized during an otherwise uneventful walk around my college town that I could post a new LiveJournal entry (yep, I was one of those guys) right from my pocket instead of going home for my computer. This week, instead of replacing a PC with a smartphone, we’re talking about bringing a PC feature to the smartphone: the idea of a second screen. The subject of today’s episode of Into The Fold is the Surface Duo 2 from Microsoft, and yes, you’ve seen it before on this channel – but it’s not the phone you remember. [SUBSCRIBE TO MRMOBILE] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSOp... [ABOUT INTO THE FOLD EPISODE 12] This is the twelfth in a series of episodes exploring the many facets of life on a folding screen. From the best foldable phones of 2021 to the bleeding-edge world of folding-screen laptops, Into The Fold is MrMobile’s showcase for the most exciting movement in mobile technology since 2007! MrMobile does not accept compensation from the manufacturers of the products he reviews in exchange for producing content. No payment was provided and no manufacturer or carrier was afforded a preview, editorial input or copy approval rights concerning this review. The lone sponsor of this content is Surfshark. [LINKS - WEB] The oddity of Android 12L: Google’s prelude to tablets and foldables instead of its big moment [9to5Google]: https://9to5google.com/2022/03/20/android-12l-tablets-foldables/ Android 12L is coming to tables and foldables ‘later this year’ [Engadget]: https://www.engadget.com/android-12-l-launch-date-tablets-foldables-180018900.html Built for foldables, Android 12L is hitting Surface Duo ‘later this year,’ according to Google [Windows Central]: https://www.windowscentral.com/android-12l-coming-surface-duo-later-year Put both Duos through a lot of use today. Some thoughts [Reddit]: https://www.reddit.com/r/surfaceduo/comments/tescdb/put_both_both_duos_through_a_lot_of_use_today/ [MUSIC] "Ran Ran" by Bellodrone [Soundstripe]: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/9073 “Sunset Dreamz” by Neon Beach [Soundstripe]: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/5058 “Ok Ok” by Neon Beach [Soundstripe]: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/11023 [CHAPTERS] 00:00 Pocket PC reborn 00:55 A different kind of foldable 04:28 “Surface Laptop Nano” 06:07 Shark bait 07:03 More screens, more problems 09:40 Bad camera blues 10:55 Can’t stay away [SOCIALIZE] http://facebook.com/themrmobile http://instagram.com/themrmobile http://twitter.com/themrmobile http://mrmobile.tech [DISCLOSURES] This post may contain affiliate links, which afford Future plc a commission should you make a purchase. This does not affect MrMobile’s editorial content. See Future's disclosure policy for more details: https://www.futureplc.com/terms-conditions/ Additional information concerning MrMobile’s ethics policy can be found here: https://mrmobile.tech/ethics #surfaceduo #surfaceduo2 #microsoft #dualscreen #foldable #intothefold #tabletphone #tech #mrmobile

A brand new explore page, post editing, and new moderation features are just some of the additions in this new release of Mastodon!

Check out the FULL, UNABRIDGED version of the Best Boss Fight speech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx4KoVWrxSQThe Director's Cut (ver 1.0) is here!Patch ...

Despite Apple’s message that the iPad Pro can be a viable PC replacement because, among other features, it natively supports a dedicated external keyboard, its software still isn’t fully optimized for keyboard control. This isn’t surprising at all: iOS was designed with multitouch in mind; as long as the iPad shares a common foundation with

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg on what it’s like to run WordPress’ and Tumblr’s parent company

Of all of the foreign life ways Indians held, one of the first the Europeans targeted for elimination was the Two Spirits among Native American cultures.

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We don’t talk enough about vaporware over here, so let’s discuss two attempts to make optical discs fluorescent … both of which went absolutely nowhere.

I’m going to miss writing and making video for you all.

Documentation is an aspect of development that is often overlooked. Find out why Jack Wallen believes this needs to change.

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Chuck Klosterman is a journalist and author of eleven books, including his latest, The Nineties. ”Selling out… was very much injected into the way I understood the world…. And I am now supposed to do all of these interviews and all of these podcasts

every Paul segment from The Vergecast from 2016 to 2020

Today, the App Store published an interview with our very own Federico Viticci, who shared seven shortcuts for users who want to learn more about what Apple’s automation app enables on the Mac. Federico explains his interest in Shortcuts in the interview: It’s all about removing friction from everyday tasks. As the story recounts, Shortcuts

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About three years ago, I wrote a piece on how to get system fonts in CSS. The San Francisco fonts had just been released and getting them onto a web page wasn’t obvious or easy. A recent tweet reminded me that I needed to update this information. In my original post, I proposed the idea […]

erything is powered by our Discourse forum. Write.as users get a certain email address to send to, based on their support level. Those emails show up in different Discourse group inboxes. The high-priority group also pings my personal email, just so I don’t forget it’s there. But the low-priority group won’t ever disturb me — I have to visit that inbox to see messages there. When my email hour starts, first I v...

WSJ's Joanna Stern put on a headset to live in the virtual world for 24 hours and shares what she learned.

This free email client should be installed on your desktop. eM Client is just great.