Facebook never wanted to host your app: The real reasons it shut down Parse

Facebook never wanted to host your app: The real reasons it shut down Parse In 2013, Parse powered over 60,000 apps and had about the same number of developers. Its strategy was to go for broad developer adoption with a pretty broad feature offering.

Oops, I did it again, I destroyed your company when I farted. Psyche!

Rumor: Apple testing dual-lens camera modules from Largan, others for future iPhones

Rumor: Apple testing dual-lens camera modules from Largan, others for future iPhones Taiwan's Largan Technology and camera lens makers in China and Japan have sent dual-lens camera samples to Apple for testing, aiming for inclusion in Apple's next Plus-sized iPhone, a report claimed on Tuesday.

Think secret-er!

Google surpasses Apple as world's most valuable company

Google surpasses Apple as world's most valuable company Alphabet is seeing a renaissance in growth as its advertising business made big gains this quarter. The company's services division also saw wider adoption including Gmail, which passed one billion users in quarter four.

It's a mixture of gargantuan and moola, I call it Google.

Gadget helps GoPro users create jaw-dropping panoramas | Cult of Mac

Gadget helps GoPro users create jaw-dropping panoramas | Cult of Mac The Pano5+1 is available on Indiegogo for an early bird price of $59. Last year, Zhou exceeded funding goals with SLOPES, a compact polyhedron support that can fit in low or tiny places, when a tripod or common mount accessory is not available. SLOPES lets you set the camera at many different pitches.

And who doesn't want a geometrically distorted view of the surrounding world?

Is Apple prepping a pro version of the iPhone 7 Plus? Catch the discussion on The CultCast | Cult of Mac

Is Apple prepping a pro version of the iPhone 7 Plus? Catch the discussion on The CultCast | Cult of Mac This week on The CultCast: a souped-up iPad Air 3 coming in March; iPhone 5se is a terrible name for a 4-inch iPhone; the iPhone 7 Plus PLUS is for those who demand only the best mobile camera; and why Apple is pumping the brakes on their electric car.

Enquiring minds want to know!

Production already underway for Apple's new 4-inch 'iPhone 6c' - report

Production already underway for Apple's new 4-inch 'iPhone 6c' - report Internals could include either the A8 or A9 processors and their corresponding M-series motion chips, along with anywhere from 1 gigabyte to 2 gigabytes of RAM and the possible inclusion of Touch ID and NFC support for Apple Pay.

Seems to me they need to start including TouchID and Apple Pay support on all the devices or the iOS installed base will become hopelessly fragmented.

New MacBooks expected to arrive by June

New MacBooks expected to arrive by June Kuo does note that the new, improved notebooks should be with us by June. It is likely that Apple will include Intel’s “Skylake” processors as part of the update, bringing CPU speed increases of 10-20 percent, an improved graphics chip, and longer and more efficient battery life.

Yay Mac Yay! I don't think we're living in a Mac vs. PC world anymore.

Two years on, Dell shows going private was a smart move | Ars Technica

Two years on, Dell shows going private was a smart move | Ars Technica "We find ourselves in a world increasingly afflicted with myopia—governments that can't see beyond the next election, an education system that can't see beyond the next round of standardised tests, and public financial markets that can't see beyond the next trade," wrote Michael Dell in the Wall Street Journal in 2014.

And corporations try to build key infrastructure with JavaScript. Right. Can't wait to see how that turns out. Wait, what browser again?

This is why Docker is going to flatten the competition in the cloud: providing an insulating layer against the constant stream of marketing bullsh*t that masquerades as innovation. Stable, repeatable, reliable.

4K Blu-ray has already lost to streaming

4K Blu-ray has already lost to streaming It may seem a tad hyperbolic to say this, but 4K Blu-ray could very well be the Holy Grail of home theater technology. Finally, a disc that makes movies look almost as good as they do in theaters, where many films are projected digitally in 4K.

It is my opinion that the streaming services are not really offering HD or 4K. When the compression artifacts obliterate fine detail with a uniform "computer gradient" like surface, it's not really HD or 4K. At least not for those who care about video quality. Also, streaming services have some nasty judder. Blu-Ray is the only choice for a cinephile home movie collection.