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The web payments landscape is about to change forever
Blog | | By Owen Williams

Surface Book 2 vs MacBook Pro: The best of both worlds
Blog | | By Owen Williams

Facebook is cannibalizing itself with Instagram
Blog | | By Owen Williams

Unlocking your computer with your face is magic
Blog | | By Owen Williams

Why Microsoft acquiring GitHub is a good thing
Blog | | By Owen Williams

Never deal with carriers again thanks to this killer Google Pixel 2 feature
Blog | | By Owen Williams

It's easy to build better, cheaper Philips Hue LED strips yourself
Blog | | By Owen Williams

Philips Hue is great, but their LED strips are too expensive. Here's how how to hack a Philips Hue Lightstrip together from cheap parts and build your own strip.

A collection of all the stupid MacBook Pro problems that still aren't fixed
Blog | | By Owen Williams

Google's next big Android update: redefining the industry
Blog | | By Owen Williams

How the Pixel 2 stacks up, six months later
Blog | | By Owen Williams