Shades Of Brown

This week on Shades Of Brown, we talk about AIM being shut down, Groove Music also being shut down, and an unreleased released Windows Phone device. We also discuss Microsoft Mixed Reality on Windows 10 and Edge for iOS and Android. Plus a bit on controlling notifications. Show Notes: AIM Being Shut Down RIP Groove Music A look at Microsoft's unreleased 'all screen' Lumia Windows phone Microsoft M...

This week on Shades Of Brown, we talk about every OS Apple has released this year. tvOS, watchOS, macOS, and iOS are all discussed in depth. Strap in, we go long. Show Notes: tvOS 11 New Javascript based apps. Updated TV app is actually very good. macOS macOS High Sierra Review: A Modern Snow Leopard? Metal 2. APFS is interesting but not a huge user facing feature. Photos: slight redesign, facial...

This week on Shades Of Brown we talk about Destiny 2 and the huge Google Pixel Event Leak. Plus Cristian reviews Oreos again. Show Notes: Destiny 2 What do we think? Story/Campaign Visual design Mechanical design Memorable characters Failsafe! Actual character development! Monetisation model (Silver, shaders) Pentagonal where Jake reviews Oreos Google Pixel Leak: And Here is the Pixel 2 XL in Blac...

This week on Shades Of Brown, we talk about the September Apple Event. Show Notes: Keynote video Retail Updates Apple Watch Series 3 watchOS 4 Apple TV 4K Patreon of the week: Crow Moore iPhone 8/8+ iPhone X Sadiq had some thoughts on Mastodon MKBHD Hands On Cristian on Mastodon Cristian on Twitter Sadiq on Mastodon Stipes Radio on Twitter

This week, we do a follow up segment on Android Oreo. We also talk about the announcement of a brand new Android One phone. Cristian reviews another Oreo. We discuss tips and tricks for figuring out if a particular tech news/video is just marketing fluff or an actual informative piece of content. Show Notes: Follow-up - Android O Ron Amadeo’s review 00:37 Emoji system Cristian talks about the new...

This week on Shades Of Brown, we talk about the next iPhone event, the new Youtube design, ARCore and the LG V30. Also: Cristian reviews Oreos. Show Notes: Followup Wireless USB Apple’s iPhone 8 event is happening on September 12th New YouTube YouTube's new look and the new logo Here are all the big changes coming to YouTube today Patreon of the week: Creatrix Tiara Google ARCore Google’s ARCore b...

This week on Shades Of Brown, we discuss the Xbox One X launch, Android Oreo, the Essential Phone, and the Samsung Galaxy Note 8. Plus a sidebar on the best Oreos and Airpods. Show Notes: Microsoft outlines the upgrade procedures for Xbox One X Project Scorpio Edition Android 8: Oreo Essential Phone Verge Review MKBHD Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Samsung is offering Galaxy Note 7 owners a discount on the...

This week on Shades Of Brown, we take a trip through memory lane and talk about our collective experiences with old Linux distributions and Chromebooks. Show Notes: Cristian talks ChromeOS, Chromebooks, their experiences with the CR-48. ChromeOS CR-48 - https://cr-48.wikispaces.com/ Sadiq talks about his history with Linux in various forms Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) Arch Linux Gentoo Linux openSUSE...

This week on Shades Of Brown, we talk about bad Google things, cool Mozilla things, dope Windows accessibility features, a bad Android phone, and Cristian admits they are wrong about fluent design. Show Notes: Google reportedly building Snapchat Discover competitor into search Crashy Android apps will get downranked in the Google Play Store Mozilla’s new file-transfer service isn’t perfect, but it...

This week on Shades Of Brown, we talk about Microsoft news, Galaxy Note 8 leaks, Chrome's new built in ad blocker, Mass Effect: Andromeda, and Tyler The Creators new album Scum Fuck Flower Boy. Show Notes: Microsoft offers new ways to buy Surfaces, cheapo VR headsets, and more New Xbox One controller designs Microsoft is now selling Windows Mixed Reality developer headsets Leaked Galaxy Note 8 pho...

This week on Shades Of Brown we talk about a OnePlus bug, Microsoft being bad at naming things, Amazon's new social network, Apple's latest lawsuit and the new 2DS XL. Sadiq is also wrong about Nintendo games. Show Notes: OnePlus 911 bug Then they fixed it. Microsoft is bad at naming things Amazon marketing idiocy Apple vs. Qualcomm Nintendo 2DS XL

This week on Shades Of Brown we talk about new Google Pixel rumors, Samsung doing dumb things, W3C EME Web DRM Acronyms, and a memorial service for Windows Phone is held. Show Notes: Exclusive: This is the 2017 Google Pixel "XL," with low-bezel AMOLED display and squeezable frame - Android Police iFixit teardown confirms Note 7 Fan Edition is just a Note 7 with a new, smaller battery - The Verge O...

This week on Shades Of Brown we talk about Samsung being unable to ship things, Microsoft being unable to ship things, and maybe Apple not being able to ship things on the new iPhone. We also discuss Jay-Z's new album 4:44. Show Notes: Samsung’s “Bixby” still can’t speak English, plans speaker hardware anyway Next Windows 10 update won’t include the most exciting promised feature New iPhone Rumors...

This week on Shades of Brown, we talk about moderation on social networks and how hate speech and abuse should be policed. We also have a discussion about Mastodon and how the network moderates itself. Also, even though I (this is Cristian here) do mention it in the show I want to reiterate that our conversation does come from a cis-male POC viewpoint and the privilege that brings. I do not intend...

This week on Shades Of Brown we take a break from talking about the major tech companies and have a classic tech podcast. Topics include Android phones and web browsers. It's basically 2012 all over again. Show Notes: OnePlus 5: MKBHD review Ars Technica review OnePlus caught cheating on benchmarks Web Browsers: Firefox 54 released finally bringing multi-process support Vivaldi Other: Pentagonal (...

This week we talk about E3, but Cristian really just wants to talk about Microsoft and Nintendo while Sadiq wants to talk about Assassin's Creed. Show Notes: EA Anthem, the new Bioware IP Anthem official gameplay reveal FIFA 2018 Star Wars: Battlefront 2 A Way Out Need for Speed: Payback Bethesda Ars Technica Bethesda summary Fallout 4 VR Creation Club The Evil Within 2 Wolfenstein 2: The New Colo...

This week we talk WWDC. Which means we get excited about things like a new source code editor. Also, some bonus pre-E3 stuff. Show notes: XCode 9 New source code editor 60FPS scrolling Faster file opens New refactoring system Contextual extraction Rename refactoring GitHub integration Xcode Server Built In Multiple Booted Simulator Devices Wireless Development Swift 4! (Spec.fm) watchOS Apple intr...

This week is a lot of pre-WWDC chatter, predictions, wishful thinking, you name it. Show notes: Pre-WWDC talk, predictions, wish lists: Swift Just OSS things iOS Lots of iPad stuff Finder for iOS Mail.app, smart inboxes? More apps looking music and news Safari Progressive web apps Redesign? Podcast app redesign iMessage apps Digital Touch is bad, remove it Apple macOS App store improvements? APFS...

We bring the culture this week with a lot of hip-hop talk. Also, a side-note about Intel and Thunderbolt because we can't resist a bit of tech talk. Show notes: Intel to make Thunderbolt 3 royalty-free in bid to spur adoption T-Wayne by T-Pain Everybody by Logic Renaissance by The Underachievers

This week, it is all Google I/O 2017. Google this, Google that. Google everything. Also, why does Google hate Canada? Show notes: Google Lens The Google Assistant comes to iOS Google Assistant on iOS vs. Siri New Google Home features Update to Google Photos that makes you less of an asshole Android Go First Android O beta Standalone Daydream headsets Android O's emoji revamp

This week, we have another sitdown to talk about the latest Microsoft news. And to also get upset about the changes in their design language. We have a new logo as well! Please let us know what you think about it as we're still open to any feedback on it! As always thanks for listening. Show Links: Follow up: Surface Pro 5 doesn’t exist (until it does) Windows 10 hits 500 million devices, growing...

In this episode we talk about the Surface Laptop and the Google Docs phishing attack. An earlier version of this episode that some of you may have downloaded was not edited properly, apologies for that. The current file should be the proper episode. Show notes: Surface Laptop: The $999 Surface Laptop is Microsoft’s take on the regular old notebook Windows 10S: Microsoft takes on Chrome OS with new...

In this episode we talk about some video game trailers: Forza Horizon 3 and the next Call of Duty game. We then talk about Uber's new shenanigans. Last but definitely not least, we take a trip down memory lane and have a retrospective talk about Destiny. Show notes: Forza Horizon 3 Hot Wheels: Trailer Forza Horizon 3 PC 1080p 60fps Performance Problems In-Depth Analysis Call of Duty WWII: Trailer...

Today we bring you hope in the form of a federated social network and some good music. We talk about Mastodon and DAMN. Show notes: Mastodon: What is GNU social and is Mastodon Social a "Twitter Clone"? by rw GNU Social postActiv Mastodon Ten Forward, a Star Trek themed Mastodon instance DAMN by Kendrick Lamar: The Needle Drop review The BIG QUINT first reaction Anime comes bearing hope by Rollin...

This week's episode is very Microsoft heavy, we talk Windows 10 Creators Update and Project Scorpio. We then balance it out by being sad about the state of Ubuntu and a small rant about PSN purchases. Show notes: Windows 10 Creators Update: Review: Windows 10 Creators Update is quite a small major update Low-end PCs get big performance boost from Windows 10 Game Mode Project Scorpio: Eurogamer/Dig...