Bits: The Byteside Blog
Digital Brian Blessed
Through the calendar year there’s a few different times of year when it’s ‘new thing’ season. Right now it’s phones. Samsung landed a little while ago, Apple lands this week, and Google lands in October. We’re also getting lots of other new things soon too. Apple
Descent Into Avernus: the spoiler-free review
Dungeons & Dragons latest adventure, Descent Into Avernus, is a bargain with the devils you should sign up for. No blood required.
Less Gravity, More Personality
Let’s skip the iPhone launch chat. You’ve heard about that everywhere, I’m sure. I’m planning a special edition to round up the state of phones at the moment very soon. Seems a good time off the back of iPhones and the new Android 10 launch. Cameras
It's Tim Cook's Apple now
Steve and Jony have left the building.
Factory Default Suckage
Happy Friday! It’s been an interesting week after I spent the weekend down in Melbourne covering the Melbourne Esports Open. The big tech show IFA has been taking place in Berlin. I realised it’s been about five years since my last visit. Sad face. I was invited, so
Subject line real estate is crucial if you want to fit a complicated message into a very limited amount of available sp
I’m going to stop writing ‘Byteside [issue #] in the subject headings from now on. But I’m adding the lightbulb emoji to kick off the subject line. Give it a little 'pop’ in the email list while adding some Subject uniformity without eating up valuable readable space. Make
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Tangled Webs
I heard a great podcast over the weekend speaking with a journalist about his time covering technology. The host actually hit on an interesting concept - that the history of technology in recent times is one of a shift from science to business to politics. It rings very true. But
Assorted brain food
No themes are leaping out this week. It’s a mixed bag of interesting that, thankfully, has more nourishing discussions than bad news this week. Not that there’s no bad links… I’m still looking for input on the tech parenting newsletter / podcast concept, so if you can spare
Should I do a tech parenting newsletter too?
Games don’t cause gun violence. It’s old news. It’s not a statement worthy of rebuttal. In one of the many debates of this topic over the years - back when the games industry was arguing to get R18+ ratings for games in Australia - one expert pointed
Apple launches AR[T]: AR experiences in global cities by amazing artists
Starting August 10, incredible Augmented Reality (AR) experiences will be offered in six major cities around the world in a collaboration between Apple and
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Gogoro gets Yamaha and others on board to use its swappable EV battery platform
I first covered Gogoro nearly four years ago for CNET while in Taiwan for Computex. The Taiwanese electric scooter company was designing beautiful scooters
WoW Classic landrush to reserve cool names opens on August 12
Going back to where it all began can bring with it a lot of very specific vibes someone is looking for to get their nostagia trip just right. So it'll be
Attention to detail makes the TwelveSouth StayGo USB-C Hub stand out
USB-C hubs are finally starting to pick up some steam, and as the range of options grows we're seeing some well thought out (but not overcooked) versions hit
All-Time Classic 'Journey' Now Available on iOS
No build up. No hype. Just a wonderful sneaky release that means you can get it in your iPhones and iPads immediately. The best kind of surprise!
Amazon made our Simon Pegg / Nick Frost reunion dreams come true
Amazon has picked up a new TV series by Simon Pegg & Nick Frost. Do you need to hear anything else or are you already on your feet air punching with joy?
Do we have coordinates for the first hidden Battle Star of Fortnite Season X?
There have been plenty of occasions in Fortnite’s history where hidden Battle Star have been placed in dark corners of Fortnite’s ever-changing map. The first
Manifestos and memes side-by-side
8Chan is getting some news coverage right now. Not for good reasons. It’s now been associated with three recent white-supremacist terrorist attacks, manifestos and memes living side-by-side. It emerged in the wake of Gamergate five years ago, when 4chan started to crack down on moderation. And 4chan was already
Fortnite World Cup Feels
The hallmark of every kid succeeding at the Fortnite World Cup is supportive parents who saw their talent for a videogame was worthy.
Anki Vector is dying slowly - what can you do about it?
UPDATE (SEPT 2020): A lot has changed since this article was published in July 2019. Digital Dream Labs has since taken ownership of the future of Vector, and
