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The Beautiful, Impossible Dream of a Simpler Smartphone
July 03, 2017 08:11 - 9 minutesSmartphones are amazing. And smartphones are terrible. It's a central paradox of modern life: The devices that help us find rides and friends and food and sex and adorable puppies are the same ones that disconnect us from the life in front of our eyes, kill our attention span, give us FOMO, and turn the world into a series of torrential feeds we can't stop trying and failing to keep up with. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
These Reusable Silicone Bags Make for Killer Sous Vide
June 30, 2017 08:11 - 9 minutesI don’t have many pet peeves in the kitchen but washing plastic storage bags might just top that tiny list. As the guy who started his high school’s recycling program, I just can’t bring myself to throw them away, but damn, those bags are no fun to clean. Take your pick: washing them in the sink leaves the back of your had covered in cooking juices and oil while sticking them in the dishwasher turns them into crumpled bags with pools of cloudy water. Yuck. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...
All Hands: 4 Analog Smartwatches Reviewed
June 29, 2017 08:11 - 12 minutesSmartwatches have outshipped Swiss watches for several years. Before an uptick in March, the Federation of Swiss Watches had posted a 20-month-straight decline in exports, part of a disastrous downward sales trend. If the numbers continue on their current trajectory, these digitally enabled wearable computers may take the lead in actual sales dollars by 2020. The mechanical watch world has been slow to respond to this pressure, despite plenty of prodding from consumers and industry retailers....
We’ve Been Dragging and Dropping the Hell Out of iOS 11
June 28, 2017 08:11 - 7 minutesHere's a sentence I never expected to write: Drag and drop changes everything. Today, Apple releases the public beta of iOS 11, the latest version of the operating system driving the world's iPhones and iPads. These early releases are SOP and help Cupertino ensure its software is fully baked before launch. Anyone with a taste for risk and patience for bugginess can install iOS 11 now, ahead of its actual release this fall. I've been using iOS 11 on a new 10.5-inch iPads for the better part of...
How To Turn Off Snapchat’s Stalkerish Snap Map Feature
June 27, 2017 08:11 - 4 minutesSnapchat has always known exactly where you are. What, you thought everyone saw that “Greetings from the Brooklyn Bridge” filter? Until recently, Snapchat didn’t do much with your location data beyond serving up geofilters and pushing location-specific stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Review: OnePlus 5
June 26, 2017 08:11 - 9 minutesImagine you could build your own Android phone from scratch, with the ability to bend a Chinese manufacturing colossus to your whims. What would you make? That is more or less the story of OnePlus, the Chinese company founded in 2013 to produce premium smartphones. But don’t call it a startup: OnePlus is a subsidiary of BBK Electronics, the world’s second-largest smartphone manufacturer (it also owns Oppo and Vivo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to Measure the Height of a Building With a ... Barometer?
June 23, 2017 08:11 - 6 minutesPhysicists like to share the legend of a professor who asked students how they might determine the height of a building using a barometer. The story goes on to list some of the ways you might do that. You could drop the barometer from the roof and record the time it takes to hit the ground. Or you could offer the barometer as a bribe to the building manager and ask him the height. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why Phoenix's Airplanes Can't Take Off in Extreme Heat
June 22, 2017 08:11 - 4 minutesPhoenix just provided another reason to hate flying: the heat. With temperatures there expected to hit 119 degrees Fahrenheit, airlines canceled more than 40 flights today. Wait. What? Airplanes can't fly because it's too hot? That's crazy. No, not really. According to news reports, the heat poses a particular problem for the Bombardier CRJ airliners, which have a maximum operating temperature of 118 degrees. Bigger planes from Airbus and Boeing can handle 126 degrees or so. OK. Learn more ab...
Twitter Redesigned Itself to Make the Tweet Supreme Again
June 21, 2017 08:11 - 7 minutesWhen you work at Twitter, you get near-daily updates to the app to test. These beta versions often provide a glimpse of new features, and most of them are small. So when a major update landed two weeks ago, one thing stood out: The quill icon, which everyone knows you press to compose a tweet, was no longer an icon, but a single word: Tweet. This experiment in iconography didn't last. A subsequent update brought a new tweet button, and another after that. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...
Look Ma, No Phone: Fancy Phantom Comes With Its Own Remote
June 20, 2017 08:11 - 9 minutesIt’s easy to get lost in the great pantheon of consumer drones. Even just looking at industry leader DJI’s options, there are enough choices to set your head spinning faster than a quadcopter blade. Today we’ll focus on one choice: the DJI Phantom 4 Pro+. Coming in at a cool $1,800, this marks the top end of what could be considered DJI’s consumer line, with the next level up being the $3,000 pro-level Inspire 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Handmaid's Tale: Dystopia Ain't Good at Happy Endings
June 19, 2017 08:11 - 10 minutesIn a dystopia, there are no happy endings. Despite what June says or thinks, life will never return to the way it was. Moira can’t erase the nights of ritual rape. Janine can’t restore the eye the Republic of Gilead took from her. June can’t be there for her daughter’s childhood. But as long as there’s resistance, there’s hope. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The New 10.5-Inch iPad Pro Can Totally Be Your Only Computer
June 16, 2017 08:11 - 8 minutesI’ve always assumed Apple would eventually run out of ways to improve the iPad. It long ago made the processor faster than anyone needs. You won’t find a sharper, more accurate, more responsive screen on a tablet. The battery lasts days, plural. And really, what else matters? Sure, the speakers suck, but chalk that up to the limitation of air-blowing physics. What makes the new 10.5-inch iPad Pro so intriguing, then, is just how many things Apple made noticeably better. Learn more about your ...
Physics Proves No One Can Safely Text and Drive
June 15, 2017 08:11 - 6 minutesPretty much everyone agrees that distracted driving is bad. And the most common distraction just might be your phone. People seem convinced that they must see that notification or status update right now. This can cause problems when you're driving. You know, crash problems. That's why I'm excited to see the next version of Apple iOS features something called driving mode. Your phone will know you are driving, and refrain from showing notifications until you've stopped. I like this idea a lot...
Amazon Just Killed the Best Deal in Tech
June 14, 2017 08:11 - 7 minutesNothing lasts forever. In fact, some things only last two years, two months, and 14 days. That’s how long, at least, Amazon’s absurdly cheap unlimited cloud storage made it. Now that the greatest deal in tech has come to an end, it’s worth taking a fresh look at your data-stashing options. Amazon’s Unlimited Everything plan truly was unprecedented when the company announced it in 2015, and went unmatched ever since. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Handmaid’s Tale: It’s Time to Join the Resistance
June 13, 2017 08:11 - 6 minutesTo escape a nightmare, sometimes you just need to remember that your life is worth waking up for. In the two most recent episodes of The Handmaid’s Tale, June/Offred (Elisabeth Moss) learned that two of the people she cared about most—her husband, Luke (O-T Fagbenle), and her best friend, Moira (Samira Wiley)—are still alive. When she thought she was alone in Gilead, June just focused on surviving. Now she has a reason to live, to escape, and to join the resistance. Learn more about your ad c...
Tesla Time, and How Elon Musk Measures Everything In Dog Years
June 12, 2017 08:11 - 7 minutesYou know how one "dog year" is equal to seven human years, because your furry friends squeeze a whole lot of living into their shorter lifespans? Well, serial entrepreneur and inventor Elon Musk seems to experience life in somewhat the same way. The Tesla, SpaceX, and Boring Company boss believes everything should happen more quickly than most people assume is possible. In Elon's world, deadlines are shorter, three months is a long development time, and 2020? That's the distant future. Learn ...
My Creepy Quest to Save Humanity from Robocar Commuting
June 09, 2017 08:11 - 9 minutesI am finally living the lifethat futurists promise will bring me the happiness and balance I crave. The autonomous car has freed me from the slog of commuting. Rather than driving, I am using my time productively, for I am always connected, always working. Actually, I am squatting in my Subaru witha laptop, reclined against a nursing pillow, hoping no one calls the cops. And I’m not sure whetherthis experiment is a fantasy or a nightmare. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices...
Apple’s Gorgeous New 10.5 Inch iPad Pro Is All Screen, no Bezel
June 08, 2017 08:11 - 4 minutesThe tech industry is waging a war on bezels, and the iPad Pro is the first Apple product to benefit. Today at WWDC, Apple’s annual gathering of developers, the company announced a new version of its tablet, with a 10.5-inch screen. It’s a different size, but only in one sense. The new 10.5-inch Pro is physically almost exactly the same physical dimensions as the previous 9.7-inch Pro, just without the bezels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The New iMac Pro Is Apple’s Most Bonkers Computer Ever
June 07, 2017 08:11 - 4 minutesApple’s last mind-blowing computer invention was almost a decade ago. Steve Jobs reached into a manila envelope, and pulled out the slimmest, lightest clamshell anyone had ever seen. Didn’t matter that it cost about the same as a used car; one look and you knew it was the future. Since then, Apple’s progress has been slow—and hasn’t always felt like progress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Handmaid’s Tale: If You Don’t Fight the Tyranny, You’re a Part of It
June 06, 2017 08:11 - 6 minutesNot every stormtrooper who goes into battle does so because they’re convinced that the Empire is right. In a tyranny, it’s easier for citizens to fight for what’s wrong and commit atrocities—and it’s tempting for captives to accept their fate. The same is true in the Republic of Gilead. Offred (Elisabeth Moss) now knows that her husband Luke (O-T Fagbenle) escaped. She knows he’s alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Terrible, Predictable Life Cycle of Every Trump Tweet
June 05, 2017 08:11 - 14 minutesThere is nothing Donald Trump can tweet that people won't lose their minds over. Whether it's amasterpiece of design, a Crooked Hillary throwback, or a typo made while falling asleep with a death-grip on his government-issued iPhone, no tweetis too dumb or tiresome to rule the entirety of our daily lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Physics of Ramming an Imperial Star Destroyer, Explained
June 02, 2017 08:11 - 9 minutesThe epic fightover the tropical planet of Scarif in Rogue One remains one of my favorite battles in all of Star Wars. Since there is a small chance you’ve not yet seen the movie, I willgive you a spoiler alert. Still here? Excellent. Let me explain the scene. Two star destroyers wagea pitched battle againsta whole bunch of rebel ships. Several Y-wing starfighters disable one of the star destroyers, and a hammerhead corvette shoves it into the other one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
While You Were Offline: Mr. Trump Goes to Europe to Spread Social Awkwardness
June 01, 2017 08:11 - 17 minutesIt wouldn't be a Thursday on the internet if folks weren't irrationally upset over something. The latest installment? A bunch of dudes who are mad that Austin's Alamo Drafthouse is planning a women-only screening of Wonder Woman on June 6. It shouldn't really be a surprise, because if there's one thing men have proven themselves to be throughout history, it's prone to childish overreactions whenever someone says something isn't for them. But let's not dwell on that ridiculous outcry. Learn mo...
California’s Daunting Plan to Clean Up the Big Sur Landslide—and Stop the Next One
May 31, 2017 08:11 - 6 minutesLast week, experts with California’s state transportation department, Caltrans, looked up at a looming stretch of earth in Big Sur and thought, uh-oh. The land around a stretch of Highway 1, which winds along the dramatic Pacific Coast, was moving. A lot. The officials immediately barred locals from the area and pulled out the workers and equipment working to prevent a landslide. Just in time. Saturday night, millions of tons of rock and dirt poured down in four separate slides. Learn more ab...
Need a Memorial Day to Remember? Ice-Bike the Northwest Passage
May 30, 2017 08:11 - 4 minutesWhen I first mount the bicycle—a sturdy Rocky Mountain Blizzard with 4.8-inch-wide tires—and push, I barely move. I grit my teeth, throw my weight onto the pedal, and the bike ekes forward. We power our way along Polar Bear Point among glistening, 6-foot-thick ice caps and sunning ringed seals. After a short time, my legs wobble like jelly. It took five flights to reach the Arctic Watch Wilderness Lodge on Canada’s Somerset Island, roughly 500 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Learn more abou...
Sphero’s New Cars Toy Is the Fanciest RC Car You Ever Did See
May 29, 2017 08:11 - 3 minutesIn 2015, Sphero convinced you to fork over $200 for a tiny BB-8 that was—even for adults—pretty entertaining. Now it hopes you’ll pay $299 for an app-controlled version of Lightning McQueen, the hero of the Pixar franchise Cars. The toy goes on sale online today, and will hit the shelves of stores like Target and Best Buy on June 15, just before Cars 3 premiers in theaters. Is it cheap? No. But McQueen comes packed with more features than the average action figure. Learn more about your ad ch...
DJI’s New Palm-Sized Drone Responds To a Wave of Your Hand
May 26, 2017 08:11 - 4 minutesIsn’t DJI’s new drone just the cutest little thing? The new DJI Spark is much smaller than other quadcopters on the market; the body is about the size and weight of a can of La Croix. It arrives in mid-June for $500. It shoots HD video, has a 2-axis gimbal stabilizer on the camera, and comes with on-board software that mitigates shake and shutter roll. It tops out at 31 mph and stays aloft for 16 minutes. Not crazy-bonkers specs, but it is just so, so tiny. Learn more about your ad choices. V...
Suck at Cooking? Pinterest’s Computer Vision Can Help
May 25, 2017 08:11 - 4 minutesThe kitchen of the tomorrow is so tantalizing that it seems everyone in tech wants to build it. In a way, it presents a perfect microcosm of how artificial intelligence and ambient computing could change every aspect of your life. Refrigerators that tell you when your eggs go bad. Augmented-reality cooking tips right there on the counter. Recipe recommendations based on your dietary restrictions, seasonal veggies, and that tuna you really ought to use before it turns. Learn more about your ad...
‘Things’ Might Be the Prettiest To-Do List App Ever
May 24, 2017 08:11 - 5 minutesProductivity blogs were one of the first corners of the internet that ever felt like home to me. For a certain set of passionate, persnickety writers and readers, there was nothing so fun as debating the merits of Getting Things Done versus The Eisenhower Method. “Eat the frog!” was an inspirational quote, not worrying nonsense. Merlin Mann, Leo Babauta, and Lifehacker were required reading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
I Can Gripe About My Ride-Sharing Company to Passengers, Right?
May 23, 2017 08:11 - 6 minutesI work in a casual tech setting and I’m shocked by how much everyone swears. Should I say something? Imagine what it was like to be a Puritan in 1642. You’ve come to America. The landscape is crude and endless; the soundtrack, all hissing insects and howling wolves. “Everything about the place seemed godforsaken,” writes the natural historian Tim Flannery in his book The Eternal Frontier. That lawless emptiness is why you’re here—it means freedom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...
The Maligned Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Is Better—and More Important—Than You Know
May 22, 2017 08:11 - 7 minutesWhen David Lynch’s neo-noir movieTwin Peaks:Fire Walk with Me premiered 25 years ago at Cannes, the audience, famously, booed.That’s not unheard of, but thereaction probably had less to do with the film than its television predecessor:By 1992,Twin Peakshad gone from critical darling to drag. To many, Fire Walk with Me played like a glorified TV movie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Google Assistant Comes to Your iPhone to Take on Siri
May 19, 2017 08:11 - 4 minutesVirtual assistants like Siri, Cortana, and Google Assistant are only good when they’re nearby. The whole appeal of these services—someday, anyway, once they’re past the phase of only being good for setting timers and listening to NPR—is for them to follow you around, carrying all necessary knowledge about your life and your preferences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
HTC’s Squishy New Phone Has All The Things—Even Alexa
May 18, 2017 08:11 - 5 minutesImagine you’re HTC. You were once atop the smartphone heap, making some of the best-designed and most impressive Android devices on the planet. Life was so exciting! Then everyone else kept improving, and you didn’t. Samsung, and Apple, and Xiaomi, and Oppo, and, well, just about everybody passed you by. You’re trying to get back into the game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Eye-Popping 8K Madness of Red Camera’s New Super-Sensor
May 17, 2017 08:11 - 2 minutesInsta-celeb glory requires some deliberate setup. Get more shareable results by putting this photo gear into rotation. The number one rule of influencing is Always Be Gramming. Be ready for the shot anywhere, anytime, by stashing your phonecam accessories in this ruggedly handsome leather bag. That way you won’t be fumbling around in your cluttered backpack the next time llamas escape from the zoo. | $149 Your fans want to see your face at the concert, not a blurry silhouette. Learn more abo...
Review: BlackBerry Keyone
May 16, 2017 08:11 - 9 minutesFor the better part of a decade, there was nothing more impressive than owning a BlackBerry. Walking down the street, both hands on the soft-touch sides of the handset, thumbs flying around the keyboard as you plowed through emails, BBMs, and texts. You could wear ripped jeans and a paint-stained shirt, but your BlackBerry still told the world you were a Very Important Person. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sorry, But the Guardians of the Galaxy Are No Fleetwood Mac
May 15, 2017 08:11 - 6 minutesThe song most indicative of the motley crew in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2—you know this because you hear it once in the trailer, twice in the film, and becauseEntertainment Weeklymentioned it in a cover story—is “The Chain” by Fleetwood Mac. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Amazon’s ‘Echo Show’ Gives Alexa the Touchscreen It Needed
May 12, 2017 08:11 - 6 minutesThe Amazon Echo is a stupendously powerful device. It can control your lights, play Ed Sheeran jams, keep a to-do list, check the weather, order pizza, tell guests your Wi-Fi password, and so much more. But as you embrace this chatty-computer future, you begin to see its limitations. Sure, you can book a flight with your voice, but it’s so mucheasier when you can see the price chart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Q&A: David Lynch on Twin Peaks and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
May 11, 2017 08:11 - 6 minutesFrank Ockenfels 3 In 1990, American TV viewers were introduced to the bucolic town of Twin Peaks, Washington—and to creator David Lynch's creepy-campy propensity for distorting the mundane. In its short two-season run, the neonoir series netted a pile of awards, earned a cult following, and reset expectations for what a TV show could be, from the cinematography and music to the pervasive sense of dread. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
George R. R. Martin Doesn’t Need to Finish Writing the Game of Thrones Books
May 10, 2017 08:11 - 6 minutesIn the beginning, George R. R. Martin created A Game of Thrones—words printed on paper and bound into books sold in shops around the world, to be read by a moderate-but-mighty number of fantasy fans. That was 1996. Fourteen years and four books later, HBO said “Let there be a TV series!” And nothing was ever the same. Since Game of Thrones began, Martin has published just one new book: A Dance with Dragons, the fifth in the Song of Ice and Fire series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
Review: Apple iPad (2017)
May 09, 2017 08:11 - 7 minutesA few minutes after the Eurostar train pulled out of King’s Cross station in London and began its two-hour journey to Brussels, I grabbed my iPad out of my bag. I opened the Kindle app and read a few chapters of Call for the Dead, John le Carré’s first novel. Then I switched to Netflix and watched the new Louis CK special I’d downloaded. I flipped to the camera and took a photo, because I mean, the countryside, it’s so quaint. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Is Great—But All Too Familiar
May 08, 2017 08:11 - 6 minutesIf there’s one truism in comic-book moviemaking, it’s that giant superhero team-ups are almost always sure-fire hits. (And then there’sFantastic Four;there are some things reshoots and wigs just can’t cover up.) What’s less true is that superhero team-up sequels will have the same good fortune. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Huzzah! 360 Cameras You Can Snap on Your Phone
May 05, 2017 08:11 - 4 minutes360 cameras can be daunting. They look weird, they’re difficult to use, and most are really expensive. But they don’t have to be, as Insta360 proves with two 360 cameras you can snap onto your phone. Insta360 makes the Nano, for iOS (Rating: 6 out of 10), and the more recently introduced Air, for Android (Rating: 4). After testing both, it’s clear that Android users get the short end of the stick here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Wonder Woman Is Awesome—But We Still Need a Black Superhero
May 04, 2017 08:11 - 7 minutesWonder Woman hasn’t been my thing since the last time Lynda Carter laced up those high-heeled red-and-white boots, back in 1979. (I know they didn’t actually have laces, comic book nerds. It’s just an expression.) But the trailer came out for the new movie starring Gal Gadot, and I clicked on it. I agree with most people. She is Wonder Woman. Gadot looks like she could kick my ass without even noticing that she had. But I kept asking myself The Question. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
What Remains of Edith Finch Is a Great Game—if You See Yourself in It
May 03, 2017 08:11 - 6 minutesI lived in the same house until I was 18. The same house with its faded blue garage door and thedining room window that facedthe sun atthe hottest part of the day. My family history feels like it’s collected inside that house, worn into the walls like dirt. If I inherited that house tomorrow, I would sell it. Given the chance, memories can overwhelm a place and become invisible barriers hemming you in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Elon Musk Layers on the Crazy With His Plan for Traffic-Killing Tunnels
May 02, 2017 08:11 - 5 minutesFor a reporter, trying to wrap your head around TED can be difficult. Famous people stride by everywhere. The sessions come in a deluge of sweeping, world-consequential themes: artificial intelligence, climate change, “the future you.” By day three, the number of noteworthy events has grown so large that trying to cram them into some kind of overarching narrative becomes a kind of journalistic overreach. The Pope gave a TED talk! Al Gore showed up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc...
Vignettes Invents a New Game Genre By Enchanting Your Phone
May 01, 2017 08:11 - 5 minutesIt might begin with a table lamp. Tap the shade, give it a spin. Turn the entirelamp, watchingthe red of its body blot out the yellow of the shade—and then the other way arounduntil all the red disappears, drowned in yellow. Keep turning, and you have a lightbulb. Tap it, and it blazes with green light. Turn it just right, until the green becomes just a formless circle, and you have a bowl. Or a guitar! Or, really, it could be anything at all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch...
How to Set Up a Room in Your Home Just for VR
April 28, 2017 08:11 - 4 minutesYou arranged your TV room so you can sit around in comfort. Now, prepare your virtual-reality space so you can thrash around without breaking your damn neck. Clear Some Space Virtual reality goggles make you completely blind to your surroundings. Put plenty of distance (at least 7 feet) between you and items you can break—or that can break you. Push the coffee table to the farthest wall, or better yet, banish it from the room. Remove anything made of glass. Learn more about your ad choices. V...
Let There Be Light: 2 Killer Projectors for Your Home Theater
April 27, 2017 08:11 - 3 minutesYou arranged your TV room so you can sit around in comfort. Now, prepare your virtual-reality space so you can thrash around without breaking your damn neck. Virtual reality goggles make you completely blind to your surroundings. Put plenty of distance (at least 7 feet) between you and items you can break—or that can break you. Push the coffee table to the farthest wall, or better yet, banish it from the room. Remove anything made of glass. Find a new place in your home for anything shin heig...
Review: iWalk2.0
April 26, 2017 08:11 - 7 minutesIn the days that followed my tragic foot fracture—don’t text and walk down stairs, folks!—I learned to loathe crutches. They were incredibly awkward to manipulate. Getting around was slow and tiring. They hurt my rib cage, rubbing the skin raw under my arms on long trips. I couldn’t carry anything. Stairs were a nightmare. And they were just plain in the way, no matter what I tried to do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Review: Fitbit Alta HR
April 25, 2017 08:11 - 8 minutesNo one needs an activity tracker. Sure, you feel a whiff of superiority wagging your wrist and boasting about how much ground you’ve covered today. But let’s not pretend that wearing a wrist computer makes you a better person. If you want to boost your athletic training, get a good sports watch and a heart rate monitor. If you want to count your steps, use your phone. If you need a reminder to make healthy choices, hell, tying a piece of string around your finger will get you there. Learn mor...