Twitter without Twitter

November 07, 2022

I spend a lot of time on Twitter.

It's my favorite web service, but with Elon Musk's takeover, there's a very real danger it may crater.

There's already a mini exodus, and if the rush for the exits gathers steam Twitter may be gutted. Remember what happened to MySpace?

In that event of that, we'll all be on Mastodon (which I find unlikely; it's too splintered) or back to good old RSS -- until something else comes along.

Returning to RSS to get your news isn't the worst thing; it actually has a lot of advantages. See our how-to for getting yourself setup.

-- Leander Kahney, EIC.

PS: Also, Amazon is having a big sale on the M1 14-inch MacBook Pro. It's not the latest and greatest, but $500 off is a big discount!

With an exodus of Twitter users after you-know-what happened, there’s a way you can still keep up with your favorite sites. It’s a technology that has powered the web for over twenty years called RSS; let me show you can follow the news without Twitter.

Physical Dvorak keyboards have been available for computers forever, but finally, you can get it on your iPhone and iPad. Now, you Dvorak aficionados can have a consistent keyboard across all of your devices.

Apple’s 14-inch MacBook Pro with M1 Pro chip and 1TB storage is down to $1,999 on Amazon. That’s a massive $499 off its $2,499 retail price. The Cupertino giant is unlikely to unveil the M2 MacBook Pros until Q1 next year. So, this is the perfect time to grab the 14-inch MacBook Pro at its  its heavily discounted price ahead of Black Friday.

Power product provider Bluetti hit a big milestone recently when it raised a staggering $11.6 million on Indiegogo for its new AC500 and B300S Home Backup Power Station, a backup beast that can power a home for days.

Planning on getting the iPhone 14 Pro or iPhone 14 Pro Max this holiday season? Getting your hands on one might be more difficult than you anticipate. The latest COVID-19 curbs in China’s Zhengzhou have hampered the production of the latest Pro iPhones. Due to this, Apple now expects customers to wait longer to get the new handset.

Apple is working on changing the “Hey Siri” hotword to just “Siri.” The change could roll out next year or in 2024.

If you’re into extreme activities, Apple Watch Ultra in the one-tough-hombre timepiece for you. But you can make it even more rugged — and protect your investment in the pricey wearable — with the new Elkson Quattro Max Bumper Case. If you want to make sure your Apple Watch survives whatever you throw at it, pick up the case in the Cult of Mac Store.

If you’re willing to get in on the ground floor of a crowdfunding campaign as an “early bird,” you can now score Thread-enabled smart mini blinds that work with HomeKit for $100 off the retail price. SmartWings Nano Smart Blinds have surpassed their funding goal on Indiegogo, so they should ship to buyers in January.

Gift shopping for a globetrotter? You can give them the ability to understand languages without having to learn them. A wearable translator you can pop in your ear may sound like something out of a sci-fi flick, but it’s very much a reality with the Mymanu CLIK S Translation Earbuds.

Some folks insist people never change, others say they often do. And proof of the latter shows up in today’s featured Mac Studio computer setup featuring Apple’s magnificent 6K Pro Display XDR. It belongs to a Linux-loving software programmer who used to be strongly anti-Apple, according to her husband.

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One more thing ...

"My hope is someday, when the next Aristotle is alive, we can capture the underlying worldview of that Aristotle -- in a computer. And someday, some student will be able not only to read the words Aristotle wrote, but ask Aristotle a question -- and get an answer!" --Steve jobs, 1985.

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