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Nexus 7 Pixel edition: it’s time for Google to resurrect the greatest tablet ever
Summary Google has released a number of tablets over the years, but none have quite lived up to the hype of the original Nexus 7. Google’s 2012 Nexus 7 was built by Asus — it ran on the Nvidia Tegra 3 processor, and it shipped with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. It’s time for Google to…
Time To First Byte: Beyond Server Response Time — Smashing Magazine
Optimizing web performance means looking beyond surface-level metrics. Time to First Byte (TTFB) is crucial, but improving it requires more than tweaking server response time. Matt Zeunert breaks down what TTFB is, what causes its poor score, and why reducing server response time alone isn’t enough for optimization and often won’t be the most impactful…
Jurassic World, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Fantastic Four all turn 10 this year, and Hollywood is mostly frozen in time and holding on to nostalgia
2015 was a pretty big year for Hollywood and pop culture as a whole, and we’re still feeling its impact a whole decade later. In fact, it was so big that most studios have struggled to move past that era of nostalgic revivals and huge franchises at the peak of their popularity. As we await…
Is Google Fi still a good deal, or is it time to move on?
Summary Google Fi’s main advantages are scalable and international data options, the latter at no extra cost. You might also like its included hotspot, tablet, and smartwatch sharing. It’s not the best if you have an iPhone though, or if you live somewhere without solid T-Mobile coverage. Like Google Fiber, Google Fi doesn’t get as…
‘The Monkey’ review: Osgood Perkins’ take on Stephen King is a hell of a good time
You might think you know Osgood Perkins, but The Monkey is about to prove you wrong. The horror helmer has built a reputation for atmospheric spookiness and psychological tension with twisted thrillers like Longlegs, The Blackcoat’s Daughter, and I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House. Yet his adaptation of a Stephen King…
One Of The Greatest Games Critics Of All Time Has Died
There is a reasonable chance you have not heard of Jonathan Nash. However, the games journalist and comedy writer has been such an inspiration for a generation of games critics, and the generation inspired by them, that his influence has almost certainly reached you. J Nash was extraordinary, and I’m very sorry to report he…
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Is Sleep’s Dopesmoker still the heaviest album of all time?
Sleep’s Dopesmoker is legendarily heavy. On any halfway decent sound system, it’ll rattle your ribcage. It’s sort of like being slowly assaulted by a massage chair. In 2015, Guitar World named it the heaviest album ever recorded. “You will definitely not find anything heavier,” wrote Ethan Varian. On November 6th, for no reason in particular,…