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by ericabiz 8y ago
Sure. A lot of people thought when Apple removed the headphone jack that it would make room for a bigger battery, specifically. But Apple didn't use the space that way. They put the Taptic Engine there instead. The bigger Taptic engine
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by ericabiz 8y ago
I have non-anecdotal evidence that people definitely buy the Lightning to headphone adapter. We sell them in our stores and it's one of our biggest accessory sales. You know why people buy them all the time, though? Because, frankly, i
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by ericabiz 8y ago
Given the reports from Twitter, WSJ, etc. that the 2018 keyboard isn't much better than the 2016 and 2017, in your shoes, I would return the MBP. I was ready for an upgrade from my 2013 MBP, so I went with a Dell XPS 15. Really no comp
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When you hit the spacebar twice, the OS inserts a period. That's what you're seeing with the parent comment.
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by ericabiz 8y ago
For your A1278, have you swapped the SATA cable? It’s such a common point of failure that we keep them in stock at our repair shops. A new cable is pretty cheap (~$20, proprietary, of course.) I find that many of these “intermittent boot fa
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Because the beach gets boring after a while. I sold a company at a young age and had enough money to not have to work for several years. I sat on the beach. I traveled. I had fun. Then I got tired of it. I really wanted to do something with
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by ericabiz 8y ago
> Why don't businesses shop around for cities more? They do. Amazon's HQ2 search was the most public of these, but other companies are expanding as well. Apple, without much fanfare, announced a gigantic second campus in Austin
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by ericabiz 8y ago
In general, the "s" phones are going to be better off than the others. The 8/8 Plus was really more of a "7s" and so far, they're actually some of the best phones Apple has made. The X/XS is similar; I had
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by ericabiz 8y ago
This is a common question our customers have too. I usually answer the same way: If you can afford it, I would recommend trading it in for an 8 Plus. If not, or you'd rather wait for the better trade-in deals in September, just make su
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by ericabiz 8y ago
Yes -- email me or contact me through Facebook (in my profile.) :)
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by ericabiz 8y ago
The SE has similar internals to the 6s, but is the size of the iPhone 5s. They’re extremely popular with people who love the size of the 5s but want a faster processor and better camera than the 5s had.
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by ericabiz 8y ago
The iPhone 7/7 Plus is the series I tell everyone to avoid purchasing. We refuse to stock them for resale as well, and it’s gotten so bad we even have customers sign a disclaimer when they bring them in for repair. (Note: We are not Ap
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by ericabiz 8y ago
> After a few late nights of coding Dave’s Debugger worked too! It helped users quickly diagnose PC blue screens. Dang! I actually would have paid for this. We run repair shops and it would be useful as a tool to train our techs with. We
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by ericabiz 8y ago
It really depends on where you live. I live in a pretty central part of Austin, and for socks I have the following options: 1) Amazon Prime Now with 2-hour delivery 2) I can drive to Walmart (5 minutes) or Target (10 minutes) 3) I own an el
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by ericabiz 8y ago
I lived in the Valley for 10 years, and have now lived in Austin for 7. While certainly Austin has its problems (traffic, heat in the summer, and allergies would be my top 3) I find Austin is handling high growth far better than California
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> Of course the mother doesn't HAVE to take time off - just do a planned c section on a Saturday and she can be back to work on Monday. This is a joke, right? I'm a woman who had a C-section baby. I'm also super tough (not
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by ericabiz 8y ago
There are several in-person alternatives. DSW is larger and cleaner than Payless, and also tends to have better brands. They also do a great job with coupons and sales. Kohl’s, the coupon/sale master, also sells shoes. And Nordstrom Ra
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by ericabiz 8y ago
Do both of your non-MacBook laptops have old spindle hard drives? I find that is much of the difference between “slower” and “faster” computers. SSDs have come down in price significantly, so it’s worth the upgrade if you use the computers
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by ericabiz 8y ago
This is a MacBook Air competitor. The Dell XPS 15 supports 32GB RAM.
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by ericabiz 8y ago
After I completed Techstars in 2013, they asked all of us for feedback. My #1 piece of feedback to Techstars was to please stop with alcohol at every event. I had several reasons, most of which aren't really touched on here, but are no
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by ericabiz 8y ago
For our campaigns, I started with broad match. And then I found that our target market can’t spell. There are also a lot of “ok google” type of keywords in there—not surprising since our market is heavily mobile. This is going to vary by ma
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I manage 6 figures a year of profitable Google Ads spend, and while this article isn't bad, it's a bit vague. Its strongest point is "don't hire an agency to scale." Its second strongest point should have been keywo
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by ericabiz 8y ago
I was surprised to see you didn’t mention the ubiquitous cell phone repair kiosks in every mall. I co-own a chain of cell phone repair stores, and although we don’t have any mall locations, the people in our industry who do have mall locati
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I am guessing you don’t have kids? :) Slime has been one of the most popular fads over the last few years. It even got to the point a while back that stores ran out of glue. I’d say now the fad has mostly run its course, though I still see
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Recovering audiophile here...my favorite DAC right now is the EarStudio ES100. In addition to functioning as a USB DAC, it also enables regular headphones to "become" Bluetooth devices. It's by far my favorite because my nice
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by ericabiz 8y ago
Not the person you replied to, but his description resonates with me too, so I can help explain. One of the ones that bothers me constantly is the "buffer" of small talk that (particularly American) culture forces on us. For insta
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You can, but the whole point of throttling was that iPhone 6s with older batteries were shutting down randomly, particularly in cold temperatures. The batteries were not able to deliver the voltage the phone required, and as a safety measur
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Repair shop owner here...that throttling is typically caused by an older battery. Putting a new battery in the phone revives its performance. One of the tests I run when a customer brings an older iPhone in is to open the camera. We had a c
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by ericabiz 8y ago
Try a Dell XPS 15 9570. 15” but 4K. No number pad. I really like mine.
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by ericabiz 8y ago
There’s a Googler in here who wrote a comment on this post: “I think it's good to see that Hangouts Chat/Meet will be open to consumers eventually.” I just don’t know. I’m at a complete loss for words on how Google can screw this

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