Tech geek, stylus wielder, and gadget enthusiast. I'm @jpwhiteside almost everywhere, including www.jpwhiteside.com. Hey, I also crochet. www.jpwcrochets.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3mzh3qjonys2tHas anyone else run across this brand? I'm going to keep my distance for now. https://youtu.be/Thx1AI9EBjg?si=dVX3mvKdgPdkjV0g04 Nov 2026 00:26 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzh3qjonys2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3mz6m57s5cb2tROSESELSA offered to send me their Ceramics Ultra earphones to evaluate and share my thoughts on my channel, so I took them up on their offer. They're priced under $50, which is a price point with a lot of competition. Are they worth a look/listen? https://youtu.be/GrdrhXaMncc?si=rRDk6XcRX4AKB5z631 Oct 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz6m57s5cb2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3mz4tevvusn2iThoughts on the Tech News of Note (TTNN) for October 30, 2026 is on YouTube and on my website. This week's tech stories: * Anthropic: It's Probably On * Apple's Triad of Triumph? * Polymarket/Binance Hacked, US Shrugs YouTube: https://youtu.be/AEDsTDFHnt4?si=ba0bPtFLT0iOLCi4 Website: https://www.jpwhiteside.com/thoughts-on-tech-new-of-note-for-10-30-2026/30 Oct 2026 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz4tevvusn2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3mz2uc5z4s72fThe SoundPeats Air6 Pro look pretty much like all the other SoundPeats stem-style earphones I've reviewed, but there are some differences. If you're shopping in the sub-$100 price range, there are some good reasons to take a look at these. https://youtu.be/_5jFSz818MY?si=UlnT0DIm90qZg24230 Oct 2026 03:40 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz2uc5z4s72fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3myxtdgnh5r2vThe new touchscreen Macbook Pro is aimed at weirdos like me who don't game but buy powerhouse Windows devices like the ASUS ROG FLOW Z13 and other similar machines, right? I'm going to need them to make the next step and do a 2-in-1, though.28 Oct 2026 22:45 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3myxtdgnh5r2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3myxfqozaml2iIt feels like everyone decided to release a new app this week (i.e. brand new, not anything to do with updating apps for iPhone Duo). Medium, Wired, Vox, Readwise...28 Oct 2026 18:42 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3myxfqozaml2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3mysvzj35rg2nNew video up in which I rant a bit about this month's big device releases and how they really should have been better. https://youtu.be/9BDhk0eyxcY?si=Caz_QQkldSQhmJy726 Oct 2026 23:50 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mysvzj35rg2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3mysfv5qivp2nOK, if Apple could deliver Pencil support the week after the iPhone Duo became available, I need to be as irritated with them as I was with Google for releasing compatibility with phones other than Pixel the week after Googlebook came out. What is the deal with waiting a week to release something?26 Oct 2026 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mysfv5qivp2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3mys3xuztsw2lIn thinking about the iPad Mini, I thought to myself " they could have at least gone 90!". And then I literally lol'ed thinking about the Vergecast's scale of death. I guess Apple will kill off the iPad Mini before giving it anything higher than 60Hz.26 Oct 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mys3xuztsw2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3mys3gbyl5a2iEven though we knew it was coming, announcing the new iPad Mini the week after the iPhone Duo's formal release is some kind of flex. I'm less excited about it than I expected now that it's here. I still want a good Android competitor in the USA with cellular.26 Oct 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mys3gbyl5a2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3mylexm6qo52nI did this week's TTNN all on the Acer Googlebook, marking the first time I've done video editing on it. But I used the Android version of ArtCraft's FilmCraft, which worked suprisingly well, so maybe that's cheating a little. DeckCraft couldn't do recording, but Slides on the web is fine.23 Oct 2026 23:56 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mylexm6qo52nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3mylbirlup42nThis week's TTNN is up on the website and on YouTube. Stories for this week: * Per Happenings, Panic * The FCC Strikes Again * Duo, You're No Treo YouTube: youtu.be/UwrQnokYnWg On my website: https://www.jpwhiteside.com/thoughts-on-tech-news-of-note-for-10-23-2026/ https://youtu.be/UwrQnokYnWg23 Oct 2026 22:54 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mylbirlup42nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3myifb5omtk25Well, at least my anxiety around desktop/tablet/mobile app badges in the Google Play Store is just an Android problem..... wait, WHAT? Oh nooooooo..... https://www.theverge.com/tech/1016526/apple-made-for-iphone-duo-badge-app-store22 Oct 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3myifb5omtk25https://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3mygmbdzlsa2vWeirdly, after days of not even remembering it was a feature because it didn't seem to be working, the "Continue On" feature woke up on my Googlebook tonight and started working with my Galaxy S25 Ultra - with the Google News app, of all things. It is handy I guess, but I need more time with it.22 Oct 2026 02:24 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mygmbdzlsa2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3myfxk26d4g2uI still kinda can't believe that Apple didn't make the iPhone Duo an ambidextrous experience out of the box. So much lefty disrespect in this world. 😀21 Oct 2026 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3myfxk26d4g2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3myfuspiwtb2kYou know the internet is having a special kind of day when the iPhone Duo review story on Techmeme is pushed 6 or 7 stories down by articles on the PHP situation...21 Oct 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3myfuspiwtb2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3mydqsbk7vccvMuch has been made of phone integration on Googlebook, but you can connect your Android phone with a Chromebook or Windows machine. How do they compare with what you get on Googlebook? youtu.be/kDgKZGp__6c https://youtu.be/kDgKZGp__6c20 Oct 2026 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mydqsbk7vccvhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3mxzlc3ekg2kaThis week's TTNN epside is out on the website and on YouTube: * Apple's Home Run * The (AI Task) Force Is Not With Us * Vibe Coding Goes Maintream youtu.be/ykZ_QuXCbd8 On my website: https://www.jpwhiteside.com/thoughts-on-tech-news-of-note-10-16-2026/ https://youtu.be/ykZ_QuXCbd816 Oct 2026 22:01 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxzlc3ekg2kahttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3mxzh22wa5s2dThe webcam on my Acer Googlebook is actually noticeably better than the one on my ASUS ROG Flow Z13. I mean, this is not really high praise, but it's something. 🙃16 Oct 2026 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxzh22wa5s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3mxwzmdaabwkbPeriodically, Oura sends me emails saying I should come back. But I'm done with the ring form factor; battery life is just a problem. Oura should make an arm band.15 Oct 2026 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxwzmdaabwkbhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3mxsdr2gi4n2oUsing Breadstick Linux on my Acer Googlebook is indeed a better experience than using the built-in terminal. But it's still a workaround, so I hope Google brings the Googlebook to parity with Linux on ChromeOS very soon.14 Oct 2026 00:58 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxsdr2gi4n2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3mxrxbznosl26Google on Argon: "Teams at Google, across enterprises, and in the research community have already been using Argon to land significant impact across fields: To solve major engineering problems like large codebase refactoring and optimizations". If only they used it to solve some Googlebook issues.13 Oct 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxrxbznosl26https://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3mxr7lhec3a2oWe need something like Rainmeter widgets for Android/Googlebook. It looks like apps are closing in the background so it would be nice to have a widget to show RAM usage in real-time. I tried creating a widget, but it says hardware telemetry is not supported for security/privacy reasons.13 Oct 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxr7lhec3a2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3mxqbcmbx6cv7The last video in my comparison series on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra and the Acer Googlebook 14 is up on YouTube. In this video, I look at performance, some special features, and audio. (If you watch nothing else, watch the audio section!) youtu.be/SZ77uA-VLQk https://youtu.be/SZ77uA-VLQk13 Oct 2026 05:09 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxqbcmbx6cv7https://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3mxksxtzo2k4jVery happy to say that with the latest Play Services update, I can now connect my Galaxy S25U to my Googlebook and do all the continuation stuff. I'm left to wonder why they couldn't have gotten this done a week ago, though...11 Oct 2026 01:09 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxksxtzo2k4jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3mxidfbqt3kusStill squeezed out a TTNN episode despite all the G-book wrangling. The stories: * Traction: Beam * How to Launch a Laptop * How Not to Launch a Laptop youtu.be/79_wa-RLSwA Or read on my website: https://www.jpwhiteside.com/thoughts-on-tech-news-of-note-10-09-2026/ Or on Substack: https://jpwhiteside7.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-tech-news-of-note-10-e13?r=aavs6&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true https://youtu.be/79_wa-RLSwA10 Oct 2026 01:25 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxidfbqt3kushttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3mxicmowjz2usSome apps in the Play Store are said to be "desktop" apps. What is the difference in how they appear on tablets vs. Googlebooks? youtu.be/WDFjQ6B5ccQ https://youtu.be/WDFjQ6B5ccQ10 Oct 2026 01:11 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxicmowjz2ushttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3mxheppqarb2dIn general, I quite like the Acer Googlebook. Pen support is surprisingly good and Pixel integration is too. But Google has work to do to fix stuff that should have been fixed before they flung this out into the world.09 Oct 2026 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxheppqarb2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3mxhaq7jfzz2dThe keyboard on the Acer Googlebook is so much nicer to type on than the Samsung Pro Keyboard I use with my Tab S11 Ultra. I hear Samsung is working on their own Android laptop. If so, they better get the keyboard right for once. Also, it seems they are wise to sit out Googlebook for now.09 Oct 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxhaq7jfzz2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpwhiteside.com/post/3mxg4gxpwjs2gMost browsers that suport extensions do not play nice with Googlebook. I've tried Vivaldi, Edge Beta/Canary, Titanium, and Lemur and they all either don't work or are barely usable. Only Firefox has been usable. This is where having Linux apps would help, but that's also a world of hurt right now.09 Oct 2026 04:15 +0000at://did:plc:nioiefdotjb7qhttz46tza3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxg4gxpwjs2g