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Affect vs. Effect — Wrecked by Tech

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Technology, grammar, and more technology. Tech yourself before you wreck yourself. Affect vs. Effect. It seems quite a few people have trouble with this one. Let me simplify:. Affect: verb. Effect: noun. Chances are that's all you'll ever need to know. Affect. Can also be a noun an emotion or desire, especially relating to influencing behavior. But mostly that definition pertains to psychology. For everyday writing, the above statement is all you need. Here's a nice acronym to help you remember:.

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Dear Google: please bring us Home — Wrecked by Tech

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Technology, grammar, and more technology. Tech yourself before you wreck yourself. Dear Google: please bring us Home. Will Google's smart speaker make it here? Last Wednesday, Google announced its answer to the Amazon Echo. Smart speaker: Google Home. Image courtesy of Google Home's Website. Echo) or Google services (Home), and many other things. They both promise to replace the wall-mounted iPad as the centre of a smart home. On Amazon.com, the Echo has a 4.5/5 rating.out of. Nearly 37,000 reviews.

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What it's like to use Apple Pay — Wrecked by Tech

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Technology, grammar, and more technology. Tech yourself before you wreck yourself. What it's like to use Apple Pay. Canadian wallets rejoice: it's finally here. Although Canada technically had Apple Pay last November, it only worked with American Express. On May 10, 2016, it got better. If you bank with CIBC or RBC, you can now load your credit card(s) to your iPhone and use them anywhere that supports PayPass or PayWave. Other banks are coming soon. Sorry, no landscape here either. Open the Wallet app.

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Pros and cons of Apple Pay in Canada — Wrecked by Tech

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Technology, grammar, and more technology. Tech yourself before you wreck yourself. Pros and cons of Apple Pay in Canada. Don't leave your wallet at home.yet. For many techie people (myself included) the arrival of Apple Pay was somewhat of a relief. Announced in the US in 2014, then the UK in 2015, it seemed like Canada was never going to get it. I used and praised it last week. But there are some things to keep in mind if you'll be using it all the time. The case for it. Just as quick as Visa payWave.

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Negatives — Wrecked by Tech

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Technology, grammar, and more technology. Tech yourself before you wreck yourself. To buy this." That's what I said over and over again to a friend who was floundering on whether he should buy an Xbox controller. He ended up taking the controller home ($90 later), but he's been using it ever since. I said it that way to be funny, but to emphasize he should buy the controller. I used two negative words and they combined to form a positive. Remember math? I hid one with a contraction (. To buy this.".

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You should probably try Google's iPhone keyboard — Wrecked by Tech

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Technology, grammar, and more technology. Tech yourself before you wreck yourself. You should probably try Google's iPhone keyboard. You owe it to your fingers. On June 16, 2016, Google released a keyboard app for the iPhone. It's not perfect, but you should give it a try. The next release of iOS. Better text predictions from a constantly learning AI. Emoji search and emoji suggestions based on word. Faster than many other third-party keyboards (looking at you, SwiftKey. Doesn't work from the lock screen.

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FBI vs. Apple: What you need to know — Wrecked by Tech

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Technology, grammar, and more technology. Tech yourself before you wreck yourself. FBI vs. Apple: What you need to know. It’s over for now but Apple should be pissed. Imagine yourself as a teenager. You’re looking for something in your messy room, and after a couple minutes, you’re sure your parents moved it. You ask where it is, and they don’t know. You ask again where did they put it? It was under your sweater. The FBI needs access to Syed Farook’s iPhone. Apple gives iCloud data to the FBI. Saying it ...

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Too Vs. To — Wrecked by Tech

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Technology, grammar, and more technology. Tech yourself before you wreck yourself. Too Vs. To. This one is very simple, but I've seen it quite a few times lately. It hurts my head. I'd like to think it's because the person's finger twitched, or because autocorrect is out to get us. I'm pretty confident that's what it is. Just in case it isn't. Too" means the same thing as "additionally" or "extremely.". I'm seeing my doctor. I ate way. I'm headed for the doctor. There are many,. Pretty obvious, right?

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The Model 3 in Manitoba — Wrecked by Tech

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Technology, grammar, and more technology. Tech yourself before you wreck yourself. The Model 3 in Manitoba. Don't get your hopes up about the latest Tesla's price. If you know anyone who's into tech, cars, or just generally reads the news, you've probably heard of the Tesla Model 3:. Image courtesy of Tesla Motors (click image to go to site). To "move from a mine-and-burn hydrocarbon economy" to all-electric vehicles for everyone. They've got years of experience, a foaming-at-the-mouth-loyal fanbase.

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Instant Articles, net neutrality, and the struggle for load times — Wrecked by Tech

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Technology, grammar, and more technology. Tech yourself before you wreck yourself. Instant Articles, net neutrality, and the struggle for load times. Facebook's Instant Articles are opening up to everybody or are they? How long did you wait for this page to load? Ballpark, say, 3 6 seconds? That's probably not good:. Image courtesy of Hobo Internet Marketing. Drawing on a study done on e commerce sites, but still not great for small blogs like this). Today Facebook is opening up Instant Articles. I don't...