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Alex Dobie
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Moving pictures on glowing rectangles. Executive Producer for Valnet (XDA TV)
Windows? On my phone?

It (was once) more likely than you think.

This was a fun one to put together. Here's the full story of Windows Phone:

youtu.be/bT1rp0FVuF8
July 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
New vid: The Find X8 Pro has the most fun smartphone cameras I've used in 2024. These are all from the 50MP 6X secondary super-tele:
November 30, 2024 at 9:53 AM
Twitter 1.0: Ads from big brands you've heard of.

Twitter 2.0: Buy a ~Chainsaw Sharpener~ from an account with 700 followers. We recommend two or more -- you know, for when you're sharpening ~multiple chainsaws at the same time~
July 5, 2023 at 6:40 PM
from the galaxy brain behind today's Pixel 8 Pro leak:

Tired: throwaway reddit account
Wired: throwaway full-time employment 🙃
July 3, 2023 at 6:46 PM
Recently I used a pretty neat little phone. If you were hoping for a Pixel 8 Mini, the Zenfone 10 is about as close as we're gonna get:
https://youtu.be/KKiLBAwJNsQ
July 1, 2023 at 8:43 PM
Reposted by Alex Dobie
*checks the date* 📅

ah yes Twitter
July 1, 2023 at 8:35 PM
Prigozhin goes apartment hunting in Belarus
June 24, 2023 at 10:05 PM
Reposted by Alex Dobie
I wrote about the DX12 stuff and why I think this has so much potential for Mac gaming — even if it becomes largely up to the enthusiasts for Inverse! https://www.inverse.com/tech/mac-directx-12-game-porting-toolkit-pc-games
Apple's Secret Weapon to Getting PC Games on Mac
The truism that Macs can't play real PC games could be on the verge of changing thanks to the new Game Porting Toolkit in macOS Sonoma that lets developers easily port over DirectX 12-compatible PC ga...
www.inverse.com
June 14, 2023 at 9:46 PM
Another one from the ~AI will just make shit up~ file:

1st quote here is legit. 2nd is a paraphrasing of something he once said. But nos 3-5 are total BS. Sure sound like something Ballmer would've said, but nope: fiction.

(plus the source links all 404 b/c they're made up too 🙃)
June 12, 2023 at 7:09 PM
Scene: It's March 2024 and finally time to unlock your iPhone 15 for sideloading
June 12, 2023 at 6:49 PM