Play Services and Your Typing Experience

Android is a great mobile OS and is based on Linux so has a pretty solid core. However, many of the mandatory Google apps and services that come bundled with it are not so great and have an annoying habit of ignoring user choices. »

On iOS 10 and Respecting WiFi Settings

I have an iPad that I use for testing things, but I rarely get it out. I store it with WiFi off to stop the battery from getting drained, otherwise it would poll for notifications and be dead when I need it. »

Experience with Mobile Chrome App Install Banner

I’ve written previously about using the new mobile app install banner in Chrome. It’s possible to test this by setting a flag (chrome://flags/#bypass-app-banner-engagement-checks) but I experienced some weird edge cases so I did a bit of digging (the beauty of open source). »