Author: Tech Support

Run the Math, or Try it Out?

I was reading Joshua Vasquez’s marvelous piece on the capstan equation this week. It’s a short, practical introduction to a single equation that, unless you’re doing something very strange, covers everything you need to know about friction when designing something with a rope or a cable that has to turn a corner or navigate a

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Experts say Apple's App Tracking Transparency feature will damage Facebook's core business; the feature will limit Facebook's data collection from 85K+ iOS apps (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Experts say Apple’s App Tracking Transparency feature will damage Facebook’s core business; the feature will limit Facebook’s data collection from 85K+ iOS apps  —  New feature on iPhones will limit Facebook’s ability to collect data from apps and prove that ads work Experts say Apple's App Tracking Transparency feature will damage Facebook's

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Profile of ShareChat, an India-centric social network which lacks English language support and has 160M MAUs, 100M of which signed up in the last year (Shubham Agarwal/Fast Company)

Shubham Agarwal / Fast Company: Profile of ShareChat, an India-centric social network which lacks English language support and has 160M MAUs, 100M of which signed up in the last year  —  In a country where many people are coming online for the first time, ShareChat makes it easy to get social.  And it doesn’t bother

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An Op-Amp From The Ground Up

If we had to pick one part to crown as the universal component in the world of analogue electronics, it would have to be the operational amplifier. The humble op-amp can be configured into so many circuit building blocks that it has become an indispensable tool for designers. It’s tempting to treat an op-amp as

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Research: smartphone shipments in India fell 4% YoY to ~150M in 2020 and H2 2020 saw 100M+ shipments; among the top 5 brands, realme grew the most at 22% YoY (Prachir Singh/Counterpoint Research)

Prachir Singh / Counterpoint Research: Research: smartphone shipments in India fell 4% YoY to ~150M in 2020 and H2 2020 saw 100M+ shipments; among the top 5 brands, realme grew the most at 22% YoY  —  – The Indian smartphone market registered a modest 4% decline in the pandemic-hit year.  — The market crossed 100

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