Hasta La Gadget!

While Apple not be planning on merging its macOS and iOS platforms, the company has introduced some synergistic features where users can send and receive messages on either device, continue surfing websites, and so on. The only drawback is that it is limited between iOS and macOS devices.

However this is a feature that Microsoft would like to see available on Windows as well. Speaking to The Verge in an interview, Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore and Shilpa Ranganathan said that they would be willing to work with Apple to bring iMessage onto Windows. This was during the interview where they talked about Microsoft’s plans to mirror phones to PC.

According to Ranganathan, “Apple does make it a tad harder for messages, but we’re very willing to work with Apple. I want to do this in a supported way with a respect for the ecosystem we’re building on and at the same time make it a delightful experience. Messages is one where we’re not currently where we need to be compared to Android, but we need to work with Apple.”

However given how notoriously closed off Apple is to opening their ecosystem up to third-parties, it doesn’t seem likely that will happen, but it does seem like a feature we’re sure users might appreciate. After all there are plenty of iPhone users who do not necessarily own a Mac, or might use Windows PCs at work or school.

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“The voices of resistance of those most directly impacted are not always being heard.”

Easy on the emojis!

“Be Best,” Mr. President.

Way back in the day, I went straight from high school to college into a medical program that saw me going from a broke high-school student to 19-year-old with an actual career making good money. The very first thing I bought with my very first paycheck was a 3DO game system and a copy of Myst. I both loved and hated that game because it was so cool and so hard to play. This was way before you could Google and figure out what to do when you got stuck in a game.

Now, a quarter decade has passed since Cyan’s groundbreaking puzzle game arrived (yes, I feel old now) and a special edition is on Kickstarter called the Myst 25th Anniversary Collection. All of the Myst games will be included, but if you buy it on Kickstarter you will also get some sweet artifacts that won’t be sold again anywhere.



This collection has all seven Myst games, including Myst Masterpiece Edition, Riven: The Sequel to Myst, Myst III Exile, Myst IV Revelation, Myst V End of Ages, Myst Uru, and realMyst Masterpiece Edition. All games have been updated to run on Windows 10 and macOS 10.13. Available artifacts (which vary with the version you buy) include a Myst Linking Book with its own 800 x 480 screen inside featuring flythrough videos of the games. Gehn’s inkwell and pen, digital versions of three Myst novels, and original design sketches from the game.

A pledge of $49 or more gets you all the games. $99 or more gets you all the games for digital download and on DVD along with the Myst book. $169 or more gets digital and DVD games, a Myst book, the LCD Linking Book, and digital extras. $250 or more gets you the pen and ink well and more. The hand-drawn original concept art reward was going for $1,000 but 25 folks gobbled up all those already. The project has already blown through its goal on Kickstarter, so what are you waiting for?