{"id":23476,"date":"2015-12-14T00:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T07:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technightowl.com\/?p=23476"},"modified":"2015-12-13T15:22:07","modified_gmt":"2015-12-13T22:22:07","slug":"newsletter-issue-837-does-it-always-have-to-be-about-the-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2015\/12\/newsletter-issue-837-does-it-always-have-to-be-about-the-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue #837: Does It Always Have to Be About the iPhone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The other day, I saw a photo of actress Melissa Benoist, star of the TV series, \u201cSupergirl,\u201d wearing her costume while seated on the set crouching over her smartphone. I assume it happened between takes. I don\u2019t know if it was an iPhone or not, but it leads me to the subject of this week\u2019s lead article.<\/p>\n<p>Now remember the edict: If you want lots of traffic for your blog, make sure it\u2019s about Apple \u2014 or pretends to be about Apple. So there\u2019s a story in a certain newspaper of record that complains about the downsides of ubiquitous smartphones. Now the main focus seems to make sense until it begins to go off the rails, and why must it be about the iPhone?<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the article itself doesn\u2019t actually mention the iPhone or any handset specifically. It\u2019s about the headline writer trying to add a little punch.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wait! There's more than meets the eye!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/newsletter\/2015\/12\/newsletter-issue-837\/#iphone\"><strong>Continue Reading\u2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The other day, I saw a photo of actress Melissa Benoist, star of the TV series, \u201cSupergirl,\u201d wearing her costume while seated on the set crouching over her smartphone. I assume it happened between takes. 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