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Marfa, TX - Shot on iPhone 7 Plus

Marfa, TX - Shot on iPhone 7 Plus

Friday 6-Pack...

November 03, 2017 by Matt Bates

What an exciting week! The new Somos is stuck in my head, Good Thoughts is chilling me out and Hold Close is getting pumped for the weekend! We also have some great new tracks from Balancing the Different, The Moms and Hang Tight!

There are even 70+ new emojis that were released this week.

Life is good.

Music saves.

Listen, enjoy and share!

 

-YourFriendMatt

November 03, 2017 /Matt Bates
friday, music, apple, apple music, somos, hang tight, rock, pop punk, passion, weekend, iPhone X, ios, tech, emojis, emoji
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Hate waking up to discontinued apps...

Hate waking up to discontinued apps...

Not Downloading Messenger...

July 03, 2016 by Matt Bates

I am not downloading Messenger.

This week Facebook discontinued my Facebook work-around. In 2014, the Facebook team took away the ability to message your friends from within the Facebook app, forcing them to download the newly introduced Facebook Messenger. Me, being a stubborn prick, decided to delete the Facebook app from the phone because I thought it was stupid. Why should I have to download two apps to use the same Facebook?

At the same time, Facebook introduced Paper, which was a Flipboard-Type news app competitor. After doing some research, I found out it had all the benefits of the Facebook app, including the messaging aspect of it…and now I can get news updates for subjects that interested me. Perfect. Another happy Facebook user!

Well, they just discontinued Paper this week. Shit. 

It looks like I am going back to the original idea…deleting it. I am not downloading two Apps to use all the benefits of Facebook. 

C'mon, Mark. 

Dick.

-YourFriendMatt

July 03, 2016 /Matt Bates
apps, facebook, tech, technology, silicon valley, iphone, android, messenger
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