Brandon Miniman
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About Brandon Miniman
Brandon has been involved in tech journalism since the year 2000 and was part of the OG team of XDA and Pocketnow. He's currently a staff writer for MakeUseOf, covering mobile and consumer tech. Brandon likes to help people take full advantage of their technology.
He lives outside of Philadelphia, PA, with his wife and three kids. When he's not writing, Brandon plays drums and enjoys listening to music.
He's a graduate of the Villanova School of Business where he got a bachelors degree in finance.
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I had low expectations for Apple's $499 laptop, then I ran the benchmarks
This laptop shouldn't be this good.
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Make these changes for a faster phone each day.
A color e-ink tablet sounded like a dream come true until I actually used one
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I changed these 3 Android defaults and my phone immediately felt less chaotic
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AOD is pointless and you should just turn it off.
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