I thought this would be a nice combination but it’s far too sweet and the flavours are very unbalanced – sweet, sweet or sweet.
[star rating=”1.5/5″]
Delaviuda Milk Chocolate with Hazelnuts
Interesting chocolate bar – full if not over-full of hazelnuts which are floating on a layer of chocolate – which makes the bar more gritty/coarse than you might expect.
[star rating=”3/5″]
Marks and Spencer Extremely Chocolatey White Chocolate Rounds
Overly sweet if not actually sickly sweet. More chocolate than biscuit – but that’s probably what the problem is.
[star rating=”1/5″]
Ritter Sport Rum & Raisin chocolate bar
I love the idea of a rum and raisin chocolate bar, but this one is completely overwhelmed by the taste of alcohol (and not the taste of rum per se, it’s a generic burst of alcohol) and it’s too sweet as well.
Allegedly has nuts, but they’re not particularly noticeable.
[star rating=”1.5/5″]
Willie’s Raspberries and Cream white chocolate
A lurid pink and strangely dry and gritty chocolate – not particularly pleasant mouth feel and somewhat too sweet. Avoid.
[star rating=”1/5″]
Tech: Why can't I download "free" apps on my iPhone?
You can’t participate in the Apple app ecosystem without two things: an Apple ID, and a valid credit/debit card linked to that ID. That’s right: you can’t get ‘free’ without having credit first.
If you’re setting up a new phone and your Apple ID is linked to another Apple ID via ‘Family Sharing’, you’ll also need the Family Sharing account owner’s credit/debit card expiry date and CCV number.
That’s right: your ability to use your phone with your credit card may depend on you having someone else’s credit card details.
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Tech:
Apple tells app developers to disclose or remove screen recording code
Why doesn’t Apple just yank their app certificates, like they did to Google and Facebook?
Tech: What to do when you drop your iPhone in the water
1. Swear.
Use your best words. But get it over with quickly – you’ve got work to do.
2. Dry your phone off.
That’s right, get a towel and dry it off ASAP. Is it dead? It probably isn’t.
Yet.
3. Back it up.
That’s right. Don’t put your phone in a bag of rice or anything like that. While it’s still alive, you need to get your data off your phone as fast as possible.
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Tech: Counting cookies
Engadget likes to share your browsing details with lots of people:
- Foundational partners – 10 of the usual suspects – Facebook, Google, Amazon, ebay (!?), Neilsen etc.
- IAB “partners” – 224 from all across the world, many you’ve never heard of
Just block 3rd party cookies. Or use an ad-blocker.
Tech: Buzzfeed's strange approach to "privacy"
This screenshot is what you get when you go to Buzzfeed for the first time. “We value your privacy” can be read in two ways though:
- “we value your ability to manage your own personal information”
- “your privacy is worth money to us”
If you are requiring visitors to accept Personalisation, then you don’t value their privacy.
Because to personalise you need to a) track people and then b) profile them.
Tech: Wired, privacy, and user tracking
Here’s a bit of irony for you: the Wired article on Facebook, Apple and privacy won’t load if you’re blocking cookies and trackers.
