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Who is Building Billion Dollar Companies These Days?
Gruber, commenting on Ben Thompson:
There are developers making good money with professional caliber iPad apps. But nothing like the companies that were built around the Mac.
Gruber and Thompson use Adobe as an example of a company who built Mac software and turned into a billion dollar company. They contend no one has done
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Back on Apple’s Incentives (and on blogging as conversation)
Apple’s Incentives - Initial Charge
It’s hard to quantify the value of influencers within families and groups of friends. And the type of people who use RSS are also likely to be the type of people that friends and family members turn to for tech-related advice and recommendations.
Michael responds to my post
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The Galaxy Fold Not a Viable Product
Samsung Galaxy Fold review: The future is an ugly disappointment | Ars Technica
Should you buy a Galaxy Fold? NO! God no. Are you crazy? The sky-high price, durability issues, nascent form factor, and new screen technology should rule the phone out for just about everyone. (Save your bendy tech dreams for Westworld season three.
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"33 Million" Apple TV+ Subscribers
The Wall Street Journal reports (via 9to5Mac, if you don't subscribe to WSJ) that there are about 33
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We Keep Having the Same Frustrating Conversation
We Keep Having The Same Video Game Arguments And It's Driving Me Bonkers
One way or another, there will always be the eternal question: Women, can they do things? What things can they do? As long as we keep allowing people to pretend it hasn’t been answered, they’ll keep treating it
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Guess What Bozo Doesn’t Understand Encryption
Trump says Apple needs to ‘help our great country’ and unlock iPhones used by criminals - 9to5Mac
In the tweet, Trump emphasized that the government is “helping Apple all of the time on trade and so many other issues.” Despite this, Apple refuses to break encryption for iPhones used “by killers, drug dealers and other violent
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The Magic of Using HomePods in Stereo Mode
Stereo HomePods for Difficult Rooms and Social Listening - Jim Willis
The HomePods are strange in this way in that you can be sitting very close to one of the pair but still not sure if what you’re hearing is predominantly coming from the speaker closest to you or the one on the other side
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Launched: A Podcast about Creators Launching Their Greatest Work
Launched is a new show from my friend, and dare I say, iOS celebrity developer Charlie Chapman. Charlie created Dark
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Samsung is Shipping a Phone with COTS Out-of-the-Box
The new Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro is not the phone for me, but it does make a compelling case as a good phone for merchants who want a mobile POS. COTS (“commercial off-the-shelf”) is a thing we’ve been looking at in the payments industry for a while now, and the concept is
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Turn Your Apple Card Statements Into CSVs
Update: Apple now supports exporting as a CSV natively, so I now 100% do not recommend using the tool listed
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Low Hanging Fruit for iPadOS “Desktop Mode”
Andy Nicolaides has a good post about how he uses his iPad in “desktop mode.”
Whilst it’s relatively rare
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Tech Blogs Have a Way With Words
Google testing Stadia gaming on non-Pixel Android phones - 9to5Google
Playing AAA titles on a phone is a rather futuristic experience that helps sell the promise of Stadia. So far, that’s been limited to Pixel devices, though the goal is to have the streaming service work on every screen. Fortunately, Google is already testing
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J-Archive: An Unbelievable Resource for Jeopardy Fans
What if you could access every game of Jeopardy ever?
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Don’t Worry About the Only Things That Actually Make a Difference, Apparently
Politics, you’ve been warned.
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A Decade of iPad Evolution
A decade of iPads in my life – from 'movie Kindle' onwards - 9to5Mac
I could go on, but the bottom line is that while the iPad Pro can’t replace my MacBook Pro, it has replaced a fair chunk of my usage of it. I’d guess that something like 25% of the things
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Sonos One vs HomePod
Kirkville - HomePod vs. Sonos One Stereo Pair Comparison
With the price differential, and the added ability of being able to adjust the EQ and balance, the Sonos One is a much better choice for a stereo pair than the HomePod. Of course, you may want to use Siri, Alexa, or Google Assistant with your speaker,
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Just Breathe, Apple Watch!
Apple's Breathe app on the Apple Watch has been confusing people for years - 9to5Mac
Does your Apple Watch keep reminding you to breathe? You’re not alone. People all over the world are interrupted by the Apple Watch reminding them to breathe every day — even if they’re already breathing. So what gives?
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Getting Out of Your WordPress Comfort Zone
Lessons Learned by Stepping Outside WordPress Comfort Zone – WordPress Tavern
I love WordPress. More than that, I appreciate what WordPress has allowed me to accomplish over the years. However, I was no longer happy with it for my personal blog. It was suitable for the job, but I often found it had a lot more
