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The “First” to Move Past the App Paradigm
Above Avalon: AirPods Are Becoming a Platform
The Apple Watch was the first device to genuinely begin questioning the current app paradigm. The Siri watch face on Apple Watch is all about providing the wearer glanceable amounts of information, data, and context in the form of cards chosen by a digital assistant. These cards are
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Chaos Theory and iOS 13
Ulysses blog
Let me have a word or two on iOS 13, especially the way it was released to the public, and what this means for developers: It’s a mess. It was a moving target from WWDC up to release, down to 13.1, and it’s still moving.
As a result, our own
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A Massive Step Forward at a Perfect Time
iPhone Eleven Pro - Initial Charge
It’s a bit of a cliché, but this truly is the best iPhone I’ve ever owned. There are attributes of devices from the past that I have a fondness for, but to be honest, I wouldn’t trade the 11 Pro’s camera system for any of them.
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A Celebration of iOS’s Unbelievable Software Library
From iOS To Android And Back Again - Greg Morris
Apps from the same developer often work different, look different or are missing functions (even Googles) on Android. Which is a huge shame given the open nature of the platform. Sure you can ‘do anything’ with your device, but the quality of software to go with
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The Phantom Tech Backlash
Opinion | There Is No Tech Backlash - The New York Times
But everybody’s complaining about technology all the time — there’s nothing more on-trend than lamenting our ephemeral hashtag culture. So it’s easy to believe that there really is a roiling tech backlash that will somehow head off any dystopian outcomes, while we
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Apple Could Flip a Switch and Kill Wear OS
Comment: Apple could kill Wear OS with a pull of the Apple Watch lever - 9to5Google
It’s a sad reality, but if Apple made the Watch compatible with Android, it would be bar-none the best smartwatch for Android phones. It already is the fastest, most useful, and most technically impressive wearable you can buy.
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The Loop, Pulling No Punches
The New York Times shaming of a crying reporter is shameful
Hey Jack, here’s a piece of advice for you. Before you call people down for, you know, being compassionate human beings (and bloggers), maybe you should take a look in the mirror and decide how you can be less of a complete total
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Micahel Tsai on Apple’s Odd Response to Project Zero’s Disclosure
Michael “blogs” 😉
Most people would consider “fewer than a dozen” to be “a small collection.” But in Apple-speak, there were “a small number” of corrupt App Store binaries causing crashes, and “a small number” of MacBook Pro users experiencing butterfly keyboard problems, not to be confused with the “very small number” of iPhones that
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Podcast #195: Micro.blog, the Open Web, and Good Vibes
I can only really say nice things about Micro.blog and it felt like it was time to have an episode about only good stuff. Here's Manton's post that got me thinking about Micro.blog again this morning.
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What’s Great about Micro.blog
Manton Reece - Tumblr and… App.net
Micro.blog is also designed around blogs because it gives immediate value to the platform, insulating it against the network effect that drives the success or failure of most other social networks: not all your friends are there yet. Unlike ad-supported platforms, Micro.blog aligns its business model
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Only Two Types of People in the World
Safwan AhmedMia (aka SuperSaf) on Twitter
There are 2 types of people in this world. Those who absolutely have to have a headphone jack and those who don't care.
I'm in the latter group, but I think this is largely because I also own AirPods. I'd be curious to
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Can People Actually Notice the Difference between 60 and 90Hz Displays? (Yes)
From Reddit, this guy got my dad a OnePlus 7 Pro, which runs at 90Hz. His dad used it for a month and the son flipped the phone down to 60Hz (aka what basically every phone on the market runs at) to see if he would notice. Long story short, he did and asked why
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Apple Card and a "New" Apple Inc.
Apple Card is the product that finally killed the Apple fan in me - TNW
Well, it’s happened. Apple is no longer a creator of attractive goods and services you want in your life, now it’s officially a financial institution following profit at all costs, wooo!
Join me in giving a round of applause
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How to Start Blogging (the answer is not “figure out your SEO”)
Focussing on the Wrong Things When Starting a Blog – Chris Hannah
I think that, especially when you are starting to write a blog, nearly everything that I see being suggested is detrimental.
Everyone’s telling you to start worrying about SEO, prioritise getting your website linked to from popular websites, working out monetisation, creating a
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A Celebration of Fast Software
Gruber linked to this, so you've probably seen it before, but this article by Craig Mod is great.
But why is slow bad? Fast software is not always good software, but slow software is rarely able to rise to greatness. Fast software gives the user a chance to “meld” with its toolset. That
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J.J. Abrams on His Projects, and Coincidentally My Feelings About the Galaxy Fold
Your Robot Overlord - Fast Company (Apple News+ link)
“This entire enterprise has been a response to the question, ‘What if?’ ” Abrams says. “The great stories, the ones I love, all seem to come from a ‘what if?’ ”
This sums up my favorite media as well, but in a weird way, it also kind of sums