The creators of Siri are working on a new digital assistant with big plans for a platform open to developers. It’s called Viv and it’s set to launch later this year. Intriguing, but we’ll have to see what Apple has in store for Siri at WWDC. Stephen Hackett’s iMac G3 Project now has a hub...
In This Issue
SongShift,John’s iOS Apps for Conferences (Vol. 1), Bryan Irace’s Home screen, plus the usualWorkflow Corner, Weekly Q&A, Tip, Links, and recap of MacStories articles. We have a new email address to submit your iOS Home screens, OS X setups, or watchOS screens: send us an email athomescreens@macstories.net and we’ll review your submission for the next...
Interesting Links
What a bot platform could look like on iOS with a possible AgentKit framework. Intriguing prospect. Matt Hackett on rebuilding Beme for iOS and Android. See also: Casey Neistat’s video. Instapaper has a new and improved full text search for premium users, who can now sort results, search in titles, filter by author and site,...
Straw Poll
#2 –RSS Services and Apps Written Responses We asked how people consume their news, aside from RSS: Twitter (mentioned by at least half the respondents) Reddit Flipboard Nuzzel Facebook Apple News Medium Email newsletters Telegram bots Going to websites directly News aggregation websites (Techmeme, Hacker News, Designer News, etc) Word of mouth Podcasts Individual news...
In This Issue
Duet Display,iOS Travel Apps, Vol. 1, Graham and John’s Notification Center widgets, plus the usualWorkflow Corner, Weekly Q&A, Tip, Links, and recap of MacStories articles....
Previously, On MacStories
With Launcher 2.0, I’m Rethinking My Notification Center Widgets Annotable Is the Most Versatile Image Annotation Tool for iOS Yet Hazel 4 Adds Rule Previewing, Sync, and More SoundShare Launches an Ambitious Social Network For Music Fans SketchParty TV 4.0 with New Look, Improved Gameplay Overcast 2.5.2 with Quicksync OutlineEdit Packs Power Into a Simple...
Home Screen: Graham Spencer
Twitter: @greyham. MacStories Editor. TAP IMAGE TO VIEW FULL SCREENSHOT OF NOTIFICATION CENTER Notification Center widgets aren’t hugely important to me, but they have become useful enough that I use them a handful of times every day. Easily the most used widget is the LIFX widget, which lets me control my two bedroom LIFX lightbulbs....
In This Issue
This month, Federico takes us behind the scenes on how the iOS 10 concept story was developed, and John shares some of the workflows he has been using to share audio clips to the MacStories Telegram channel....
Straw Poll
Welcome to Straw Poll! We’ve been thinking of ways to get more community involvement, and so we’re going to start sharing a poll every week or so in the Telegram MacStories Lounge. They’ll be pretty brief and informal, but we think they might also be really interesting. We posted the first Straw Poll yesterday, and...