[[appstories_artwork]] Next week on AppStories, Federico and Johnconsider the state of Apple’s built-in apps and whether it’s getting harder for third-party developers to compete with them. [[dialog_artwork]] Next week on Dialog, Federico and Johnconclude their conversation with New York Times best-selling author Pierce Brown, the creator of the Red Rising series of novels. In the...
Interesting Links
Following in Facebook’s footsteps, social media service TikTok is working on its own mobile phone according to Engadget. (Link) Encouraged by its acquisition of Whole Foods, The New York Times reports that Amazon is exploring creating a brand-new chain of grocery stores. (Link) The Verge reports that the oddly-named Sevenhugs, which originally launched a $300...
Previously, On MacStories
Overcast Launches New Recommendations and Extended Clip Sharing Apple Releases iOS 12.4 Update with Improvements to Apple News, iPhone Migration Tool, and Other Changes But No Apple Card How iOS 12.4’s iPhone Migration Tool Works Pixelmator Pro for Mac Adds an Apple Photos Extension, New Zoom Tools, and Other Features Flighty: A Pro-Level iOS App...
Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
[[appstories_artwork]] Next week on AppStories, Federico and Johntalk about pro app subscriptions in the context of the recently-released flight tracker, Flighty, and the new home automation possibilities available when combining new features of iOS 13 with an app/service like Pushover. [[dialog_artwork]] Next week on Dialog, Federico and John talk to author Pierce Brown, whose highly-anticipated...
Interview: Simon Støvring
Twitter: @simonbs. The developer of Scriptable and Jayson. What are you looking forward to in iOS 13 as a developer and user? The improvements to shortcuts have me very excited, both as a developer and as a user. APIs that enable shortcuts to take input and provide outpout was my single biggest wish from this...
Interesting Links
Engadget has an excerpt from Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again, in which author Eric Topol explains how Apple used AI to bring ECG functionality to the Apple Watch. (Link) With more robust sharing features coming to iCloud Drive this fall, it’s interesting to consider how difficult it would be for...
Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
[[appstories_artwork]] Next week on AppStories, Federico and John tour the strange assortment of apps they’ve downloaded in the past few months. [[dialog_artwork]] Next week on Dialog, Federico and John conclude their conversation with screenwriter John August, covering August’s apps and other projects like Highland, Weekend Read, and Courier Prime....
Interview: Drew McCormack
Twitter: @drewmccormack. Creator of Agenda, Studies, and Ensembles. With Agenda already being on the Mac and iOS, does adopting Catalyst for the app appeal to you? We first heard about Catalyst at WWDC18, along with everyone else. We were lucky enough to talk to some Apple people at that time, and they made it pretty...
In This Issue
Due, a tip from Federico on how to configureGmail’s Drafts mailbox with Apple’s Mail app, Ryan considers who Apple Arcade is for, an interview with Agenda developer Drew McCormack, plus the usual Weekly Q&A, Links, App Debuts, arecap of MacStories articles, and a preview of next week’s episodes of AppStories and Dialog....