Twitter: @aaron_pearce. iOS developer and creator of HomeCam, HomePass, and HomeScan; Admin of iOS Developers, a global iOS developer community. You recently released a major update to HomeCam with extensive support for Siri shortcuts. What were the challenges in building these shortcuts for live video, as well as enabling live streaming on the Watch? HomeKit...
In This Issue
Textor,Our Favorite Watch Apps (Vol. 4), a custom save menu shortcut for Keep It, an interview with LookUpdesignerVidit Bhargava, plus the usual Weekly Q&A, Tip, Links, App Debuts, arecap of MacStories articles, and a preview of next week’s episode of AppStories....
Interesting Links
Android is 10 years old, and Dieter Bohn at The Verge takes a look at what has become the world’s largest computing platform. (Link) There have been many attempts to dislodge traditional banks with technology, but the highly-regulated industry has proven to be a tough nut to crack, until recently, thanks to the rise of...
Previously, On MacStories
A Roundup of Apps Updated for iOS 12 and watchOS 5 How Apple Made Its New Apple Watch Faces iOS 12 on the iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 Plus, and iPad mini 2 macOS Mojave: The MacStories Review OmniFocus 3 for Mac: Multiple Tags, Enhanced Forecast, Powerful Perspectives Apple Completes Acquisition of Shazam Waze Adds CarPlay...
Interview: Vidit Bhargava
Twitter: @viditb. UI and graphic design for LookUp. LookUp recently added a rich set of Siri shortcuts in iOS 12. When it came time to choose which shortcuts to add, then work to implement them in your app, what was that overall process like? For me Siri has always been about quickly accessing information that...
Interesting Links
As Hurricane Florence barreled towards the US last week, Twitter was abuzz about the Weather Channel’s storm surge animation. Wired takes a look at how the TV channel used the Unreal Engine that drives many games to create the effect. (Link) Matt Birchler’s watchOS 5 review is available on BirchTree and is packed with lots...
Previously, On MacStories
PCalc 3.8 Adds Support for iOS 12’s Siri Shortcuts, Including Powerful Clipboard Commands Streaks 4 Adds iPad Support, Timed Tasks, HealthKit Improvements, and Siri Shortcuts Text Case Adds Siri Shortcut Support for Text Transformations iOS 12: The MacStories Review iOS 12 Review Extras: Audiobook, Shortcuts, eBook, and Making Of Things 3.7 Brings Support for Shortcuts,...
Interesting Links
It’s been available in Japan for a while, but the classic Professor Layton and the Curious Village that debuted years ago on the Nintendo DS is coming to the App Store soon according to Engadget. (Link) eBay has created and open-sourced a shopping app for the motor impaired that uses head motion to navigate the...
Previously, On MacStories
Apple Music Debuts Global and Country-Specific Top 100 Lists Apple Music Gains Better Organization of Releases on Artist Pages Three Years of Club MacStories Compiling and Exporting Chapters for My iOS 12 Review with Drafts 5 How the Stanford Heart Study App Saved Jason Perlow Twitter To Livestream Apple’s Fall Keynote Is Apple Neglecting Beats’...