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Jacob Eiting takes a look at introductory pricing options introduced by Apple for iOS apps in iOS 11.2 last year. (Link) Griffin has unveiled a new USB-C dock that, by delivering 85W of power and adhering to the USB-C PD 2.0 spec, can charge a 15-inch MacBook Pro (plus all other devices that use USB-C...


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Interview: Eric Böhnisch-Volkmann

Twitter: @eboehnisch. Co-founder and president of DEVONtechnologies. DEVONthink has been in development for several years now. What kind of changes have you observed in the tech industry that required you to evolve the app in new directions? When we released DEVONthink 1.0 in 2002 people were usually using just one device: their Mac. They had...


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Crooks are using Amazon’s on-demand publishing service to create and purchase books at exorbitant prices as a way of laundering money from stolen credit cards as detailed by Krebs on Security. (Link) OneCast has been available on Windows 10 for streaming Xbox games to Windows PCs for a while, but The Verge reports that now,...


Home Screen: David Sparks

Twitter: @MacSparky. Founder of MacSparky.com, author of MacSparky Field Guides, and co-host of Mac Power Users and Free Agents. I’m one of those weirdos that likes a little white space on my iPhone. Although since the iPhone X arrived, white space has turned into black black black space. I used to make a blurred image...


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Rogue Amoeba’s Paul Kafasis details how you can send audio to your HomePod using Airfoil for Mac. (Link) Netgear has rolled out a software update that adds HomeKit support to its Arlo Baby Camera line, which you can now add to Apple’s Home app on iOS 11. (Link) Fascinating look by Charles Arthur at getting...


Interview: Hon Cheng

Twitter: @honcheng. Co-creator of Dispatch, Clips, Alive, and Apple Design Award winnerElk. Clean Shaven Apps’ latest app, Elk, won an Apple Design Award last summer. What was that like? It was definitely a wonderful surprise for us. We were told to prepare a brief write-up about our apps and company together with some photos of...