Twitter: @caseyliss. iOS developer and co-host of the Accidental Tech Podcast and Analog(ue). The last time my Home screen was featured was back four years ago (!) in November 2014. At the time I was using an iPhone 6. I was working as a .NET consultant. However, like today, I was a new father. My...
iPads Around the World
When I put out a call for interesting iPad stories to feature in a new ‘iPads Around the World’ section a few weeks ago, James Jolley’s inspiring story is exactly what I hoped I would find in my inbox. James emailed me a couple of weeks ago, explaining that, as someone who’s been blind from...
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Apple Adds Direct Access to News Sources to its TV App Major VLC Update Released with Support for 4K, 8K, HDR, 360 Video, Google Chromecast, and More Loup Ventures’ HomePod Siri Tests An In-Depth, Technical Analysis of the HomePod Concludes It’s a Bona Fide Audiophile Speaker A Promising Work in Progress: Initial Thoughts on HomePod...
Interesting Links
Earlier this week, Apple erroneously sent developers an update about the performance of their Search Ads Basic campaigns. The trouble was, the update was for other developers’ apps in many cases. (Link) Kashmir Hill of Gizmodo converted as much of her apartment to smart devices as possible, and her colleague Surya Mattu monitored the network...
Home Screen: Jared Sinclair
Twitter: @jaredsinclair. Creator of ‘sodes and Stormcrow; iOS developer at Black Pixel. On my Home screen layout: I’m fussy about never having more than two pages of Home screen. The first page is reserved for stuff I use regularly, even if they’re apps whose design I don’t particularly like –cough- Washington Post -cough-. Everything else...
Interview: Luc Vandal
Twitter: @lucvandal. Founder of Edovia and creator of Screens for Mac and iOS. Pricing models on Apple’s stores has changed a lot in recent years and Screens for the Mac is part of the Setapp subscription. Where do you see utility app business models heading and what does that mean for Screens? I’m still not...
Interesting Links
When Strava published a global heat map aggregating the GPS activity of its users, it both demonstrated the power of big datasets by indirectly revealing military bases and stirred up complaints that it’s more difficult to opt out of sharing such data than it should be. (Link) Nintendo is moving on from one of its...
Home Screen: Alexandra Cox
Twitter: @AlexCox. Part of the Cards Against Humanity crew; co-host of Roboism on Relay FM and Do By Friday. The past three months I’ve tried to interact with my iPhone in a much different way. My Home screen is set up so that apps (mostly social media) are hidden away in folders so I don’t...
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Apple Animoji Karaoke Videos Showcase iPhone X Feature in Advance of Grammys Omni Outlines Its 2018 Plans, Including Updates to OmniFocus for iOS and Other Apps HomePod First Impressions Roundup Game Day: WayOut Apple Shares First Series of HomePod Ads What Apple Must Do to Establish Its New Video Service Apple’s Podcast Analytics Prove the...