Next week on AppStories, Federico and John continue the Summer OS Preview Series by interviewing AirBuddy, Chibi Studio, and other apps, about what users have to look forward to this fall and the opportunities that changes to Apple’s frameworks mean to developers. This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico and John cover the new...
Interesting Links
Marketwatch has the details on a Delaware federal court’s dismissal of a lawsuit against Apple brought by Blix, an email app maker and founding member of the Coalition for App Fairness lobbying group that argued Sign in with Apple was anticompetitive. (Link) Tomorrow is World Emoji Day, and Adobe published the results of a survey...
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Emojipedia Publishes Renderings of Draft Emoji Apple Quietly Releases MagSafe Battery Pack Troubles with HomePod’s audioOS Beta...
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Interesting Links
Bloomberg tells the fascinating story of a $10 million Xbox gift card scam pulled off by a Microsoft engineer who used them to purchase Bitcoin. (Link) According to The New York Times, a machine made by a Dutch company critical to chip manufacturers like TSMC, which makes chips for Apple, has become a pawn in...
Previously, On MacStories
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In This Issue
Beyond iPhone and iPad Gaming, tips for dealing with Safari’s new tab design in Monterey, unabridged developer interviews from Majid Jabrayilov, Ish ShaBazz, Sawyer Blatz, and John Sundell, an all-new episode of MacStories Unplugged, plus the usualApp Debuts,Links, arecap of MacStories articles, and a preview of upcoming podcast episodes....
Interview: Majid Jabrayilov
Twitter: @mecid. Creator of CardioBot. What impact do you think the addition of Shortcuts to the Mac will have on all of Apple’s platforms? We have shortcuts on iOS and watchOS. I am happy to see that shortcuts finally arrived on macOS. It should be easier to provide shortcut-related features across all Apple platforms. Why...
MacStories Unplugged
[[unplugged_artwork]] A Behind-the-Scenes Review Update and Retro Nintendo Deep Dive Federico is happier with his writing setup for this year’s iOS and iPadOS review than ever, John is trying new text editors with Obsidian, plus playing Game Boy-era games and our thoughts on the new Nintendo Switch (OLED Model)....