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Articles by the MacStories team. Founded by Federico Viticci in April 2009, MacStories attracts millions of readers every month thanks to in-depth, personal, and informed coverage that offers a balanced mix of Apple news, app reviews, and opinion.

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Prizmo Go, Great Games for the Weekend (Vol. 1), iPads Around the World with Chris Wilson, CJ Chilver’s Home screen, plus the usualWorkflow Corner, Weekly Q&A, Tip, App Debuts, Links, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of next week’s episode of AppStories....


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Apple announced Creative Sets, a new feature of its App Store search ad service that allows developers to serve up to 10 different ad variants. (Link) MacRumors reports that Apple has expanded its presence in Oregon and hired engineers away from Intel, causing speculation that Apple is working on its own CPUs. (Link) Vanity Fair...




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Interview: Ben McCarthy

Twitter: @BenRiceM; Website: Obscura.app. Creator of Obscura 2. How did you get started with iOS development? I remember being 15 or 16 and downloading Xcode and trying to learn how to build apps, but I don’t think I made it past the stage of setting up the necessary certificates and profiles. It wasn’t until I...



Interesting Links

Developers of services that integrate with Slack can now create custom buttons that turn messages into actions. Integrations aren’t new to Slack, but transforming slash commands into buttons once again confirms that GUIs are more user-friendly and approachable than plain text instructions. (Link) Álvaro Pabesio has published a fascinating Apple Music concept that reimagines the...


In This Issue

Agenda, Ryan looks back at iOS 11 iPad features with the benefit of hindsight, an interview with Obscura developer Ben McCarthy,Parker Ortolani’s Home screen, plus the usualWeekly Q&A, Links, App Debuts, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of next week’s AppStories episode....