Mac and iOS App Store Web Preview Pages Get a Makeover Voice Control is Coming to the Alexa App Soon iOS 11’s Lower Adoption Rate Installing tvOS Betas Over-the-Air from iOS with iCab and Dropbox What I Wish the iPad Would Gain from the Mac Spotify’s Playlists as Musical Events Apple Rolls Out Beta of...
Interview: Matt Braun
Twitter: @mattbraun. Developer of Waypoint EDU and SketchParty TV. Geocaching is an activity that’s been around for a long time. Could you explain what it is and how Waypoint EDU fits into the experience? Briefly, geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity using GPS receivers to locate physical “caches” (often plastic Tupperware containers) left at specific...
Straw Poll
Straw Poll #22 What would you like to see from Apple in 2018?...
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Interview: Shahid Kamal Ahmad
Twitter: @shahidkamal. Independent game developer, founder of Ultimatum Games, and co-host of Remaster on Relay FM. You recently wrote about the MacBook Pro’s shortcomings as a professional laptop. You don’t seem to have an issue with the MacBook Pro’s power in general, but also suggest that its GPU be beefed up for VR and games....
Previously, On MacStories
Apple and the Alexa Ecosystem Apple’s Updated Security Guide for iOS 11.1 and iOS 11.2 The MacBook Air: A Decade’s Worth of Legacy Smart Audio Report on Smart Speaker Adoption in the U.S. Twelve South’s PencilSnap Upgrades Your Smart Keyboard with a Pencil Holder Evolving the Apple Watch in watchOS 5 iPad Diaries: Transmit Replacements...
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In This Issue
Zipped,Ryan kicks off a new section of Weekly with a look at what we don’t know about the HomePod yet, an interview with Shahid Kamal Ahmad,Anthony Waller’s Home screen, plus the usualWorkflow Corner,Weekly Q&A, Links, App Debuts,and recap of MacStories articles....
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Bad design has consequences as the false alarm about an incoming ballistic missile in Hawaii last weekend demonstrated. Paul Kafasis provides a tour of just how bad the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency’s system was. (Link) In an attempt to reduce the amount of objectionable content on YouTube, the service has raised the bar for making...