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...

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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....

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Next week on AppStories, Federico and John take a hard look at the Mac App Store and consider why it hasn’t been as successful as the iOS App Store....

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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...

Twitter: @afwaller. Hardware I use two iPhones: a work phone, which is managed by our corporate MDM system, and a personal phone. For consistency and ease of use, I keep both phones the same model. It’s very difficult and frustrating to carry two different phone models, and as much as possible I have kept the...