Federico is back from the Genius Bar and joined by Stephen to discuss Time Machine and iCloud Backups, Apple’s push with Swift education and SMS filtering in iOS 11.
A fun collection of topics on this week’s episode of Connected. You can listen here.
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Ulysses’ Switch to Subscriptions and Apple’s to 64-Bit Apps 
Federico and John revisit subscription pricing models in the wake of Ulysses’ switch to subscriptions and discuss what Apple’s transition from 32-bit to 64-bit apps means for the App Store and consumers.
Pre-order systems fail because of the SNES Classic, Microsoft readies sale of the Xbox One X, and arguments for and against ‘Crunch’.
On this week’s Remaster, Shahid explains the concept of “crunch” in the videogame industry and how it differs between teams and individuals working on large projects. You can listen here.
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Myke and Federico discuss Apple’s supposed budget for original content, reviews of the Essential Phone, Apple’s iOS 11 marketing videos, and Federico’s unexpected trip to the Genius Bar.
A fun episode of Connected this week as the summer season keeps giving us new betas of iOS 11. You can listen here.
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Interview: Running an App Development Studio with Dermot Daly
Federico and John interview Dermot Daly, founder of Tapadoo, a Dublin-based app development studio, about how he got started in mobile development, the Tapadoo origin story, what it’s like to develop apps in the regulated medical field, the challenges of working for clients and that iOS developers face today, and more.
The latest update to Slack’s iOS app introduces a feature I’ve been waiting for since we started using the service for daily communications at MacStories: quick replies to notifications. Now when you get a Slack message, you can pull down on the notification banner – or, if you’re viewing an old notification, press on it – to send a reply without opening the app. I’ve tested this feature in the Slack beta over the past week, and it’s considerably reduced the number of times I have to open the app.
The fact that Slack’s native iOS app still feels so slow when loading and switching between channels makes this addition all the more welcome. It would be nice to have both quick replies and emoji reactions as options upon expanding a notification, but this will suffice.
On the last two episodes of Canvas, we’ve covered two major features of iOS 11 for iPad – drag and drop, and new multitasking. These are a good starting point to understand iOS 11’s essential improvements to the iPad and I feel like Fraser and I were able to explain our different ways of working on iOS. You can listen to the episodes here and here.
Shelf and Clipboard Apps on macOS and iOS
Federico and John look at shelf and clipboard apps on macOS and iOS, consider how third-party shelf apps are likely to work under iOS 11, and discuss the advantages of Apple adding a shelf feature to iOS.
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