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An app does syncing through MobileMe. Now, it needs to do it through iCloud. Fine. But Apple won’t let an app use iCloud unless it’s sold in the App Store. Fine. But Apple won’t approve an app for the App Store unless it’s sandboxed. And for many developers, sandboxing means that half of their app’s […]
I used LSD from approximately 1972 to 1974. Throughout that period of time I used the LSD approximately ten to fifteen times. I would ingest the LSD on a sugar cube or in a hard form of gelatin. I would usually take the LSD when I was by myself. I have no words to explain […]
Apple shows how its technology is helping to open the world to the blind, to the impoverished, or to those for whom even basic communication is a struggle. You get the impression that someone there gives a damn about the people using their products. Diogenex: Thoughts on a Keynote, 2012
Let’s be mindful together about this new Apple stuff – The Wirecutter
Wow. maps.apple.com is a 302 temporary redirect to Google Maps. This is new since last week. Tick, tick, tick. — Daniel Jalkut (@danielpunkass) June 12, 2012
Your aim is information overload. Ensure that your Twitter app is open and Growl is enabled. Open seven or eight live blogs – they will crash, so start with as many as you can. Make sure you have the Gizmodo one open, so you can laugh at how bitter they are that they haven’t been […]
Apple’s Tim Cook Says Hello: The Full D10 Interview Video
I worked on a high-profile app at Apple when Marklar was just a rumor even inside Apple. I was one of the four engineers working on VideoConference.framework, the videoconferencing core of iChat. Our app was ported to Intel without the knowledge of the engineers on our team, a pretty impressive feat. I actually inserted a […]
Facebook’s camera app was given the first Editor’s Choice award ever on the App Store when it was released last week. In addition, it was allowed to ship with an icon that looks startlingly similar to Apple’s own camera icon and displays on home screens with its name reading simply ‘Camera’. I haven’t seen any […]
To me, this is what a preliminary WWDC conference schedule would look like if Apple were set to announce a new developer platform… Daring Fireball: Let’s Have Some Fun Reading Way Too Much Into the Preliminary Schedule for WWDC 2012