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Look, I updated my site! I had a few goals: I wanted to flex my front-end web skills and get a feel for current practices. I wanted a responsive design that would look good on iPhones, iPads, and Macs. I wanted to move to a CMS, so I could make tweaks and edits from anywhere. […]
The Origin of The Apple Command Icon. “In Sweden, the Apple menu command symbol is actually used in street signs to indicate a point of interest or attraction in a campground. … A castle in Borgholm, as seen from above, looks just like the Point of Interest symbol.”
Kellie McElhaney, a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, said she “gets nervous” when C.E.O.s talk about doing what is “right”. Tim Cook, Making Apple His Own – NYTimes.com What a disgusting thing to say!
Preventing User and Hardware Tracking in Mobile Devices | A Few Guys Coding Blog Looks like this guy and his graduate thesis are responsible for a significant real-world privacy win that Apple will deliver to users in iOS 8: Today, unscrupulous companies are selling technology to retailers that lets them track your smartphone as it […]
If you’re not already using Touch ID or a passcode to secure your iOS devices, it’s a good idea to add one. Australian Mac and iOS users find devices remotely locked, held for ransom (and how to keep yours safe) | 9to5Mac
Secret – Apple’s new EarPods will have sensors in them, for heart rate & blood pressure. Also iBeacons so they don’t get lost. They will require the lightning port, it’s why the audio jack was moved to the bottom. This sure rings true — putting sensors in the earbuds makes a whole lot of sense.
I will say that the relationship between Nike and Apple will continue. And I am personally, as we all are at Nike, very excited about what’s to come. Nike CEO Mark Parker, speaking to CNBC earlier today — in the same interview in which he indirectly confirmed the ultimate demise of the FuelBand, something which […]
The Ultimate Guide to Solving iOS Battery Drain
I think the issue is that where ever Apple chooses to use an identifiable human skin color on their emoji renderings, that skin color is always white. Except for the turban guy, who’s brown, and the Chinese hat guy, who has East Asian features. Apple could have easily chosen ethically diverse renderings: for instance, using […]
Tim forwarded your email to me. We agree with you. Our emoji characters are based on the Unicode standard, which is necessary for them to be displayed properly across many platforms. There needs to be more diversity in the emoji character set, and we have been working closely with the Unicode Consortium in an effort […]