Apple supports diverse emoji

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 […]

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There’s literally nothing new in that Jony Ive interview, don’t waste your time.

The first hundred or so times Expereal asked me how I was feeling, my assessments were the kinds of superficial ones you might respond with if a stranger asked you on the street: “I’m fine.”, “All good.”, “Frustrated by a supermarket line.” Reviewing my answers after the first few weeks, it dawned on me: I […]

if we evaluate the bug aesthetically, without any knowledge of the circumstances that led to it, does it appear more like a bug or more like a backdoor? Nadim Kobeissi: Understanding the Aesthetics of Apple’s SSL Bug

I’ve been thinking Apple’s next keyboard should be an iPad. Or, you know, a multi-touch display that can also handle gestures & display a dock or app launcher or palette or menus. OS X and iOS may not be converging in the next couple years, but that doesn’t mean Macs don’t get sexier.

I love the Mac. I love what it did for me, it gave me a lot of freedom I wouldn’t have gotten any other way. However, it stopped short of where it could have gone, and in doing so, I hope serves as a lesson for future generations of technologists. Dave Winer: 30th Anniversary of […]

johnthelutheran: Everything From This 1991 Radio Shack Ad You Can Now Do With Your Phone.

Electronica Artist Owl City/Adam Young Designed iOS 7 Sounds [Updated] – Mac Rumors

Electronica Artist Owl City/Adam Young Designed iOS 7 Sounds [Updated] – Mac Rumors I sort of hate my phone now.

danielrehn: minusbaby made a *.PAT of Susan Kare’s original MacPaint fill patterns. It works with Photoshop versions CS2—CS6 on Windows / OS X. Download → http://minusbaby.com/drop_box/minusbaby-macpaint.pat News you can use.

About the new iWork for Mac: Features and compatibility

About the new iWork for Mac: Features and compatibility There has been a lot of noise about the fact that the long-awaited iWork updates removed a lot of features. This support document explains that Apple intends to reintroduce many features and continue to add new ones. I’ve never seen Apple discuss a software roadmap like […]