use a passcode on iOS

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

EarPod sensors rumor

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.

Apple & Nike kill FuelBand

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

The Ultimate Guide to Solving iOS Battery Drain

diverse emoji please

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 […]

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 […]

saved you a click

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.