Ask Adam LLC: macOS & iOS consultingSecret – 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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]