Yearly Archives: 2015

What’s worse than paid app updates?

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Dan Edwards, writing for Medium:

Recently Tweetbot 4 was released as a cross-platform update that’ll work on iPad & iPhone. Right now (at 50% off), it’s a $4.99/£3.99 app. Regardless of whether you bought the old Tweetbot recently, or at all.

Some people were pretty angry about this

This is inside out thinking. Read on for more.

When the Steve Jobs movie came calling

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Scott Knaster, aside from being an aspiring actor, professional Mad Magazine collector, and wonderfully entertaining writer, was actually once an Apple employee, back when the Mac was being born (1983-1990).

Read on for his experience providing background for the new Steve Jobs movie.

The Loop Magazine updated for iOS 9 and new issue

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We’ve been working hard on getting The Loop Magazine updated for iOS, but we’ve added a couple of nice features too. We’ve updated the entire backend of the magazine, so things should be much faster for everyone.

My favorite feature is a new universal search. You can now type in a keyword and it will search every published issue of the magazine. Just tap on the result and it will take you right to the story.

In addition, Issue 35 was published today with looking at the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, 3D Touch, watch OS 2, iPad Pro, Apple TV from a gamer’s perspective, Wearable health reminders, and more.

Another issue of the magazine is almost ready to go and will focus on Apple Music.

You can download The Loop Magazine app for iPhone and iPad for free. Subscriptions are $1.99 per month.

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Antitrust monitor: Apple “its own worst enemy”

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“In this respect, Apple has been its own worst enemy,” he said. “This lack of cooperation has cast an unnecessary shadow over meaningful progress in developing a comprehensive and effective antitrust compliance program.”

Perhaps Apple, like many of us, are still wondering how the hell Amazon gets away with so much, without any punishment.

On Apple’s Perceptio acquisition

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The Perceptio acquisition is a big show of Apple’s commitment to privacy and, potentially, a huge step forward for the Photos app at the heart of your iOS device.

The Dalrymple Report with Merlin Mann: Hey Dingus!

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Jim and Merlin talk about appreciating ‘good enough’ and how to start playing guitar, and Merlin gets really excited about his new Amazon Echo.

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Apple’s official statement on the YiSpecter iOS malware

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Earlier today, we posted about a report from Palo Alto Networks about YiSpector, iOS malware that was said to attack non-jailbroken iOS devices.

We reached out to Apple for comment. Read on for their response.

Matt Gemmell on ad blocking

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Matt is in a unique position to write about this debate:

I’m on both sides of this debate.

Let’s get the obvious argument out of the way: if you block ads, you’re depriving sites of revenue they presumably need in order to continue running, and if too many people do that, those sites are likely to go away. The reality is more complicated, but the argument is essentially sound – all other things being equal, and unchanged.

Digital or physical books

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Craig Mod on his reading habits:

But in the past two years, something unexpected happened: I lost the faith. Gradually at first and then undeniably, I stopped buying digital books. I realised this only a few months ago, when taking stock of my library, both digital and physical. Physical books – most of all, works of literary fiction – I continue to acquire voraciously. I split my time between New York and Tokyo, and know that with each New York trip I’ll pick up a dozen or more volumes from bookstores or friends.

Tim Cook receives Human Right’s Campaign’s National Visibility Award [VIDEO]

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On Saturday, Tim Cook was awarded the Human Rights Campaign’s National Visibility Award. Watch the video below, especially the embedded tribute that starts at about 2:50 in.

One quote from that tribute:

Knowing that the leader of the company that I work for, the boss’s boss’s boss’s boss, is advocating for the rights of those who have been disenfranchised, makes me beyond proud.

Apple co-founder’s allies take aim at Hollywood over “Steve Jobs”

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The Wall Street Journal:

Four years after Steve Jobs’s death, a new movie is reopening a debate over the Apple Inc. co-founder’s legacy.

Mr. Jobs’s allies, led by his widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, say the film “Steve Jobs,” and other recent depictions, play down his accomplishments and paint Mr. Jobs as cruel and inhumane. Ms. Jobs repeatedly tried to kill the film, according to people familiar with the conversations. She lobbied, among others, Sony Pictures Entertainment, which developed the script but passed on the movie for financial reasons, and Comcast Corp.’s Universal Pictures, which is releasing the $33.5 million production on Friday.

“A whole generation is going to think of him in a different way if they see a movie that depicts him in a negative way,” said Bill Campbell, a longtime Apple board member and friend of Mr. Jobs. Mr. Campbell hasn’t seen the film.

I don’t know that I agree with Campbell on his assessment of Jobs’ legacy and whether or not this movie will taint it. I doubt it. The debate will continue for generations with each making their own evaluations.

The most interesting tidbit in this story, and a piece of information that hadn’t been disclosed up until now, is the fact that Wozniak was paid $200,000 to consult on the film.