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Apple adds Apple TV charts, shows they are still updating Apple TV experience
Apple adds charts to the Apple TV app store. This is a very good sign.
Women from Apple’s early days recall life with Steve Jobs
Wish there was video of this gathering. Would have loved to have seen it live.
Apple patents switch-less Force Touch keyboard for Mac
This will mean thinner MacBooks, yes, but even better are the myriad of ways this can be used in software.
Suspicious Package lets you look inside a third party Mac app before you install
Suspicious Package, from Mothers Ruin Software (got to love that name), is a free QuickLook plugin that reports on the contents of an installer package before you install it. Helps keep you just a bit safer.
Oh, Microsoft
Will Oremus, writing for Slate, points out the huge (read that in sarcastic tone, with air quotes) differences between the design of Microsoft’s new Manhattan flagship store and the Apple Store:
Apple TV tips, tricks, shortcuts and useful settings
Joe Rossignol, writing for MacRumors, pulled together a nice list of tips and tricks for the new Apple TV. Worth reading through.
How to disable password prompts for both free and paid downloads on Apple TV
If you’ve got a new Apple TV, you no doubt feel the pain of the long, linear software keyboard and recognize the value of any tip that will save you typing time (especially typing of long, arcane passwords).
How strong your iPhone signal actually is
I tested this on my iPhone and it works as advertised.
TidBITS Apple TV FAQ
Josh Centers, writing for TidBITS, pulled together a well-written assemblage of frequently asked Apple TV questions. Terrific set of questions, well worth scanning through.
Jean-Louis Gassée: The Apple Car and Apple’s software culture
A thoughtful column (as usual) from JLG, questioning the culture that builds software that has the luxury of being allowed to crash and having that culture be required to build software that absolutely cannot fail.
Beautiful photos of first Jony Ive designed Apple Store
Check out the images. This is an incredibly beautifully designed store.
Roundup of best Apple TV apps and games
Got an Apple TV on its way? Spend a few minutes and Christian Zibreg, writing for iDownloadBlog, will give you a tour of some of the best Apple TV apps and games you can look forward to downloading.
Everything you need to know about Apple TV and game controllers
Serenity Caldwell does her usual awesome job laying out the details. There’s one bit in particular I found interesting, about how Apple not allowing games to require a controller. Read on.
The animated biography of Steve Jobs
This was just lovely. Watch the video below, then take a trip over to the home page to read through the time line.
Bluetooth not working or unreliable? Here’s the fix
Another of those tips that you should bookmark and pass along. You never know when you’ll need it. In my post, there’s a TL;DR version.
Apple TV and cord cutting
Hayley Tsukayama, writing for The Washington Post:
The new Apple TV, which launched this week, offers a tantalizing breakthrough: It has the potential to be the only set-top box you will need.
Interesting read, plus a video that lays out some cord cutting options.
Apple has sold more than $1.7B in Apple Watches, and 11 other tasty morsels from its annual filing
There are a lot of interesting tidbits in Apple’s 10-K, including patent filings, dependencies, and lots of discussion of risks in the marketplace. But if you don’t feel like digging through all the cruft, Chris O’Brien, writing for Venture Beat, did a nice job of laying out some of the highlights.
Apple and the hidden challenge standing in the way of their web TV service
Most of what you read about Apple’s rumored web TV service (where Apple provides both the set top box and the content) revolves around the complexities of acquiring rights. But there’s another, subtler issue that is just as critical.
Android development is 30% more expensive than iOS. And we have the numbers to prove it!
This detailed analysis is from a firm that does both Android and iOS development. Read the blog post, draw your own conclusions.
BBC iPlayer app coming to Apple TV. A tipping point for Apple TV.
As reported by the BBC’s own Leo Kelion, the iPlayer app is being rewritten as a native Apple TV app, which means it can now be searchable, right alongside Netflix, Hulu and other third party apps. This is a tipping point.
Stop doubting the iPhone, the Macintosh company
Ben Thompson, writing for Stratechery, takes on a recent New York Times article, which casts doubt that Apple can continue its success.
Terrific Op-ed by Ben.
73 (mostly) free, essential apps for OS X
This is an ambitious effort. As with all lists, some of these will click for you, others might not. But worth looking through this, I think. Some excellent apps worth having here.
Apple Senior VP Eddy Cue talks Apple TV
Two part interview with Eddy Cue. Sadly, both parts are set to AutoPlay, which means I can’t embed them. Hate that.
Detailed review of the new Apple TV
If you are interested in the new 4th generation Apple TV, take some time to read this detailed, thoughtful, well-written review by John Yanarella for Universal Mind. There’s a lot to process.
Google takes aim at Apple’s podcasting dominance
Amazing it took this long for Google (or Amazon) to make this play.
Bill Hader and Siri
Bill Hader and Siri are magic together. I wonder how long it will be until Netflix gives them their own show. Until then, you’ll just have to be satisfied with the video embedded in the main post.
Here’s where Angela is
At the heart of yesterday’s Times’ article was this quote:
“Instead, it is Jonathan Ive, chief design officer of Apple, who has become the face of the brand.”
We got a surprising response, directly from someone in Apple retail.
Transcription of Apple’s earnings call, shout out of thanks
Serenity Caldwell and Jason Snell have made a tradition of transcribing Apple’s earnings call so we can read and search through it.
Apple makes recording of earnings call available online
Want to hear Apple’s earnings call directly? Apple has made a recording of the call on their web site.