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AnyList is my go-to app for collecting and sharing recipes and grocery lists with my wife. While most of us will love the “Sign in with Apple” feature, this is an interesting look at how it would be a PITA for some developers.

So many people want to see this feature in their Apple Watch.

“…one of the first…” If Apple doesn’t get its Apple News ducks in a row, The New York Times won’t be the last.

Once again, Apple leads in ways others won’t. This is a program the credit card companies should have instituted years ago.

Thanks to David Pogue, I got hands-on time with the original iPhone a few days before the review embargo lifted. I was blown away by all the things it could do – which obviously now pale in comparison to what the latest models can do – and couldn’t wait to get my own.

I was one of the thousands of people in line at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store 24 hours before launch (I was being paid to be there by Macworld magazine) and was 65th in line. I can still, 13 years later, remember the excitement both personally and professionally.

Happy 13th birthday, iPhone.

As always, there are some beautifully designed apps listed. But of course, that’s the point.

This trailer feels kind of sanitized but I think the series will still be watchable. It’s always fascinating to get insights into the minds of elite athletes. I’ll skip over the Tom Brady segments though.

I’m hearing about this being an issue for people so stay informed about the changes Big Sur can make to your system.

There have always been kludges or other apps to accomplish this but it’s finally becoming a native feature.

Take a look at the list of APIs being blocked. As Jan Wildeboer said on Twitter, “The browser is becoming a backdoor, almost malware with all these possibilities.”

A lot of websites, biog and small, can now breathe a sigh of relief.

This is utterly delightful.

I would never do this but if you’re brave enough, have at it.

Apple: Friday closed out WWDC in a big way. We learned how to design for location privacy, the latest in Swift Playgrounds, a crash course in background task timeout, and tons more. This week was all about ground breaking technology … Continued

Our second podcast this week, this time I’m joined by Dave Mark as we go through our thoughts on WWDC.

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Microsoft today announced a strategic change in its retail operations, including closing Microsoft Store physical locations. The company’s retail team members will continue to serve customers from Microsoft corporate facilities and remotely providing sales, training, and support. Microsoft will continue to invest in its digital storefronts on Microsoft.com, and stores in Xbox and Windows, reaching more than 1.2 billion people every month in 190 markets. The company will also reimagine spaces that serve all customers, including operating Microsoft Experience Centers in London, NYC, Sydney, and Redmond campus locations.

Microsoft really tried to compete with Apple Stores, even putting them near existing Apple locations, but the strategy never worked.

Gruber does his usual Talk Show during WWDC but this year, it’s being done remotely. I could have done without the ten minutes of sponsorship ads off the top though.

I’ll quibble with the “has long required remembering keyboard shortcuts” (my wife’s MBA refused to boot this AM and I had to Google the various shortcuts. No need to remember them), but it will definitely be a welcome change regardless.

This is another one of those “small” acquisitions Apple makes of a company most of us have never heard of but, at some point in the future, will become very important to many of us.

I found this recap even more interesting than yesterday’s if only because I watched the keynote and didn’t need the recap. But now that the developers are getting hands on, more and more interesting things that didn’t make the Keynote are being reported on. There’s some really interesting screenless app interaction demoed at 57 seconds in for example.

Let’s all shed one single solitary crocodile tear in false sympathy for an industry that did everything it possibly could to abuse users.

John and I get together every year for a special podcast during WWDC to talk about the announcements. Despite the distance between us, this year was no different. John and I talk about the Mac transition, iPadOS, iOS, macOS, and even the lack of any major tvOS announcement.

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High praise from Sinofsky, a guy who has lots of experience with this kind of stuff.

Riding a Segway is gloriously dorky. I’ve ridden them in a warehouse in Nashville, and on tours in San Antonio, Rome, and London and always had a blast. But they were doomed as soon as various big city governments banned their use on city streets.

Really well done and really interesting.

Short but good description of the possibilities of App Clips.

At first blush, Back Tap seems wonderfully geeky but useless. Thinking on it some more, I can see some advantages but also some disadvantages as well. For example, would it be invoked easily, say while bumping around in a jacket or purse?

It will take some time to tell whether this is an olive branch or lip service to developers. On the face of it, it sounds like Apple is making some accommodations in the wake of the Hey email app kerfuffle.

I wonder if this is just the first shoe (of possibly many) to drop? According to the story, “JIP specializes in restructuring loss-making businesses to make them profitable before reselling them.” So this is likely the end of Olympus as we know it which would be a huge shame. I’ve used their M1 and TG brand cameras and like and recommend them.

Is it just me or does anyone else think this could have been done so much better?