Nick Heer: Remember how, back in March, all links to Shortcuts just stopped working? Frans Rosén (via Federico Viticci): I found some permission issues when hacking Apple CloudKit. I wrote about three of them @detectify labs, one where I accidentall…
Lees meerJason Snell: Here’s a funny thing about Tuesday’s announcement of the A15 Bionic: Apple didn’t compare its performance to the A14. In the past, Apple has compared the power of its iPhones to previous models. But this year, Apple has chosen to procla…
Lees meerNilay Patel (Decoder): Since the beginning of the pandemic, the demand for microchips has far exceeded supply, causing problems in every industry that relies on computers. […] My guest today is Dr. Willy Shih. He’s the professor of management practi…
Lees meerTom Maxwell (Hacker News): But one, seemingly minor product announcement has caused a stir in the developer community: the new full software keyboard that Apple is adding to the Apple Watch. It was just last month that Kosta Eleftheriou, the develop…
Lees meerMarco Arment (tweet, Hacker News): I think the most likely long-term outcome isn’t very different from the status quo — and that’s a good thing. I would like to see big changes, but I think he’s probably right that we won’t. Apple will still require…
Lees meerMatthew Bickham: Magic Lasso seamlessly blocks all YouTube ads with a combination of custom, efficient content blocking rules using Safari’s native content blocker API along with a new permission-restricted ‘Magic Lasso Pro’ web extension. Unlike ot…
Lees meerRobin Kunde: This attribute will produce a warning if the selected Swift version is available in the version of Xcode you’re using. For 5.5 for example, this would generate a warning in Xcode 13.0 but not Xcode 12.5. […] This attribute will produce …
Lees meerIntuit (Hacker News): The planned acquisition of Mailchimp for approximately $12 billion in cash and stock advances Intuit’s mission of powering prosperity around the world, and its strategy to become an AI-driven expert platform. With the acquisiti…
Lees meerApple (release notes): Xcode 13 includes everything you need to create amazing apps for all Apple platforms. Includes the latest SDKs for macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS. Don’t delete your beta version because this build removes the Monterey SDK. Seem…
Lees meerApple (MacRumors): Apple today introduced iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini, the next generation of the world’s best smartphone, featuring a beautiful design with sleek flat edges in five gorgeous new colors. Both models feature major innovations, includ…
Lees meerApple (MacRumors): Apple today announced Apple Watch Series 7, featuring a reengineered Always-On Retina display with significantly more screen area and thinner borders, making it the largest and most advanced display ever. The narrower borders allo…
Lees meerApple (MacRumors, Hacker News): Apple today introduced the powerful new iPad mini — with a larger 8.3-inch Liquid Retina display — in four gorgeous finishes. Featuring the brand new A15 Bionic chip, the new iPad mini delivers up to 80 percent faster…
Lees meerApple (MacRumors, Hacker News): Apple today introduced the new iPad (9th generation), featuring the powerful A13 Bionic chip that packs even more performance and capability into the most popular iPad, all while retaining its all-day battery life. St…
Lees meerNick Heer: The nearly two hundred page order is very readable and well-written, but the injunction ordering Apple to scrap the last sentence of the first bullet in App Store rule 3.1.1 leaves plenty of ambiguity over what developers can do and what …
Lees meerRoger McNamee: Recent news reports alleging mistreatment of some employees, internal policies that conflict with the company’s outward-facing stance on privacy, and efforts to prevent the passage of state laws to enable competition with the AppStore…
Lees meerJuli Clover: According to Apple’s release notes, macOS Big Sur improves the security of macOS and is recommended for all users. Apple has also released security update 2021-005 for macOS Catalina, and both updates address an issue that could allow a…
Lees meerLily Hay Newman (Hacker News): These “zero-click” attacks can happen on any platform, but a string of high-profile hacks show that attackers have homed in on weaknesses in Apple’s iMessage service to execute them. Security researchers say the compan…
Lees meerDaniel Jalkut (tweet): This update brings long-awaited media syncing functionality for WordPress blogs. After you refresh your blog in MarsEdit 4.5, all the existing images and files from your blog will be available for re-insertion from the Media M…
Lees meerDieter Bohn: Apple’s app store policies have caused controversy and consternation many times over the years, but few periods have been as active and strange as the last two weeks. For the first time, we are seeing Apple being forced to react directl…
Lees meerJay Peters (Fortnite, Hacker News): Epic Games has asked Apple to reinstate its Fortnite developer account so it can release the game in South Korea, following the passage of a bill that will force Apple and Google to let apps use alternative paymen…
Lees meerRussell Brandom (via Nilay Patel, Hacker News, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Slashdot): Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers issued a permanent injunction in the Epic v. Apple case on Friday morning, putting new restrictions on Apple’s App Store rules and bringing mo…
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