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  • August 8, 2020 8:55am
    Numeric Citizen Numeric Citizen

    Apple & Tech

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    If you are not on iOS 14 beta 4, hold off and wait for Beta 5. I do experience the same issues exposed in this Twitter thread. Very buggy release. It reminds me of iOS 13 betas. #ios14beta4 #apple

    twitter.com/marcoarme…

  • August 7, 2020 10:18am
    Numeric Citizen Numeric Citizen

    Did you know Apple has a Telegram channel? They didn’t post on it since Nov. 2018.

  • On Apple's latest iMac update

    August 7, 2020 8:43am
    Numeric Citizen Numeric Citizen

    Apple & Tech

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    Great reviews on the latest iMac update. As a serious amateur photographer, the thing that stands out to me is the new nano glass option. At 500$ it is not cheap but reviewers are liking it a lot. Could this option eventually come to the iPad Pro? Or the iPhone? I would pay a premium for this on the iPad Pro.

    Now, why the 21.5” iMac has not been updated is a mystery to me. I currently own a max-out 2017 21.5” iMac. The size of this machine is better for me, but I would prefer a 24”. Could this mean the lower size iMac will be the first desktop to receive the Apple Silicon treatment as well a the long overdue redesign? I think so.

    www.macrumors.com/review/20…

  • How Long Apple can stand like this?

    August 7, 2020 8:25am
    Numeric Citizen Numeric Citizen

    Apple & Tech

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    On Apple’s stance on its App Store policies.

    Developers are complaining. The tech press is complaining. Governments are complaining. Now Microsoft is complaining. And Facebook too.

    Google? Are users complaining? I don’t see that. Does it make a big difference for Apple?

    How long Apple can stand like this?

  • August 6, 2020 9:52pm
    Numeric Citizen Numeric Citizen

    Apple & Tech

    Am I surprised? Nope. Actually, yes, I thought meeting time would have increased much more.

    twitter.com/chrisroha…

  • August 6, 2020 9:47pm
    Numeric Citizen Numeric Citizen

    Apple & Tech

    Dear Apple, you are (again) painting yourself in another form of thermal cornor. Back off while you can. I know, saving your face ain’t easy. #apple #appstore

  • August 6, 2020 5:57pm
    Numeric Citizen Numeric Citizen

    Food for thought

    As I see it, Twitter could easily differentiates itself from Facebook by actually acting on wrong content and locking their owner out of their account. Something Facebook is not doing. twitter.com/craigsilv…

  • On iOS 14 Design Considerations

    August 6, 2020 6:28am
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    Dear iOS developers: be careful when considering widget design and content. Space on my iPhone screen is more constrained than ever with iOS 14. Here is a bad example: showing the three most recent tweets from my twitter timeline is useless as I’m following many hundreds persons. Be more creative than this. IMG 6068

  • August 5, 2020 12:57pm
    Numeric Citizen Numeric Citizen

    Apple & Tech

    iOS 14 Beta 4 is crap. There I said it.

  • August 4, 2020 9:49pm
    Numeric Citizen Numeric Citizen

    Apple & Tech

    Was he too dogmatic? Stubborn? 🤔 twitter.com/stroughto…

  • August 4, 2020 9:47pm
    Numeric Citizen Numeric Citizen

    Apple & Tech

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    Five gone, one to go. #apple

  • August 4, 2020 9:32pm
    Numeric Citizen Numeric Citizen

    Food for thought

    Interesting question. 🤔

    twitter.com/benedicte…

  • August 4, 2020 8:51pm
    Numeric Citizen Numeric Citizen

    Apple & Tech

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    Apple is really not done with Intel in the Mac. It is clear to me that Apple Silicon will find its way in lower end machines first, certainly portable ones with today’s announcements.

    www.apple.com/newsroom/…

  • On Phil Schiller (departure) of Apple

    August 4, 2020 7:33pm
    Numeric Citizen Numeric Citizen

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    Aside from the iMac updates coming out of Apple today, here is another (more important) news: Phil Schiller is now an Apple Fellow. That was not expected. People come and go. Mr. Schiller as done a lot for Apple. Time to (slowly) move on.

    I don’t like Greg “Joz” Jozwiak. Phil Schiller

  • August 3, 2020 7:50pm
    Numeric Citizen Numeric Citizen

    Apple & Tech

    Apple certainly gained a lot of ground in the tablet market during the pandemic. But according to these numbers, the increase was even better for other players in the field.

    9to5mac.com/2020/08/0…

  • August 3, 2020 6:14pm
    Numeric Citizen Numeric Citizen

    Blogging

    I wish I could schedule a post on Micro.blog.

  • August 3, 2020 10:22am
    Numeric Citizen Numeric Citizen

    Apple & Tech

    If Apple allowed side-loading of apps on iOS:

    • would they still require the ability to use a kill switch?
    • how would this affect their ability to build the right binary for the right platform architecture at installation time?
    • what else would Apple would have to give up?
  • August 2, 2020 5:52pm
    Numeric Citizen Numeric Citizen

    Photography

    Feels like summer. #mbaug That’s the camp fire in the foreground and the (near full) moon up there behind the clouds. #iphone11pro

  • When I wanted to work for Apple...

    July 31, 2020 3:26pm
    Numeric Citizen Numeric Citizen

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    Here is a short story. In 1985, I was working for an authorized Apple dealer in my home town. I was an Apple zealot (surprise?) and I wanted to work for them. So, I created my (short) resume and sent it (by mail) to Apple’s headquarters. A few months later, I got a polite response: Thanks, but no thanks. I was eighteen.

  • July 31, 2020 1:03pm
    Numeric Citizen Numeric Citizen

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    Hoping to help you forget about all the ugly things right now. Enjoy.

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