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‘Twas the night before Dub Dub, when all through the house, Not an iPad was stirring, not even with a mouse; iPod Socks were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that Hair Force One would be there; The developers were nestled all snug in their beds; While visions of new APIs danced in their heads; With STS in his ‘kerchief, and Marco in a cap, Had just settled their plans to rewrite some apps. When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, Siracusa sprang from his bed, dreaming of Chris Lattner. A crash in the window due to old Flash, Casey monitored his shutters without spending much cash. The moon lit the floor as the Mac Pro fans blow, Gave a lustre of midday to SwiftUI below, When what to our wondering eyes did appear, Not a Hey update, but Apple’s stream far and near. With a dad-jokey intro so lively and quick, I knew in a moment he must be St. Tim.
Although circumstances have unfortunately forced the upcoming 2020 Worldwide Developers Conference to be online-only, I thought it would be fun to look back 30 years to WWDC 1990, the second conference held (and the first for which a CD was published).
On May 7-11, 1990, Apple Computer held the second-ever Worldwide Developers Conference at the (then-new) San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, CA. A newsgroup post indicates that the attendance fee was $195 per day, and hotels were available for $56-135 a night.
This time on Flashback, with my buddy Quinn Nelson:
The smartwatch movement didn’t start with Apple or Google, but a little company named Pebble. Through a series of hugely successful Kickstarters, the company put out several well-reviewed products before being steamrolled by the platform-makers.
This concludes the first season of the show, but we’ll back in the fall, so stay subscribed to the feed! If you haven’t ever checked Flashback, the summer will be a great time to catch up one some real heart-breaking tech stories.
I haven’t written about this yet, but wow, is Apple in the wrong here.
Well this is fun:
This time on a jam-packed episode of the show:
WWDC is next week, so it’s time for the boys’ annual picks. Will Stephen keep his title? Has Federico put too much hope in iPadOS improvements? Has Myke learned what it takes to be a winner? This and more, including the introduction of Connected Pro for Relay FM members.
What is Connected Pro you ask? It’s a new ad-free version of the show with pre- and post-show sections left in. This week, Federico attacks a clock and Myke asks about TikTok. Also, Jason won’t say “I love you” back. You can join at relay.fm/connected.
When Apple added the Breathe feature to watchOS 3, I — like many of you, I suspect — turned it off pretty quickly. However, over the last six months, it has come to be one of my favorite things about wearing my Apple Watch.
If you aren’t familiar with this, here is how Apple describes it:
The Breathe app guides you through a series of deep breaths, and it reminds you to take time to breathe every day. Choose how long you want to breathe, then let the animation and gentle taps help you focus.
On June 15, 2010, Apple released the Apple Store app in the App Store. The app recognized the growing importance of mobile shopping on the iPhone and elevated the in-store experience at Apple Retail Stores. On its 10th anniversary, let’s take a look back at the app’s design evolution and how it changed the way we shop.
This is really cool, and I think I miss the old glossy black buttons apps used to use for things.
The crew of Demo-2 are likely working on orbit until August, while here on the ground, COVID-19 is taking its toll on NASA schedules. Also: a conversation about CLPS and Gateway, as well as NASA’s new Director of Human Spaceflight, Kathy Lueders.
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If you’re going to take the plunge on new SSDs for your new Mac Pro, be sure to have this page handy, because the process looks bonkers.
One the notebook front, the 16-inch model gets an additional graphics configuration. The addition of the AMD Radeon Pro 5600M GPU marks the best graphics performance yet for the notebook line, marking up a 75-percent speed increase over the the next-highest configuration, the Radeon Pro 5500M.
And it’s priced to match. The 5500M with 8GB of memory is a $100 premium over the system’s $2,799 base. The 5600 with 8GB of HBM2 memory, on the other hand, will run an extra $700. But if you’re going to go for the top of the line, you might as well really go for the top of the line, right?