The New York Times has discovered that there’s more to my city than Elvis posters.
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‘If you see a stylus, they blew it...’⇢
Awkwardness about Steve Jobs quotes aside, I think adding a first-party stylus options would help the iPad make a bigger dent in artists’ workflows, especially if it proves to be pressure-sensitive.
The forgotten iPod touch
As we discussed on today’s Clockwise, the current iPod touch is aging poorly. The last hardware update was in September 2012, and as a result, it has a iPhone 4-era 5 MP camera, is powered by the iPhone 4S-era A5 and packs the iPhone 5’s 4-inch screen.
While the iPod touch is the only iOS device without a contract that sits at the $199 price point, Apple’s clearly letting it fall behind.
Connected 22: Mac Skills, iOS Skills, and Myke⇢
This week on Connected:
This week, the Europeans and Stephen discuss some follow-up then move on to some fake Blackberry news, smartwatch companion apps and RSS.
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The Macintosh Facelift⇢
While these art projects float around every so often, this one really jumped out at me. Clearly, this isn’t ever going to be a real product, but it sure is pretty.
A Brief History of User Interface⇢
Dave Wiskus’ newest video is a great look back at the history of the UI. Check it out.
It’s about the camera⇢
The Verge’s Vlad Savov:
The iPhone’s lead as the smartphone to beat has rarely been defined by just one thing. At one point, the biggest advantage was the simplicity and speed of its interface; at another, it was down to the diversity and quality of available apps; and most recently, the iPhone has distinguished itself with the quality of its 8-megapixel camera. Today, the combination of all these things — simple and fast operation, strong optics and image processing, and a wide app ecosystem — is helping people create the best possible images with the least possible hassle.
On DNS in Yosemite⇢
If you see weird DNS issues on your Mac, this article may help you sort them out.
Mac Power Users 235⇢
I’ve finally crashed MPU:
Katie and David sit down with Stephen Hackett of 512pixles.net to discuss his previous life as an Apple Genius, how he juggles a day job, Relay.fm and being Editor-in-Chief of the Sweet setup with his family life, his love of old Macs and more.
A huge thanks to Katie and David for having me on. It was a ton of fun to talk about keeping everything I juggle in the air.
Solving for X⇢
Jason Snell:
Over the years I’ve said numerous times that when it comes to battery life on iOS devices, Apple appears to have a target battery life in mind and builds its hardware—a balance of power-saving software, hardware efficiency, and battery capacity—to hit that number.
It’s an observation born out of reading spec sheet after spec sheet over the years while writing reviews of new iPhones and iPads. Every year, people who are frustrated with their iPhones running out of juice before the end of the day hold out hope that the next iPhone will ameliorate the issue. In general, those people have not been satisfied.
Yosemite can expose private user details to spammers⇢
Dan Goodin:
The potential privacy glitch affects people who have configured the Mac Mail App to turn off the “load remote content in messages” setting, as security experts have long advised. Spammers, stalkers, and online marketers often use remote images as a homing beacon to surreptitiously track people opening e-mail. Because the images are hosted on sites hosted by the e-mail sender, the sender can log the IP address that viewed the message, as well as the times and how often the message was viewed, and the specific e-mail addresses that received the message. Many users prefer to keep their e-mail addresses, IP addresses, and viewing habits private, a goal that’s undermined by the viewing of remote images.
The Internet in Your Pocket⇢
A year ago, Federico, Myke and I looked back at the original iPhone keynote. It’s hard to believe the announcement was eight years ago.