This is affecting a lot of developers, not just Day One. This could have been avoided if Yosemite was shipping with iOS 8 tomorrow. I imagine a lot of users are going to think things are broken because they didn’t understand iOS 8’s on-boarding screens.
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Analog(ue) 5: The Only Way Out Is Through⇢
Earlier this week, I joined Casey Liss and Myke Hurley on their podcast Analog(ue) to discuss writing about personal matters on the Internet.
The Liss family as well as my own have been through some very tough shit, and Casey and I have both taken to our websites to process it from time to time.
If I never record another podcast, I’d be fine with this capping my career. It’s the show I’ve wanted to record for almost two years. I genuinely hope that our conversation — as raw and emotional as it was — helps someone out there struggling with pain, depression or loss.
Apple responds to U2 infiltrating iTunes Store⇢
Our long national Bono-sized nightmare is over.
Enterprise⇢
Enterprise is the oft-forgotten sibling of the space shuttle family.
iPhone pre-orders top 4 million units sold⇢
Apple PR:
Apple today announced a record number of first day pre-orders of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, the biggest advancements in iPhone history, with over four million in the first 24 hours. Demand for the new iPhones exceeds the initial pre-order supply and while a significant amount will be delivered to customers beginning on Friday and throughout September, many iPhone pre-orders are scheduled to be delivered in October.
‘Our philosophy is not be the first; it’s to be the best’⇢
Once you look past the marketing lines, Tim Cook’s interview with Charlie Rose is pretty interesting.
Apple’s CEO talks about the tech behind the Apple Watch, and how he sees the health and fitness stuff is up to fits in with the company’s desire to enrich people’s lives.
Cook also discusses why Apple’s product line is small compared to other companies. He believes Apple remains focused because it is very careful when adding new products to its portfolio. “It’s so easy to add. It’s hard to edit,” Cook said.
Unread purchased by Supertop⇢
The makers of Castro have purchased Unread, my favorite RSS app for iOS:
Unread makes an excellent companion to our podcast app, Castro. Both apps are news/entertainment focused, share similar design goals and even rely on the same underlying feed technology. We are grateful to Jared for trusting us with the future of Unread and look forward to developing and refining both of these apps for years to come.
We’ll be moving Unread to Supertop’s App Store account over the next few weeks — there are technical limitations that prevent a direct transfer, but when the transition happens we will ensure that all customers are moved to the new app free of charge.
Plus or minus
With the announcements this week, Apple now sells iOS devices at the following sizes:
- 4" (iPhone 5c and iPhone 5S)
- 4.7" (iPhone 6)
- 5.5" (iPhone 6 Plus)
- 7.9" (iPad mini with Retina display and iPad mini)
- 9.7" (iPad Air and iPad with Retina display)
This graphic — by the wonderful Underscore David Smith — shows all of this visually.
It’s clear Apple’s trying to make a smooth range of device sizes. With rumors of a larger iPad floating around, this trend may only continue.
Connected #4: Stabbed by a Glass Corner⇢
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Inside Apple’s live stream failure⇢
Dan Rayburn:
Apple’s live stream of the unveiling of the iPhone 6 and Watch was a disaster today right from the start, with many users like myself having problems trying to watch the event. While at first I assumed it must be a capacity issue pertaining to Akamai, a deeper look at the code on Apple’s page and some other elements from the event shows that decisions made by Apple pertaining to their website, and problems with how they setup storage on Amazon’s S3 service, contributed the biggest problems to the event.
Jason Snell joins Relay FM⇢
I’m very excited about Jason doing his shows on Relay FM, but the news of layoffs at IDG and the end of the Macworld print magazine is heartbreaking for the entire Apple community. I’ve been published in Macworld a couple of times. Nothing matches the thrill of buying a magazine with your work in it.
