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Tag Archives: iOS
Microsoft Skydrive causes friction between Apple and Microsoft
Apple and Microsoft are going head to head over the future of Microsoft Skydrive, according to AllThingsD: “Sources familiar with ongoing negotiations between Apple and Microsoft tell AllThingsD that the companies are at loggerheads not over the 30 percent commission Apple … Continue reading
If you’re not using Zite, you should
Zite 2.0: A smarter, snappier personalized magazine for iOS | Internet & Media – CNET News: “Zite has always been about giving users plenty of topics of news, and in the previous version, it had grown to 2,500 categories. In … Continue reading
Google’s iOS app strategy
If you think that it’s in Google’s interests to create better apps on Android than iOS, two recent releases should absolve you of that notion. First, there’s the latest release of Gmail, an app that’s so good even Android sites … Continue reading
A lovely piece of UI design
One of the ways you can tell that a piece of UI design really works is when you start trying to use it in other apps. A great example of this: Mr. Reader’s navigation buttons: Those up, down and close … Continue reading
How did Apple miss the issues with Maps, when developers were reporting them?
Developers: We warned Apple about iOS maps quality | Apple – CNET News: “‘I posted at least one doomsayer rant after each (developer) beta, and I wasn’t alone,’ a developer with three iOS apps in the App Store told CNET. … Continue reading
Why comfort and familiarity are features
Techpinions – It’s Good to be Back on the iPhone: Often I heard the battle cry from the Android community complaining that the iPhone 5 was just not innovative enough and lacked many of the cutting edge features common on … Continue reading
iOS 6 Maps is a mess
In common with everyone else, I spent Wednesday night attempting to DDoS Apple’s servers by hammering them with update requests for all my iOS devices, plus all the applications, plus the odd Mac system update too. iOS 6 is, by … Continue reading
Apple’s move into maps may not be plain sailing
MG Siegler on Google’s Maps announcement and Apple’s forthcoming map tech: I say that with the biggest caveat possible: again, no one knows much about the Apple maps product yet — it could very well suck. Mapping is not easy. … Continue reading
No, iOS is not a prison
I shouldn’t have found Gruber’s comment to be such a revelation. Last year, I wrote about Richard Stallman and Eric Raymond’s comments upon the death of Steve Jobs; both of these leading lights of open-source software compared Apple customers to … Continue reading
Sad but true
Harry McCracken takes a look at the New iPad: “Even a year after its release, the iPad 2 is superior overall to any of its Android competition, including some contenders that sell for more.” I’d love for there to be some … Continue reading
