
Episode 118: The Fun-Key Edition
11/12/16 • 97 min
Or is it Funcy Edition? Maybe Funcie Edition? Discuss. We end this maddening week with a discussion of the rumoured ceramic Jet White iPhone. We also follow up on Apple's price drop on USB-C dongles and LG Ultrafine 5K display. Mark follows up on MacBook Pro sales and Apple Pay on the web. More on JSON parsing in Swift. We follow up on the title "Engineer". Apple release of iOS 10.1.1 iTunes vs OTA updates as well as Sierra 10.12.1 build versions. We discuss counterfeit apps appearing on the App Store. The Mac App Store, a new MAS model is discussed, as well as purchasing tvOS apps via iOS & Mac links. Picks: Promo Codes for IAP, Simulate TouchBar on iPad, Silver Searcher, Programming in Swift Style
NB - there is no such thing as Rubin2Swift (yet!)
Sponsored by Hired
Episode 118 Show Notes:
- Apple cuts USB-C adapter prices in response to MacBook Pro complaints
- Apple Drops Prices of 4K and 5K LG Displays by 25 Percent
- New MacBook Pro outsold every competing laptop in just five days – Slice Intelligence
- Report: Apple Pay on the web quickly becomes 5th most popular online payment platform
- Jasonette
- JSONShootout
- Former Engineering Firm Fined $10,000
- Mark Pavlidis
- The Crown (TV Series)
- Apple Releases Updated Version of iOS 10.1.1
- Semantic Versioning 2.0.0
- Counterfeit iPhone retail apps emerge before holiday season
- Daniel Jalkut
- A Wish List for the Mac App Store
- Setapp wants to be the Netflix of MacOS applications
- tvOS Apps Can Now Be Purchased on iOS Devices and Macs
- MyScript MathPad - Handwriting LaTeX generator
- The Silver Searcher: Adding Pthreads
- MacBook Pro with Traditional Function Keys
- Boomerang from Instagram
- NFL Thursday Night Football - Twitter
- Úll
- 5 Things I learned From My Trip To Ireland
- Aer Lingus
Episode 118 Picks:
Or is it Funcy Edition? Maybe Funcie Edition? Discuss. We end this maddening week with a discussion of the rumoured ceramic Jet White iPhone. We also follow up on Apple's price drop on USB-C dongles and LG Ultrafine 5K display. Mark follows up on MacBook Pro sales and Apple Pay on the web. More on JSON parsing in Swift. We follow up on the title "Engineer". Apple release of iOS 10.1.1 iTunes vs OTA updates as well as Sierra 10.12.1 build versions. We discuss counterfeit apps appearing on the App Store. The Mac App Store, a new MAS model is discussed, as well as purchasing tvOS apps via iOS & Mac links. Picks: Promo Codes for IAP, Simulate TouchBar on iPad, Silver Searcher, Programming in Swift Style
NB - there is no such thing as Rubin2Swift (yet!)
Sponsored by Hired
Episode 118 Show Notes:
- Apple cuts USB-C adapter prices in response to MacBook Pro complaints
- Apple Drops Prices of 4K and 5K LG Displays by 25 Percent
- New MacBook Pro outsold every competing laptop in just five days – Slice Intelligence
- Report: Apple Pay on the web quickly becomes 5th most popular online payment platform
- Jasonette
- JSONShootout
- Former Engineering Firm Fined $10,000
- Mark Pavlidis
- The Crown (TV Series)
- Apple Releases Updated Version of iOS 10.1.1
- Semantic Versioning 2.0.0
- Counterfeit iPhone retail apps emerge before holiday season
- Daniel Jalkut
- A Wish List for the Mac App Store
- Setapp wants to be the Netflix of MacOS applications
- tvOS Apps Can Now Be Purchased on iOS Devices and Macs
- MyScript MathPad - Handwriting LaTeX generator
- The Silver Searcher: Adding Pthreads
- MacBook Pro with Traditional Function Keys
- Boomerang from Instagram
- NFL Thursday Night Football - Twitter
- Úll
- 5 Things I learned From My Trip To Ireland
- Aer Lingus
Episode 118 Picks:
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Episode 117: All That and a Bag of Dongles
This week we follow up on the MacBook Pro with TouchBar. The discussion revolves around our impressions of the TouchBar, changes in the hardware configuration and the future of the MacBook product line. We also discuss whether this is in fact a mac for professionals. We touch on the approaching end of Swift 2.3 as well as json2swift. Picks: Paintcode 3, PipTube, UnsafePointers, How to Use NSTouchBar on macOS and Amaziograph.
Episode 117 Show Notes:
- Apple AirPods Release Date Possibly Delayed Until Jan. 2017: Report [u]
- New MacBook Pros and the State of the Mac
- The Apple of Your Eye
- Alex Payne on what Pro Computing Might Be
- Phil Schiller talks about computers, touchscreens and voice on the new MBP
- Does the Mac Still Matter?
- Xcode 8.2 is the final version to support Swift 2.3
- #283: Generating Models from JSON with json2swift
- MathPad
- MS Word 2010 Equation editor quick demo
Episode 117 Picks:
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Episode 119: Touché Monsieur Pussycat
We start off with a discussion of a couple of USB-C hubs to add ports back onto the MacBook Pros. Aaron gives us a review of his new 2106 MacBook Pro 13 inch with TouchBar. We look at 1Password with Touch ID devices. We also discuss a few reviews on using the new MBPs. We discuss Touché a TouchBar emulator for macOS, the new Apple coffee table book, Designed By Apple in California, and cuts to Apple video subscription fees. We wrap the main topics on the rumored Apple glasses project and augmented reality (AR). Picks: API Reference, Learning From Data, (Dash iOS, Arrival.)
Sponsored by: Buddy Build
Episode 119 Show Notes:
- Review: CalDigit USB-C Dock – an okay solution for MacBook Pro owners, if you’re willing to make compromises
- Arc Hub
- 1Password
- New Touchbar Equipped MacBook Pros and the State of the Mac
- Wide gamut on iphone 7
- One Professional’s Look At The New MacBook Pro
- Move Your Content to a New Mac
- Touché
- Apple to Halve App Store Fees for Subscription Video Apps
- “Designed by Apple in California” chronicles 20 years of Apple design
- Apple's £249 book contains 450 photos of Apple products
- Keep It Simple: The Early Design Years of Apple
- Iconic: A Photographic Tribute to Apple Innovation (Amazon - $50)
- http://iconicbook.com
- REVIEWED: Here are the most interesting parts of Apple's new $300 book
- Apple Considers Wearables Expansion With Digital Glasses
- Playstation VR
- HTC Vive
- Google Cardboard
- Nintendo Wii
- Lawnmower Man (Movie)
- Lawnmower Man (Book)
- Ready Player One
- Starship Troopers
- Vuforia
- String
- Rogue One
- Netflix Prize
- And the Pulitzer goes to... a computer
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