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How Apple accidentally began a Healthcare revolution
Apple doesn’t have health services in its DNA. Not like it does the relentless democratization of computing technology or Music. And it never set out to revolutionize health either. Instead, Apple almost fell into health.
Now in Canada, France, and Germany!
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HomePod review: Retina for your ears
HomePod is a smart speaker from Apple that you can drop anywhere, in any room, and will sound terrific no matter where it is or where you are around it — if you're all-in on Apple Music, AirPlay, and HomeKit.
Press harder
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Kilic: Apple should add visual cues to 3D Touch controls
'Now that we know what the problem is, here is my solution. Like we did with the link texts years ago on the web, we should visually distinguish 3D Touchable buttons.'
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Apple, like its brand new campaign, is fully 'Behind the Mac'
'Behind the Mac' showcases the stories of customers, creatives, and professionals who use Apple's laptops and desktops every day to dent their own personal universes.
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Siri Shortcuts: How Apple is keeping your data private and secure
Just because Siri is doing more with Shortcuts doesn’t mean you’re exposing more personal data to Apple or anyone else.
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Siri Shortcuts: The next leap forward in push interface
WWDC 2018 saw the introduction of Siri Shortcuts and… it’s caused some confusion. Let's fix that.
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WWDC 2018: So much more than a keynote
Once the spotlight leaves the keynote stage, it shifts to developers, and the real WWDC begins.
Radar or GTFO
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The importance of bug reporting
Why should you file radars? To show Apple, given finite resources, what aspects of your shared customer experience they need to prioritize fixing.
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WWDC 2018 Aftermath: The year of FINALLY!
Finally! That’s what I found myself almost yelling out — over and over again during WWDC 2018.
Watch this space
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watchOS 5 beta seed temporarily unavailable, will resume soon
Apple has temporarily removed the watchOS 5 beta from the developer download area in order to fix an issue that might occur while updating.
FAQ
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Apple announces universal framework API coming in 2019
Apple is reportedly working on a new, cross-platform iOS and macOS development framework... but we won't see it until 2019.
Those T-Shirts though...
Apple Park & Infinite Loop merch: What you can get and where
If you’re at or around WWDC 2018, you can visit Apple Park and Infinite Loop Apple Stores and get T-Shirts, pens, hats, mugs, and more. But both have very different merch!
Full pinned jacket
Behold Apple’s WWDC 2018 developer swag!
For the second year in a row, Apple is giving out black jean jacket and iconic pins to registered developers. This year, that includes Animoji pins!
The Power of Inclusivity
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WWDC 2018’s most important message
John Ciocca is a 2018 graduate of Estero High School in Florida and a WWDC 2018 student scholarship winner. This is the story of the apps he wrote and why.
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The banners are going up at WWDC 2018!
It's time. It's banner time!
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The best multiplayer ARKit 2.0 demo at WWDC 2018 would be Pokémon Go PvP
If Apple wants to show off multiplayer ARKit 2.0 at WWDC 2018, here’s how they could do it!
Drop my needle
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AirPlay 2 Review: A computational audio duet for your HomePod
AirPlay 2 is here! Finally, right? And with it come two of the major features promised when HomePod was first announced a year ago — stereo pairing and multi-room audio.
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Why Apple is winning the silicon race
Because Apple's Hardware Technologies org, run by Johny Srouji, only has one customer — Apple — it can move at a speed and specificity that's blowing past the rest of the industry.
SoC it to 'em
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Eassa: How Apple beat Intel at chipset innovation
With Intel struggling and Apple blazing ahead, the next few years of silicon will prove very interesting.
This is my ultimate HomeKit setup for 2018
Welcome to my HomeKit home!