Eddie Smith, Practically Efficient:
As with any arbitrary measurement system, it's more meaningful to look at trends than fret over individual data points. Fitbit and iPhone 6 are both terrific at measuring steps, and both inform you about your movement over time. If you walk from A to B, both will credit you steps for that, even if it's a slightly different number of steps.
As with any arbitrary measurement system, it's more meaningful to look at trends than fret over individual data points. Fitbit and iPhone 6 are both terrific at measuring steps, and both inform you about your movement over time. If you walk from A to B, both will credit you steps for that, even if it's a slightly different number of steps.
Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica:
We were fairly sure that Apple’s spec page was incorrect, but to get a definitive answer we dove into the still-nascent 4K display ecosystem to do some testing. The short answer is that yes, both the Pros and Airs now support 4K output at 60Hz using a single DisplayPort 1.2 cable.
Alfred and LaunchBar are both great choices, but Alfred’s usability factor, option for free users, custom workflows, and iOS companion app were the ultimate reasons we decided to call it our favorite launcher for OS X.
Just a reminder that the Option-Shift-K “” glyph is not a standard Unicode character. Only renders on Apple devices. pic.twitter.com/yKu5VjJ6ib
— John Gruber (@gruber) March 24, 2015
So, when people ask me whether Swift is ready for production, for me the answer is a resounding yes. It's served us very well, and it keeps getting better, faster and easier. And the best thing: this is only the beginning of the Swift journey, if the language keeps improving at this pace, the future will be very bright indeed.
Congrats on shipping!
Russell Ivanovic, Rusty Rands:
So, currently at least, there’s no open source server components, no open format for exchanging data and an iOS only open source framework that Apple want developers to build modules for.
Italian media reported yesterday that Apple Italia “transferred” €879 million of profit earned in Italy between 2008 and 2013 to Cork-based Apple Sales International, in order to avail of Ireland’s lower corporate tax rate (12.5 per cent as opposed to 43-44 per cent)
The reports, based on the findings of an investigation by the Milan public prosecutor’s office, claim the investigation has now closed prior to the filing of tax evasion charges against the US multinational. It is believed two senior Apple managers in Italy as well as Apple’s Sales International director in Cork, Michael O’Sullivan, have all been notified by the Milan judicial authorities.
Once there’s a touchscreen display and microphone on your wrist, and a tiny wireless speaker in your ear, and a thin-but-not-too-thin iPhone in your pocket, measuring and weighing every separate component of that constellation of devices might seem completely unimportant.
One thing has become exceedingly clear in the run-up to the new biography Becoming Steve Jobs: The people closest to Steve Jobs do not like that other biography of Steve Jobs. And with this one, they’re eager to set the record straight.
No industry sources Billboard has spoken with believe free streaming will disappear from subscription services. They do believe that labels could force Spotify to end unlimited free streaming, and demand minimum guarantees rather than a revenue share on ad-supported streams.
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Two rock musicians find flaws—and hope—in a book that suggests how artists can earn a decent living even after free online access to music has ravaged the business.
You can rotate through different desktop pictures on your Mac every few minutes, or every hour, or every day. I wish a future version of Mac OS X can do it using an extremely slow Ken Burns effect.
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— Gillian Anderson (@GillianA) March 24, 2015Thanks for reading.