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The Random-Lottery Edition Wednesday, March 14, 2018

WWDC 2018 Returns To San Jose On June 4th Through 8th, by Josh Centers, TidBITS

Apple will once again issue tickets by random lottery, and you can apply now through 22 March 2018 at 10 AM PDT at the WWDC Web site.

AltConf Announces 2018 Event Details, Will Once Again Be ‘Next Door To WWDC’, by Michael Potuck, 9to5Mac

This year’s AltConf will feature two speaker tracks, two community labs and some special plans for podcasters.

Home Pro

It’s Time For A Complete Home App Makeover, by John Voorhees, MacStories

The problem with Home is that it fails to successfully abstract away complexity with its simple, uniform UI. Instead, the app obscures spatial and device hierarchies in a way that makes complex setups more confusing than they should be.

Stuff

Textor: The iOS Equivalent Of TextEdit, Integrated With Files, by Ryan Christoffel, MacStories

Textor is unique in how utterly stripped down it is, and it's that simplicity that makes it so appealing. Launch the app – which is free and open-source – and you'll see iOS 11's new Files document browser. This enables opening existing plain text files stored in any app that serves as an iOS file provider. You can open directly from iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, Working Copy, and more. You can also create a new document in any of these places by hitting the + button in the top-right corner.

Outside of the Files document browser, the only interface is found in the editor itself: a plain canvas with a purple blinking cursor. It's just you and the text.

Clipboard Manager App Paste 2, The ‘Cloud Clipboard Time Machine’ Now Available On iOS, by Guilherme Rambo, 9to5Mac

Paste 2 for iOS syncs using iCloud and allows users to get access to their clipboard history (how long the history is kept can be configured in the app’s settings). It’s also possible to organize clipboard content in categories and use the app as a replacement to something like TextExpander.

Overcast Podcast App Adds New ‘Smart Resume’ Feature & More, by Chance Miller, 9to5Mac

First, it jumps back by a few seconds after your podcast has been paused, making it easier to remember what the hosts are talking about. Furthermore, it slightly adjusts the resume process by trying to resume to the silences between words.

Develop

France To Sue Google, Apple Over Developer Contracts - Minister, by Reuters

Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told RTL radio he had been made aware that Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google unilaterally imposed prices and contract changes on developers selling software on Google Play and Apple’s App Store.

Calendar 2 Made $2K In 3 Days Mining Cryptocurrency, But Apple Says It Violated Mac App Store Guidelines, by Chance Miller, 9to5Mac

Following the app’s removal from the App Store, Magarshak says that Apple worked with him to put the app back on the store with all mining features removed. Furthermore, Qbix is offering all users of the app, new and old, a free year of premium features.

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