iOS
Journalists: do NOT upgrade to iOS14 today
Apple's big iOS and iPad update arrives today. You do NOT want to install it today, if you use your iPhone or iPad for your journalism.
social video
LumaFusion on iOS: such an easy way to create social videos
LumaFusion on iPad makes knocking up quick and easy social videos a doddle.
Facebook's data harvesting app killed by Apple — taking Facebook's internal apps with it
Facebook gets caught abusing Apple's Enterprise Developer Program - and the consequences wreak havoc amongst its employees
analytics
The stealth success of Apple News
I woke to unexpectedly happy news this morning – one of my (meagre) blog posts from last week had killed it on traffic: That’s a normal week’s worth of traffic on a single post. Not bad. And I was completely unaware until that point. Why? Because all the traffic
iOS
iOS 11 fundamentally changes the iPad
I’ve been playing with the iOS11 public beta on my iPad for the last couple of weeks – and it’s transformative in the way I can use it for getting work done. This video gives you a sense of some of the differences: I’m really excited for the
data
Journalists: update your iOS devices now
Today’s security update for Apple’s iOS devices [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/26/technology/apple-software-vulnerability-ios-patch.html] is a serious one: > One of the world’s most evasive digital arms dealers is believed to have been taking advantage of three security vulnerabilities in popular Apple products in
apple
Apple News: 40m users
Well, here’s an interesting fact from Apple’s earnings call this evening [http://9to5mac.com/2015/10/27/apple-news-40-million/]: > During its Q4 2015 earnings call today, Tim Cook revealed the first numbers for its new Apple News service saying that the app has around 40 million users since
adblocking
iOS 9 - adbockers selling fast
Uh-oh [http://thenextweb.com/apple/2015/09/17/ios-9s-main-attraction-adblocking/]: > Less than 24 hours after the release of iOS 9, it’s interesting to see that adblockers are shooting to the top of the charts in the App Store worldwide. Content blockers, which allow users to block advertising, trackers and
news aggregators
The FT, Telegraph and Conde Nast all Apple News launch partners
Is Apple News actually making an impact?
aggregation
A first look at Apple News
It’s interesting to note that it has a “For You” option, just like [Apple Music](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2015/07/apple-music-curation-discovery-algorithems.html). That suggests we’ll see the same mix of algorithmic and human curation in the app.
apple news
Apple News: I'm in…
Well, looks like you’ll be able to read my fine words in Apple’s News app [https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/General/Conceptual/News_Publishing_Guide/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40015407-CH3-SW1] come the launch of iOS9 later this year [http://www.imore.com/ios-9]
Android
More on Android development costs - and opportunities
Paul St John Mackintosh responds to my earlier post [http://www.teleread.com/android/android-app-development-really-pricier-than-ios/] about the BBC’s Android costs [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2013/07/android_triple_the_development_costs_of_.html] : > Naturally, 3,000 different device sizes and capabilities are going to be harder and