Category: I-phone

Earlier this year, Xiaomi decided to spin off its sub-brand that created the Pocophone F1. Now known as Poco, the company has announced its latest phone, the F2 Pro, and like its predecessor, it features flagship specs and a slick design. With a 6.67…

It’s been almost two years since YouTube Music launched as a full-fledged, paid competitor to Spotify and Apple Music. But even though Google positioned it as a replacement for its own Google Play Music service and something that could take on other…

Amazon’s latest sale on the 10.2-inch iPad with cellular drops the price down from $460 to $380. That’s the lowest price the cellular model has been on Amazon, and it’s close to the regular price of the WiFi-only model. The discount makes it a good d…

When it comes to digital audio workstations (DAWs), there are a variety of compelling choices for both beginner and more experienced audio producers. For Apple users, Logic Pro has always been a popular go-to thanks to its relatively affordable price…

While SwiftUI is excellent there are some issues when dealing with missing components, and often needing to interface with UIKit. SwiftUIX is a project that aims to fill the gaps providing many missing components with a simple coding style. There are also some other helpers included such as helpers for color, control flow, and custom…

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This article is part of a series on going iPad-only.

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I’d like to share a few thoughts about pointer control on the iPad. My perspective is narrow and specific: I’ve been using an iPad as my full-time computer for three and a half years, and my job is writing books. The iPad does everything I need it to, and I’ve written a lot already about why it’s the right device for me.

In particular, I wrote a piece about the weird disconnect of pointer-driven interfaces, which only really becomes apparent when you move away from the familiarity of pointing devices. Switching entirely to the iPad meant committing to many new ways of doing things, to the extent that I now find traditional computers a bit awkward to use. They feel like machines with interfaces designed to let you use the pointer, rather than with a pointer designed to let you use the interface. And of course that’s exactly what they are, because it’s logical to make the software capitalise on the nature of the hardware.

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DoraemonKit is an open source in app tool that helps speed up native iOS & Android development and testing. With DoraemonKit you get a nice interface from which you can tweak numerous values such as GPS coordinates. Some of the features of DoraemonKit: Mocking GPS Coordinates Checking for operations in sub-threads CPU, memory, network usage…

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Banjo is shuffling its leadership in a bid to keep its AI surveillance business with Utah and other customers worried about CEO Damien Patton’s racist past. Patton has resigned from the CEO position effective immediately, with CTO Justin Lindsey taki…

The decision to cancel San Diego Comic-Con 2020 surprised no one in light of COVID-19, but that doesn’t mean you’ll have to wait until 2021 to get a taste of that experience. The organizers announced (via Deadline) a Comic-Con @ Home event that will…

If you’ve been looking to get into Flutter, here’s a nice timely speed coding video showing how to create a Covid-19 stats UI from Abu Anwar. In just 21 minutes Anwar creates the app, and source code is available on Github. Links: Covid-19 App In Flutter source code on Github The Flutter Way Youtube Channel…

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If you’ve been looking to get into Flutter, here’s a nice timely speed coding video showing how to create a Covid-19 stats app with a great UI from Abu Anwar. In just 30 minutes Anwar creates the app, and source code is available on Github. Links: Covid-19 App In Flutter source code on Github The…

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Numerous countries have COVID-19 symptom and tracking apps, but the World Health Organization wants to fill in those gaps for the countries that are too stretched to develop their own software. The WHO’s Bernardo Mariano told Reuters in an interview…

Twitter might let you know if you ever get retweets worth checking out in the future. Jane Manchun Wong, who reverse engineers apps to unearth experimental features, has discovered that the platform is testing a counter that shows the number of retwe…

One of Google’s best-known faces may have quietly made his exit. A CNET source says that former CEO Eric Schmidt left his technical advisor position with Alphabet and Google in February, cutting his last official role at the company. It’s not certain…

There’s no guarantee you’ll find a race track to drive during the pandemic, but Porsche will be ready whenever you can hit the course. It recently updated its Track Precision app for iOS (via Autoblog) with CarPlay support to make lap data much more…