Articles tagged with 'ios':
Vainglory. I've been playing it for a bit over a month now, and it's great. I hadn't actually tried any of the previous games that were called multiplayer online battle arenas (MOBA), so I didn't really know what to expect, but it's basically a combat...
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App Bundles and Complete My Bundle both seem like reasonable additions to the app store, ways to encourage repeat customers and to reward loyal customers. Maybe not as good as upgrade pricing, but that's a whole other kettle of fish.
Unfortunately...
read more ⇒On my last birthday, my wife got me a nice bar cart from West Elm, and we had some cocktails at my birthday party.
While I've had my share of Gin and Tonics, Rum and Cokes and the occasional classic cocktail (Old Fashioned, Martini), I have never really explored the world of cocktails with any dedication.
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Touch ID is great.
It's easy to set up, works well, adds surprisingly little friction to day-to-day usage of the phone.
Like many people, I didn't use a passcode lock on my phone, because I make lots of quick uses of my phone every hour, and having to unlock it regularly added just enough friction that I found it irritating. Basically, I valued regular convenience over security in that case.
Touch ID solves that problem.
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I agree with the sentiment expressed by Nik Fletcher and Shawn Blanc about iCloud backups for iOS devices. Apple should step and own these as an invisible part of the ecosystem that 'just works'. These shouldn't even appear in your iCloud quotas at all.
I've been using Plex as the hub for my video consumption for so long that I almost forget what the alternatives are like.
I thought it would be a good idea to share what we're doing these days, both to record a snapshot for future reference and to help others enjoy some of the things that are working well for us.
read more ⇒John Gruber notes that we rarely see reviews of products after they've been used for an extensive period of time:
It shouldn’t be that surprising that a $200 device isn’t built all that well. What should be surprising is analysts and pundits who automatically assume a low price means a winner.
That's true. Actually, a lot of reviews are on the basis of a very short period of examination, or possibly even just on the basis of reviewing the literature about the product.
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