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Back in June 2019 at WWDC Apple announced Mac Catalyst, a new way to build apps that share one common codebase that can run across iPadOS, iOS and macOS. Very shortly after this

There has been a growing market for voice assistant devices in the past few years. These range from small, $30 circular devices that can plug into other speakers, to fully-integrated speakers, evolving into

At WWDC this year, one of Apple’s biggest announcements wasn’t a particular feature of the new OSes, but rather a new way to write UIs for your apps using Swift. This new framework,

Last week Apple started surprising everyone with a product refresh every day. Starting on Monday, Apple refreshed the iPad Air and Mini, Tuesday saw a refresh of the iMac lineup and finally Wednesday

Today I’ve launched my first iOS app, Just Timers. Since iOS can natively only handle a single timer at a time, I’ve frequently found myself frustrated when I need more than one. While

This is very late to the game, but since there has been a slight resurgence in demand for 2015 Macbook Pro’s of late, I figured it might not hurt to give a short

At WWDC this week, Apple announced a huge milestone for Siri: Siri Shortcuts. Back when Apple acquired the company behind Workflow, a powerful automation tool for iOS, there was much speculation on just

Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) for 2018 is underway, and to kick things off they had their announcements on Monday, June 4th. While rumors leading up to this event were pretty sparse,

A few weeks back it was discovered in an iOS beta that AirPort Express devices were showing up as speakers in the Home app, implying Apple might be updating these devices to support

I purchased the HomePod nearly two weeks ago, and today it went back to Apple. I still stand by a lot of what I said in my previous article. As a speaker, HomePod

When Apple announced the HomePod and it’s price of $349, I was a little put off, hoping for something cheaper that would allow me to plug into my existing speakers. My interest was

Ever since Amazon released the Amazon Echo, there has been a growing market for “smart speakers” along with unique features for each. Amazon in particular has grown a very large set of “skills”

Reading the comments on just about any post about voice assistants these days will quickly reveal a variety of opinions on each. A lot of people are quick to point to the Google

From time to time I hear a lot of complaints from people about voice assistants. Whether it be that they just don’t find them useful or they never work right, every case tends

All tech companies try to preach their narrative for how their hardware/software will change the world–it’s a great idea. The challenge is some tell their story better than others, even when the idea

Rumors are ramping up lately that Apple will make a Siri speaker soon. This seems reasonable as that space is growing fast and they don’t want to be left behind. Some concerns I’ve

Virtual and Augmented Reality are the buzzwords going around these days. While they aren’t necessarily aiming for the same goals, they aren’t mutually exclusive either. While virtual reality has a lot of potential

It’s been two years since the release of the Apple Watch. It’s seen many challenges and changes in a very short time, but looking at the smart watch market, it’s pretty hard to

Apple tends to get a lot of press, both positive and negative, surrounding any new products. The biggest headlines tend to be polarizing, between people who are fanatical and unfaltering, to people who

Computers have had an interesting evolution over the past few decades. Early computers were entirely custom, following very few real standards aside from the load/store model and the likes. Over time, computers began

I was skeptical of AirPods when they first arrived, as so many were. Would they stay in my ears? I had problems with EarPods staying in previously but hoped it was just the

Since my last post, I’ve been putting a lot more thought into the pairing capabilities of Apple’s new W1 chip. A lot of folks are convinced the W1 itself is where the magic

Earlier this year, Apple announced they were dropping the headphone jack from the iPhone 7 to push for a truly wireless future. To further encourage this, they also announced a handful of new