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The way we interact with apps is changing, so should the way they are designed.

The current state of apps and the advent of Apple Intelligence makes it important to have an action centered design approach to designing apps. The phone is only a part of a much larger ecosystem.

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M2 Pro Macs have been announced

Apple's M2 Pro Video Announcement If I am being really honest, this really just needed to be a press release. All I learnt from the video was: Mac Mini has been updated to get M2 and M2 ProMacBook Pro has M2 Pro and M2 Max, and a better battery life.

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Things I learnt from the coverage on the performance downgrade issue on older iPhones

Vidit Bhargava These last couple of weeks have been riddled with angst and reactions over the internet about iPhone’s being throttled to avoid power surge issues that need to be mitigated in order to avoid unexpected shut downs and other battery related issues. There have been interesting arguments both

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Designing for iPhone X

Vidit Bhargava Over the ten years of iPhone’s existence, Apple’s star product has gone through many iterations and has changed it’s screen size and aspect ratio at least of couple of times. Each time the iPhone’s screen changed, it opened up possibilities for newer interactions and

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Apple’s needless cult of secrecy

Apple’s needless cult of secrecy This is a very shallow argument. It’s not just about ‘surprise and delight’. It’s also about keeping new products under the wraps until the last moment. If it’s Apple who is controlling the narrative about the expectations for future products, they’

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WSJ: ‘Apple Readies $1 Billion War Chest for Hollywood Programming’

WSJ: ‘Apple Readies $1 Billion War Chest for Hollywood Programming’ It’s an interesting route that Apple’s taking with its purported movie streaming service. I’m not sure the world needs another “Originals” service, there are already too many of them. I’d like Apple to instead be the

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Face Authentication is a better design choice than Fingerprint Authentication

Today, When you pick-up your phone, and try to use its features, the phone asks whether it’s you or not? And you tell it that you are using the phone by providing your fingerprint. The phone then checks those fingerprints, makes sure its you and unlocks your phone. In

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Thoughts on the App Store Review System Changes

Responding to Reviews Responding to reviews is a double edged sword. On one hand, it’s going to be great to respond to feature requests or angst about bugs with a simple “Thanks for the feedback, I’m working on an update to fix this, please stay tuned.” But at

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It's time to admit Apple Watch is a success

It’s time to admit Apple Watch is a success This piece is worth the read for anyone whose been cynical about the Watch’s success as a product. It’s probably always going to be just a fraction of iPhone sales (because it’s an accessory) but its

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Iovine Comments Suggest Apple Music's Video Strategy Has Broadened

Iovine Comments Suggest Apple Music’s Video Strategy Has Broadened I like the idea of one subscription offering all of the three: Music, Movies and TV Shows ; I just wish it isn’t all built into one app. For example, Video is best experienced in the videos app.

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Phil Schiller on iPhone’s Launch, How It Changed Apple, and Why It Will Keep Going for 50 Years

Phil Schiller on iPhone’s Launch, How It Changed Apple, and Why It Will Keep Going for 50 Years “That’s really important,” Schiller says, “and I’m so glad the team years ago set out to create Siri — I think we do more with that conversational interface that anyone

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This is Apple’s click wheel iPhone prototype

This is Apple’s click wheel iPhone prototype The famed early iPhone prototype comes to light in what appears to be a simulator of sorts. Quick Take : In 2007 this wouldn’t have been seen as odd. Even though, this prototype has little possibility or interface hooks to have the

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Why are people leaving bad reviews for Super Mario Run

Vidit Bhargava It’s been a week since Nintendo’s first iOS Game came out. And the App Store ratings are already looking bad. It’s 1.5 stars of the 275 ratings it’s received on the Indian App Store. and 2.5 stars of

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Not just pretty pictures

The Designed by Apple in California book, widely known to be a series of images of apple’s greatest products, Isn’t just about pretty images. It’s a pretty handy book that gives some interesting insight into the manufacturing processes involved in the making of these

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”macOS is becoming legacy software“? Nope.

”macOS is becoming legacy software“? Nope. This is the kind of Tech journalism that drives me away from Tech news. There’s no reason as to why anyone would come to this conclusion except for the fact that it generated a lot of clicks. For a legacy software, an

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Get A Mac Completes 10 years!

Get A Mac Completes 10 years! I remember going to Apple.com every couple of weeks just to watch the latest ad in the Get a Mac series. As a 12 year old these ads were more or less like a TV Show, every week one would get a hilarious

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What makes the Mac App Store good for users

Vidit Bhargava Last week PaintCode moved out of the Mac App Store In what seems to be a trend off late. But what put these developers on the Mac App Store in the first place? The Mac App Store is the best place to get your app discovered. This is

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Apple returns fire on Spotify, calling out ‘rumors and half-truths’ over App Store rejection | TechCrunch

Apple returns fire on Spotify, calling out ‘rumors and half-truths’ over App Store rejection | TechCrunch It’s good to see Apple take a stance on Spotify’s rampant accusations. Apple takes a ”15%” cut for any in-app purchases for subscriptions made through its store. To me that 15%

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Oops, Apple made another 16GB iPhone

Oops, Apple made another 16GB iPhone Tech Journalists don’t realise this but on average a person has just about *25 third party apps* (1) on his phone. 16GB is enough storage for those people. They can definitely do with a greater storage option but if that means increasing

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Apple Music : First Impressions

Music Streaming services have existed for sometime now. These services gained immense popularity after the introduction of Mobile App Platforms, the idea of listening to any song at any time for a nominal cost is extremely convenient to a lot of people. To me though, the idea has always been

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Selecting the right MacBook

Vidit BhargavaWe’re back to three MacBook’s this year. After a long hiatus, Apple’s finally moved back to it’s three tier series for the MacBook lineup, with the introduction of a 12-inch laptop. But which one’s the right MacBook for ‘your’ use case? Here’s a

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Designing LookUp for the Apple Watch

Vidit Bhargava About an year ago, my brother and me released a dictionary app for the iPhone: LookUp. LookUp is a modern day dictionary, it provides more than just meanings with an easy to use and elegant interface. There are instances where an image is a better definition than just

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Understanding Apple Music

Vidit Bhargava On Monday 8th June 2015, in their usual ‘One More Thing’ tradition, Apple announced “Apple Music”. A music streaming service to keep up with the times and provide more than just a ‘Music’ app to store purchased music. While I am someone who prefers to buy music rather

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30% is not Bullshit

30% is not Bullshit Apple charges 30% for the payment system it provides so it’s not completely bullshit. For the 30% you give to Apple, you don’t need to setup any payment gateway to charge your customers, you don’t need to get their Credit Card information, Apple

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Thoughts on the MacBook

Vidit BhargavaWith the re-introduction of the MacBook, Apple’s once again offering its users three different laptops to pick from. The MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. All three of them serve a different purpose, though. Use CasesThe Three Different Versions of MacBook represent three different use cases.The