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Re: iPhone 13 Pro gets Macro mode toggle in Camera app with iOS 15.2 beta 2

David Chartier — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 12:09:46 -0000

Anyone know if this toggle will be available on iPhone 12? Actually asking for a friend.

Re: Rumor: iPhone 14 leak shows iPhone 4-style design with hole-punch display, no camera bump, more

David Chartier — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 11:45:42 -0000

Nope. No rumors of the next next IPhone before we get the next iPhone first.

Re: Elon Musk wanted to be Apple CEO, but Tim Cook dropped an F bomb on that idea

David Chartier — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 14:05:41 -0000

I’m reporting you for photoshopping Elon into Apple’s management headshots. I don’t know where or to whom, but I’m reporting you.

Re: Poll: What do you think about the rumors of a flat-edged Apple Watch Series 7 design?

David Chartier — Thu, 27 May 2021 10:23:52 -0000

As long as existing bands still work, sure I'm interested. But IMO, it desperately needs longer batter life, especially now with sleep tracking which encourages you to not charge it during one of the best times to charge it.

Re: Poll: If iPhone 14 replaces the notch with a ‘punch-hole,’ is that a design improvement?

David Chartier — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 11:37:55 -0000

A smaller punch hole would be nice, as long as Face ID can stay as accurate and secure as it is now. If it could get fooled by a color photo like other systems, it would be a big step backwards.

Re: Feature Request: HomePod needs to properly count Apple Music played songs and stats

David Chartier — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 09:54:11 -0000

Does the Home app setting "Update Listening History" not cover this? I haven't tested, but the description text sounds like it should. https://uploads.disquscdn.c...

Re: Poll: Which rumored iOS 14 feature are you most excited to see?

David Chartier — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 10:10:26 -0000

- Control over default apps
- Not rumored, but I’d love to see apps that let us upload comment be required to support Document Providers so we can upload from Files, Dropbox, and third party apps like Keep It and Documents

Re: iPad Pro Diary: I’m keeping the Magic Keyboard for three simple reasons

David Chartier — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 12:27:55 -0000

TIL Ben clearly doesn't use emoji (since he remapped the keyboard's globe key) which means I'm never reading this site again and reporting Ben to the FBI.

Re: Mobile Makers

David Chartier — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 15:02:35 -0000

Hey, thanks for listing us here! We really appreciate it.

Could I submit a few updates?

- Mobile Makers tuition fee is $9,000 in Chicago and $11,000 in San Francisco
- We also include Swift now
- the phone number is 773-492-1868

Thanks!

Re: The readers we ignore and the news they want

David Chartier — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 16:40:06 -0000

Great piece, quick note: your link to Mobile Me & You points to some Google Chrome extension. I was kinda hoping to find out more about the con.

Re: Why Android Pay isn’t really about payments at all

David Chartier — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 12:26:21 -0000

To be fair, Apple Pay works in-app on a number of devices (though can you use it without Touch ID?), but it seems like most of the buzz is around using its NFC capabilities for in-person purchases. The number of compatible handsets is probably a smaller portion of the overall iPhone pie considering we're talking about only the 6 and 6 Plus.

You can toss Watch into the mix, but it's so early in that product lifecycle and with the yield issues, I don't know if that's a significant piece—yet—of the pie either.

Re: On the brewing battle between Apple Pay and CurrentC

David Chartier — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:27:01 -0000

Apple has (or at least recently had) a job listing with a line of "come build the next generation of loyalty programs."

If Apple follows its typical behavior, I bet it's working on adding the choice of sharing loyalty information to the equation (and perhaps automatically opting into programs altogether, right from your device). Newsstand could serve as a great precursor and example.

Set aside Newsstand's problems and look at one of its great successes: consumer choice to share information with publishers. The first time you run a new publication, you're prompted with a request to share a few standard bits of information with the publisher (I believe name, email, and age?). You can say yes or no.

This model could easily be applied to Apple Pay. You do your thing at the register, and a prompt appears immediately afterwards that lets you opt into the company's loyalty program because you'll get X, Y, and Z benefits. You can walk away, think about it, and choose to opt in on your own time.

Another major benefit here is that you don't have to repeatedly fill out endless forms. The opt-in process just uses a basic set of info (either from your Contacts card or entered directly into Passbook). You also don't hold up the register line.

One-tap opt into loyalty programs and choice in the palm of consumers' hands. Everybody wins.

Re: Google's Schmidt: Tim Cook is wrong about us - Oct. 2, 2014

David Chartier — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 18:39:58 -0000

Please don't ever auto-play videos. Ever. Not ever. No, not even in that one instance you're thinking. Not that one either. There is never a good time, place, or reason to auto-play a video, no matter what it is.

Re: How To Stop Facebook From Making Us All Complicit In Its Agenda

David Chartier — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 13:11:34 -0000

The larger problem is that Facebook has incentive to do these things because it's an advertising company. Even if they get sued, there is far too much value to be gained from running these tests and *not telling users about them* because people change their behavior when they know they're in a test like this. It defeats the point.

I submit a different solution: switch, and take your friends with you, to a service like Path (http://path.com). I don't work for them, I just like that it's a Facebook-like service that specifically doesn't want to use ads or be bound by all the incentives they present. Like Evernote, most Path features are free, they just make money selling some add-ons like extra photo filters, stickers for comments and chat, and a premium membership that unlocks everything at once.

Path is a good service with simple features, a gorgeous design, and a respectful business model. Give it a look.

Re: How to do Long Exposure Photography and Light Trails at Night

David Chartier — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:37:57 -0000

I'm really enjoying this site, I'm visiting more and more often. But what is up with all the HTML junk that shows up in so many articles? It's really distracting.

Re: Benedict Evans

David Chartier — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 11:24:17 -0000

Congratulations good sir.

Re: 1Password Android Beta release coming soon | BGR

David Chartier — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 21:53:49 -0000

Done, thank you.

Re: 1Password Android Beta release coming soon | BGR

David Chartier — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 21:45:37 -0000

Hey BGR, thanks for the enthusiasm but our Android version is in beta and not ready for the public yet. Could you please take this post down so we can have time to prepare not just the app, but our documentation and customer support as well? It would really help us out.

Re: No New Bike Lanes on Milwaukee Avenue, Residents Tell City Officials

David Chartier — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 12:56:20 -0000

"I like the way things are" is no way to deal with population growth, neighborhood expansion, and simply change in general. Clinging to what you're comfortable with is a great way to exclude everyone else, especially minorities, and marginalize their very real and growing needs. A compromise can be found, but only if we open up and realize that change is necessary.

Re: Thoughts on Apple’s TV ad “Your Verse”

David Chartier — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:24:57 -0000

YOU CAN DO ANYTHING

AT IPADCOM

Re: HipTip: Slash commands

David Chartier — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 12:04:37 -0000

Any chance these work on mobile too? I can't find any other way to set away/DND from iPhone or iPad.

Re: Instagram Stabbing Itself By Leaving Twitter Cards Off

David Chartier — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 11:09:13 -0000

It's a good argument, but it probably wouldn't do anything to help them finally start monetizing Instagram. Look at a similar case in YouTube: most (all?) YouTube links on Twitter now open the full mobile site where they can serve pre- and post-roll ads. YouTube can get away with that since it's video, it's hearty content of at least a few seconds if not minutes for which viewers will stick around.

But it sounds like the direction Instagram decided to take to start actually making money is ads in the stream—there's probably no way to get you to view those via Twitter cards.

Re: News for Mac and iOS users. Big news.

David Chartier — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 09:55:42 -0000

This updates are fantastic so far, really enjoying the experience. I have a question though: how is the switch from Mac to iOS handled? Is there a preferred workflow? For example: can I just leave my iPhone logged in all the time so notifications go there, but if I open my Mac and login with your official app, will it take precedent for notifications? Or should both devices get pinged?

Thanks!

Re: #OHHAI! This is DDD (Development Driven Design) in action

David Chartier — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 14:56:41 -0000

This is magical. I couldn't stop laughing in Starbucks as I did this to a bunch of friends' Facebook avatars. Thank you, thank you.

Re: My tie clips from The Little Saint showed up. | That's No Space Station

David Chartier — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:23:57 -0000

I've been wearing more ties lately, really liking it.

Exhibit A: http://blog.davidchartier.c...