Two Tech Geeks

ios 8

  • What’s the point of audio messages?

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    David Sparks wrote about the point of audio messages in iMessages. Now that we’ve all been using iOS 8 awhile how big of a thing is the ability to send a recording of your voice via iMessages? I’ve done it once for the sole purpose of demonstrating how it works. I thought it may be…

  • How does the iOS 8 time-lapse feature work?

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    Dan Provost wrote on Studio Neat about the iOS 8 time-lapse feature. This is an efficient way to assemble a time-lapse. When you start recording a time-lapse, the app only captures 2 frames per second. If the recording period extends beyond 10 minutes, the app switches to capturing only 1 frame per second, and deletes…

  • Third party keyboard in iOS 8 key logging?

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    Gabe Weatherhead wrote about his concerns about iOS 8 key logging. This is what I found (quoted from the documentation): All capabilities of a nonnetworked custom keyboard Keyboard can access Location Services and Address Book, with user permission Keyboard and containing app can employ a shared container Keyboard can send keystrokes and other input events…

  • Apple says iOS 8 update keeps data private, even from the police

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    NYT Bits reported on iOS 8 privacy data. “Unlike our competitors, Apple cannot bypass your passcode and therefore cannot access this data,” the company said on the new webpage. “So it’s not technically feasible for us to respond to government warrants for the extraction of this data from devices in their possession running iOS 8.”…

  • Convergence of OS X and iOS

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    Ben Brooks recently wrote a good article on using an iPad as his main machine, it’s something that has been attempted by many folks in the past, but I like his take on it. As I said, this is a setup I am likely to use more and more. With iOS 8 extensions coming I…

  • Ditch Dropbox for Apple’s iCloud Photo Library

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    My thoughts exactly. The separate release dates for the Mac and iOS app is irritating, though. Rethinking Dropbox as a photo management solution Apple has to prove to users that it can sync and stream photos, but if the system will work the way the company says it will, it looks compelling. So compelling, in…

  • iCloud Photo Library

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    While there were plenty of goodies to take away from WWDC, one announcement announcement in particular had me dancing for joy – iCloud Photo Library. If there was one major aspect of iOS that needed improving, it was photo management capabilities. Whether you’re an iPhoto user or not, managing photos on the iPhone is a…

  • What product designers can learn from iOS 8’s iMessage changes

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    Scott Hurff writes about what designers can learn from the new iMessage. Apple’s iMessage announcements can teach us a lot about the value of knowing our customers. It’s not enough to build products based on rumor, anecdote or speculation. We have to know exactly how and why our customers do what they do, and in…

  • The rise of smartphone notifications

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    Mat Honan writes about the rising importance of notifications. Interactive notifications will spur all sorts of new behaviors. (And yes, Android already has interactive notifications, but the ones in iOS 8 look to go beyond what KitKat can do.) Some of these will be simple, like the ability to reply to an email or text…