MyAppleMenu - Sun, Apr 12, 2015

Sun, Apr 12, 2015The Adjunct-to-Other-Devices Edition

What Instagram’s New App Reveals About The Apple Watch, by Cade Metz, Wired

Coomans and crew are among the few outsiders who have built Watch software and actually tested it on the new device, which is slated to hit the market at the end of the month. Their experiences show just how different this device is, that it’s best used as an adjunct to other devices, and that the world’s developers will need a bit more time to determine just where the thing can be most useful. The trick, Coomans and his colleagues say, lies not just in reshaping existing apps for the device, but in trying to find entirely new applications.

Stuff.

AOL's Yo-Like Pip App Goes 2.0 With International Support, Custom Messages And More, by Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice
Review: Mophie’s Juice Packs For iPhone 6 + 6 Plus Are Polished Battery Cases At Premium Prices, by Jeremy Horwitz
Popular Podcast App Overcast Gains Apple Watch Support And Other Improvements, by Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

Connecting to Power

<Connects backup to 12” MacBook to migrate> “You should connect to power to do this” <Looks at single USB-C port> <awkward silence>
— Dan Frakes (@DanFrakes) April 11, 2015

HBO Now On Apple TV Highlights Hypocrisy In Apple's 'No Porn' Rules, by Sam Oliver, AppleInsider

There's nothing wrong with porn, of course. The only thing wrong is Apple's double standard.

Notes.

Apple Enables NVM Express Protocol For Faster SSD Performance With OS X 10.10.3, by AppleInsider
Gone In A Flash: The Race To Save The Internet's Least Favorite Tool, by Jason Koebler, Motherboard
As Encryption Spreads, U.S. Grapples With Clash Between Privacy, Security, by Ellen Nakashima and Barton Gellman, Washington Post

Parting Words

Apple Store Debugging. pic.twitter.com/u3KpfAY6fW
— Cabel Sasser (@cabel) April 11, 2015

Thanks for reading.