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• Developing For Apple Watch

  By Shaun on October 12, 2017 • ( 1 )

  Behaviours and interactions are only achievable for third-party developers on watchOS if someone at Apple has already invented them and exposed a checkbox in Interface Builder. Any dynamic transition or animation in a WatchKit app is basically impossible. For example,… Read More ›

• Unsent text accepted as dead man’s will

  By Shaun on October 12, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  A court in Australia has accepted an unsent, draft text message on a dead man’s mobile phone as an official will. The 55-year-old man had composed a text message addressed to his brother, in which he gave “all that I… Read More ›

• iPhone 8 photo quality

  By Shaun on October 12, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Over the last week I’ve been away in the Bahamas, putting the iPhone 8 Plus camera through its paces. Often on trips like this, I take my DSLR in case I end up using any pictures for the newspaper, but… Read More ›

• Adventure Tape®

  By Shaun on October 12, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Made from super strong polyurethane, Adventure Tape is highly abrasion-resistant, waterproof and very elastic – perfect for hundreds of uses! Its non-adhesive qualities and handy tin for safekeeping mean it can come to the rescue, time and time again… More… Read More ›

• LunaR

  By Shaun on October 12, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  It’s not all about looks and battery life, though. Those factors won’t matter one bit without some proper functions, and the LunaR sure has some neat features to offer. Capabilities include dual time zones, activity tracking, sunrise/sunset tracking, smartphone notifications,… Read More ›

• Paper Trail

  By Shaun on October 12, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Spare one minute for this.

• You don’t get this kind of support anywhere else

  By Shaun on October 9, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  I have written about Apple’s support prowess in the past a few times, but still it impresses me in a way that no other company seems capable of. For the past couple of months I have been suffering from some… Read More ›

• London’s Hidden Tunnels

  By Shaun on October 9, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Our city is a fascinating, infuriating, terrifying, beautiful place. As curious Londonists we attempt to make sense of it and the way it works so that we can better assert our own place within it. It is often said that… Read More ›

• SHIFTed

  By Shaun on October 9, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Looking forward to this.

• The United States of Guns

  By Shaun on October 9, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  America is a stuck in a Groundhog Day loop of gun violence. We’ll keep waking up, stuck in the same reality of oppression, carnage, and ruined lives until we can figure out how to effect meaningful change. I’ve collected some… Read More ›