With Stephen away this week, Federico and Myke spend some time discussing the magic behind iOS automation and URL schemes. They finish the show with a short discussion about Nintendo (of course).

With Stephen away this week, Federico and Myke spend some time discussing the magic behind iOS automation and URL schemes. They finish the show with a short discussion about Nintendo (of course).

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This week Myke is joined by John Siracusa. They discuss his many Podcasting endevaours, writing Mac OS X reviews, John's perfect Mac and The Sopranos.

According to a study by mobile application mangement platform Crittercism, iOS apps are twice as likely to crash on the new iPhone 5s as they are when running on the iPhone 5 and 5c, reports AllThingsD.

At around the 41:00 mark of this week's episode of The World's Greatest Podcast, The Prompt, Stephen Hackett brought up that the date picker in iOS 7 sucks, saying it was low contrast and lacking in acceptable tap targets. Myke Hurley agreed, but Federico Viticci dissented. Federico likes it, he said.

300 unique icon designs + 300 custom filled versions. Perfect for your new apps.

As I expected, people have started experimenting with chaining apps and services using Drafts, and Alex Guyot quickly beat me in chaining 5 apps.

A sequence chaining together 25 actions across 7 apps and 8 services to stress test the maximum abilities of Drafts 3.0.

iOS Automation at its finest

Pokemon X and Y have sold a combined total of more than four million units since their worldwide releases over the weekend, Nintendo revealed today.

After years of waiting, the sequel to GameCube classic Luigi’s Mansion is finally upon us. Once again the brother in green has his chance to take the starring role, kicking off the long overdue “Year of Luigi” with the fun-filled Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon for 3DS.

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