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This week:  

• More of the powerful new iOS 11 features you’ve never heard of. 
• The talented app which will harnesses the power of Apple’s  new augmented reality features  
• Scott Forstall is back, and he’s sharing the bizarre story of how the original iPhone really came to be. 
• Everything you need to know about HEIF, the JPEG-killing format Apple is adopting
• Cliff jumping in our loin cloths

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• Former iOS chief Scott Forstall is back from the dead.  In a rare appearance, he appeared an event Tuesday night at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, where he discussed the birth of the iPhone and his relationship with Steve Jobs.
• It’s  the first time he's spoken publicly since he was ousted from Apple in October 2012
• Forstall also spoke about the concept of skeuomorphic design, claiming he had "never heard of skeuomorphism" when he was working on iOS and that it sounded "unnatural”.
• • "When I look at design - when I look at good design - it's approachable, friendly, you can use it without a manual. It's fun. We talked a lot about photo-illustrative design. It was infused into the design sense of Apple by Steve Jobs since the original Mac. We used these design philosophies. It doesn't mean we loved it, or loved every single part of it. We know it worked. How do we know it worked? You just have to watch people use it.”
• Where things got really interesting is when Scott spoke about the origins of the iPhone.  The TRUE origins.
• Forstall claimed that before the iPhone was conceived, Jobs had initially wanted a tablet with capacitative touch and multitouch in order to get one over on someone he "hated" who worked at Microsoft.
• • "It began because Steve hated this guy at Microsoft. That is the actual origin," Forstall said, before adding that it wasn't Bill Gates. After hearing the person boast about Microsoft's tablet and stylus development, said Forstall, "Steve came in on a Monday, there was a set of expletives and then he said, 'Let's show them how it's really done'."

  New Siri icon in iOS 11 may hint at iPhone 8’s virtual Home button https://www.cultofmac.com/488534/new-siri-icon-ios-11-may-hint-iphone-8s-virtual-home-button/

• Apple may have left a big clue in iOS 11 that points to huge design changes coming later this year to the iPhone 8.
• While doing some testing with the new Do Not Disturb When Driving feature, eagle-eyed Apple observers have spotted a ne