This week we are joined by Marin Todorov to discuss his new book and apps. We follow up on Flight School's meaning, an iPad screen protector vendor leaks the 2018 model, downloading your Google profile and Marin relays European ISP experiences. The last Apple Watch boutique is closing. We also follow up on Susan Kare: the woman who gave the Mac its smile. We discuss the new trade-in program with Apple GiveBack, Daisy: Apple’s new iPhone-recycling robot, FoundationDB is Open Source and Marin's book - Realm: Building Modern Swift Apps with Realm Database. Picks: 5 Useful 3D Touch Features for iPhone, Snipetty, Bringing Objective-C to the Amiga, How to build your own Alexa skills with the new Alexa Blueprints, Xcode Treasures: Master the Tools to Design, Build, and Distribute Great Apps, Mixpanel v. 3.3.0 - opt in/out at run time

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• How to build your own Alexa skills with the new Alexa Blueprints | The Verge
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We follow up on Xcode Swift build times, Apple cracks down on drone flyovers at Apple Park and alternative music services that provide Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil and Bollywood tunes. Apple will replace Watch 2 devices with swollen batteries. What’s new in Swift 4.2? How to name UIButton actions. We discuss whether Apple has a problem fitting in features on the iPhone. Picks: Personalized Hey Siri, Introducing Flight School: a new book series for Swift developers by @mattt, How To Keep Learning After 50 and Other Ways to Hack Your Brain at any Age, Privacy Essentials Safari Extension

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• How To Keep Learning After 50 and Other Ways to Hack Your Brain at any Age
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• DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials Safari Extension – MacMost
• The 9 Ways to Practice Smarter workshop (clawhammer and fingerstyle banjo) - YouTube
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This week we follow up on Youtube changes, IBM Watson and CoreML, 3rd party Twitter apps. We discuss Xcode compilation on mutli-core Mac Pros. The Home Pod has a sluggish start in sales. Apple reveals the (Product)RED® iPhone 8. Apple Music has 40 million users and a new boss. We follow up on HTTP 400 error codes. We discuss Apple upcoming purge of 32-bit macOS apps, reliving Windows File manager and the RWDevCon 2018's post mortem. Picks: Understanding Git Version Control and Learn how to Use it in Xcode 9, Xcode TDD keyboard short cuts, App Store insights. Aftershow: Facebook testimony.

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• Apps of a Feather
• Twitter postpones platform change that would cut off third-party apps - The Verge
• Apple’s redesigned Mac Pro is coming in 2019 - The Verge
• The best hardware to build with Swift is not what you might think | LinkedIn
• Apple reveals special edition Product Red iPhone 8 and 8 Plus smartphones | Ars Technica
• Bloomberg: Apple lowers HomePod forecasts & orders as early sales prove lackluster | 9to5Mac
• How great leaders inspire action | Simon Sinek - YouTube
• Apple Music now has over 40 million subscribers and a new boss - The Verge
• Apple Music Picks Up Toronto's 'House of Strombo' Concert Series | Billboard
• Death From Above | House Of Strombo - YouTube
• Konstantin Martynov on Twitter: "@mtjc_podcast Guys, HTTP 400 is "Bad Request". "Unauthorized" is HTTP 401. It is also a famously crappy highway ;)"
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• Apple has begun notifying macOS users of coming 32-bit app incompatibility | Ars Technica
• Relive the 1990s on Windows 10 with the newly open sourced File Manager | Ars Technica
• RWDevCon 2018 Post-Mortem
• App Architecture · objc.io
• Understanding Git Version Control and Learn how to Use it in Xcode 9
• Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code: Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, John Brant, William Opdyke, Don Roberts, Erich Gamma: 9780201485677: Amazon.com: Books
• Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software: Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides, Grady Booch: 8601419047741: Amazon.com: Books

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We follow up on LHOTP, the darker side of Charles Proxy for iOS and Apple Business Manager. Chris Lattner has announced Swift for TensorFlow. iOS 11.3 has been released along with Xcode 9.3. Apple is allowing users to manage their data in iCloud. Beta versions of iOS 11.4 & tvOS 11.4 are out. Apple may use they're own processors in Macs as soon as 2020. Picks: XcodeReleases, Microsoft's AI courses, CompactMap and Atom

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• Apple teases ‘late spring’ launch of new Business Manager platform for enterprise users | 9to5Mac
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• Apple releases iOS 11.3 with iPhone battery management, new Animoji, and more - The Verge
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• Apple releases first public betas of iOS 11.4 and tvOS 11.4 — Apple World Today
• Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs From 2020, Replacing Intel - Bloomberg
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• Microsoft now offers AI courses as a skill for your CV - The Verge
• Replacing flatMap With compactMap
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We start with our T-shirt poll results. We discuss Apple Business Manager (beta), the loss of the macOS startup chime, Foxcon to acquire Belkin, Apple's new Space Grey accessories for Mac and Google's loss to Oracle for Java rights. We focus on the Apple Education Event: new iPad, Logitech Crayon, iBook Author rolled into Pages, Apple's Classroom and Schoolwork apps. Picks: Minimoog Model D for iOS, Charles Proxy for iOS, Git Tower (beta)

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• Original creator of the Mac startup chime talks its demise & more in new interview [Video] | 9to5Mac
• Report: Apple supplier Foxconn to acquire accessory maker Belkin/Linksys/Wemo for $866M | 9to5Mac
• ‘I wouldn’t be in that situation’: Apple’s Tim Cook says, taking swipe at Facebook over data scandal | Toronto Star
• Apple now selling the space gray accessories that were previously exclusive to the iMac Pro - The Verge
• U.S. gun maker Remington files for bankruptcy | Toronto Star
• Oracle Wins Latest Round vs. Google in Java Copyright Case | WIRED
• Why the oldest gun manufacturer in the U.S. is seeking bankruptcy protection | CBC Radio
• The 5 biggest announcements from the Apple education event - The Verge
• Apple iPad vs. iPad Pro: which tablet is right for you? - The Verge
• iPad vs. iPad Pro: Which Apple tablet should you buy? | iMore
• Apple’s education page previews ‘one simplified login experience’ coming this winter [U] | 9to5Mac
• Minimoog Model D on the App Store
• Charles Proxy on the App Store
• Tower in Public Beta: Here's What's New!
• Wild Tales: A Rock & Roll Life: Graham Nash: 9780385347549: Amazon.com: Books

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We discuss our annual T-shirt ideas and upcoming anniversary. We're now in the iOS Dev Directory. Apple may be developing MicroLED displays. Uber and Facebook behaving badly again. Apple's True Depth technology is two years ahead of the competition. Apple and IBM give developers access to Watson. Picks: Yoink, I’m Lazy So I Write Tests, Wanle Gamers Console for iPhone, Sqlite Browser

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• It's a secret: How Apple is planning to design and build its own screens | Business Standard News
• Mark Gurman on Twitter: "More details going out now: Apple MicroLED in-house screens project is at advanced stage, but still a couple of years away. The project was almost killed about a year ago but now remains on track. https://t.co/gmY9Kot6OD"
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• Experts say video of Uber's self-driving car killing a pedestrian suggests its technology may have failed
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• Yoink - Improved Drag and Drop on the App Store
• I’m Lazy So I Write Tests - Jaime Lopez Jr | The Lead Developer Austin 2018 - YouTube
• Get a great deal on this combo iPhone case / gaming console! — Apple World Today
• DB Browser for SQLite
• Jaime Lopez on Twitter: "(Spoilers for Black Panther) This is *fantastic*.… "
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• What is Nyquist Theorem? - Definition from WhatIs.com
• McIntosh: Home Audio Equipment for Stereo & Home Theater Systems
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We start with some follow up on the mysterious red menubar bug and Vero social network's questionable origins. Swift is now among the top 10 programing languages in use. Apple has announced WWDC 2018 dates and launched the annual ticket lottery. We speculate on what WWDC will bring us and how the lottery really works. Deep Fake technology allows the live modification of video with fake content. Intel fights for its future. The annual Stack Overflow Developer Survey is out and Greg Heo joins us to go through the findings. A cryptocurrency mining app is pulled from the App Store. Picks: Google opens up maps to game developers, WWDC Scholarships, Tau Day

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• As controversy swirls, social network Vero is closing in on 3 million users - The Verge
• Apple's Swift Programming Language Is Now Top Tier | WIRED
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• Bugshot becomes Pinpoint, gets big upgrade – Marco.org
• Fake videos are disturbing and getting easier to make | CBC Radio
• Intel Fights For Its Future – Monday Note
• Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2018
• Apple Did Pull Calendar App That Mined Cryptocurrency From Mac App Store, Citing Excessive Use of Device Resources - Mac Rumors
• Google is opening up Maps so game developers can create the next Pokémon Go - The Verge
• Scholarships - WWDC - Apple Developer
• Pi Day Countdown on the App Store
• RWDevCon 2018: The Tutorial Conference
• TunnelBear: Secure VPN Service
• McAfee - Antivirus, Endpoint Security, Encryption, Firewall, Email Security, Web Security, Network Security
• Stop celebrating Pi Day, and embrace Tau as the true circle constant - The Verge

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This week we open with a discussion about Android phone makers mimicking the notch. We also follow up on the Bitcoin Pizza Guy. We look into the negative effect of algorithm driven social network feeds. Swift 4.1 is bringing back #if along with canImport() availability checks. It's the 10th anniversary of the iPhone OS SDK, so we discuss our own memories of early iPhone app development. Apple is opening medical clinics for employees. WatchKit is for Baby Apps according to Marco Arment. Picks: Charles Proxy for iOS, Alto's Odyssey, Silicon Valley 5 trailer w/hidden message, Learn with Google AI, Simple is hiring an iOS developer, Skydio hiring, Topology Eyewear hiring.

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• Bonus Notches: Android smartphone vendors copy the striking design from Apple's iPhone X, with mixed results
• Android P Features and APIs | Android Developers
• How to Get Android P on Your Phone Right Now
• LittleThings online publisher shuts down, blames Facebook's algorithm - Business Insider
• Greg Heo on Twitter: "Finally, #if canImport(UIKit) is coming when Swift 4.1 lands! 🙏… "
• A Lot Can Happen in a Decade • The Breakroom
• Apple launching medical clinics for employees
• WatchKit is a sweet solution that will only ever give us baby apps – Marco.org
• James Frost on Twitter: "Whoa, Charles for iOS!… "
• Silicon Valley's Season Five Trailer Has a Hidden Message for All You Nerds Out There
• Learn with Google AI: Making ML education available to everyone
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• Job Application for Senior iOS Engineer at Simple Finance
• Skydio - iOS Developer
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• iPhone Open Application Development - O'Reilly Media
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• Alto's Odyssey – out now for iOS
• Follow-up to the wildly successful mobile game Alto's Adventure aims for more than just entertainment | CBC Radio
• Vero offers an alternative for Instagram users | CBC Radio
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