A few weeks ago, I Tweeted how web developers should appreciate WebKit/Safari as it’s really the only browser that can keep “Chromium’s dominance in check”. In hindsight and as is the case with many Tweets, my wording could have been clearer. What I meant by “in check” here was that Safari on iOS is really […]
Author Archives: Jack Wellborn
Manton Reece recently speculated that Apple might support third party payment processors via some sort of API. Great minds think alike. Manton suspects Apple could use such an API to collect a service charge for the App Store. Not only do I agree, I think it bolsters my argument that some sort of API/Entitlement based […]
This past summer I was faced with a dilemma. I needed to replace my aging 9.7″ iPad Pro. There were two options: get another iPad Pro or a Macbook Air. Both had Apple silicon and cost roughly the same after adding accessories. Not surprisingly, I am a Mac user more than an iPad user and […]
Over at Pixel Envy, Nick Heer wrote the perfect sequel to my earlier post about the years of softball coverage of Windows on ARM. Whereas I focused on what people were writing about Windows on ARM, Nick smartly looked at what folks were speculating with ARM-based Macs. Wellborn’s selection of quotes from enthusiastic press coverage […]
Tim Sweeney spoke at something called the “Global Conference for Mobile Application Ecosystem Fairness”. According to MacRumors, here’s what he said: What the world really needs now is a single store that works with all platforms. Right now software ownership is fragmented between the iOS App Store, the Android Google Play marketplace, different stores on […]
I am writing this on a new 16″ MacBook Pro, which has an ARM-based M1 Pro for its CPU. It was delivered this past Tuesday, October 26th, 2021, almost exactly 16 months after Apple announced the transition away from using x86-based processers built by Intel. By most accounts Apple’s ARM-based M1 Macs are the fastest […]
I already had an MP3 player that I used while jogging when the iPod came out, a Samsung Yepp. It could store and clumsily navigate between about 12 songs, all of which had to be transferred over the course of an hour via USB 1.1. By comparison the iPod could hold about 1000 songs, which […]
I decided to check out the highest end PC laptop used for the benchmarks in Srouji’s presentation, the Razer Blade 15 Advanced. It doesn’t look bad, but it really highlights the differences in priorities between professionals and gamers, particularly among displays. Razer touts three options1 for displays on 15-inch laptops with the monicker “Advanced”: FHD […]
In the promotion of his new book, Michael Dell has been talking about a 1997 conversation wherein Steve Jobs asked Dell to license Mac OS. The timing seems suspicious. Why would Jobs be actively shopping Mac OS licenses in the same year he was killing off the only licensing business Apple ever had? From Connie […]
When Epic first sued Apple and Google, there was an argument that the maker of Fortnite was merely trying to strong-arm these platform owners into lowering their fees and/or allow third party payment processors. Last week’s judgement gives Epic just that from Apple. From Will Oremus, at The Washington Post: Then there’s the one aspect […]