Porting iOS and iPad Apps to Mac Using Catalyst Nate Swanner, February 11, 2020 6 min read It’s 2020, and Mac and iOS apps are apparently meant to be shared. This wasn’t always the case, of course: For the...
iOS 13 May Go Dark, Double-Down On iPad (Again)… But Why? Nate Swanner, April 16, 2019 5 min read WWDC 2019 is expected to bring us iOS 13 (in addition to updates for macOS, tvOS, and WatchOS), and a new report...
Apple’s New iPad Pro May Demand Some App Tweaks Nick Kolakowski, November 1, 2018 3 min read Apple finally deleted the physical Home button from the iPad Pro. It was a move long predicted by the various...
Microsoft’s Surface Go Aims to Challenge iPad, Chromebooks Nick Kolakowski, July 12, 2018 2 min read Microsoft is taking a hard run at the iPad’s market dominance. Its latest tablet, the Surface Go, measures 10 inches...
Swift Playgrounds NES Emulator Stress-Tests Undefined Boundaries Nate Swanner, June 25, 2018 4 min read Creating a side-scrolling iOS game isn’t uniquely difficult. However, many game studios and companies haven't ported...
This Xcode for iPad App May Make You Appreciate the Mac Nate Swanner, June 19, 2018 3 min read For some reason, a segment of the iOS developer community would love to have Xcode (the IDE for macOS, iOS, and other...
AR Not Changing the App Economy (Yet) Nate Swanner, October 16, 2017 3 min read Ahead of its launch, Apple's ARKit, which lets developers build augmented reality (AR) apps, was billed as a...
Should Developers Reconsider the iPad? Nate Swanner, September 25, 2017 7 min read iPad Pro 10.5-inch The iPad is back. Now that iOS 11 has made landfall, Apple’s largest mobile devices are seeing...
iOS 11 Has Arrived: Here’s What Devs Need to Do Nate Swanner, September 19, 2017 11 min read The App Store in iOS 11 Today’s the day: iOS 11, the next version of Apple's mobile operating system, will hit...
Apple Watch is the New iPod. Seriously. Nick Kolakowski, September 15, 2017 2 min read Sixteen years ago, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs introduced the iPod with a unique sales pitch. “This amazing...