iOS 7: Catch me if you can Interesting perspective.
Monthly Archives: June 2013
MapBox Visualizes 3 Billion Tweets
Visualizing 3 Billion Tweets The patterns of usage in each city often reflect economic stratification. For example iPhones, in red, are predominantly in wealthy sections of the city while Android phones, in green, have more coverage in poorer sections. On a global level, national trends reveal a complicated set of cultural preferences. I wouldn’t say …
Raising the Bar on Real
Apple Outsider » Real. We don’t need the deception of “photorealism” anymore. Despite the loss of these tricks, iOS 7 feels more real. The parallax effect conveys an entire living world under that glass, not just abstract pictures and icons. On the surface, iOS 7 looks like a refreshed UI, and nothing more. But digging …
Raising the Bar on Real
Apple Outsider » Real. We don’t need the deception of “photorealism” anymore. Despite the loss of these tricks, iOS 7 feels more real. The parallax effect conveys an entire living world under that glass, not just abstract pictures and icons. On the surface, iOS 7 looks like a refreshed UI, and nothing more. But digging …
iOS 7- Fertile Ground
Fertile Ground Apple has set fire to iOS. Everything’s in flux. Those with the least to lose have the most to gain, because this fall, hundreds of millions of people will start demanding apps for a platform with thousands of old, stale players and not many new, nimble alternatives. There was a similar rush when the iPhone …
Topping the charts and racing to the bottom
Topping the charts and racing to the bottom It’s no surprise that “FREE” will get you more downloads and better rankings. The problem is that free isn’t a sustainable business model. EDIT : Here’s a little follow-up from Marco on June 17th.