John Voorhees

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Swift Assist, Part Deux

1 week ago | macstories.net | John Voorhees

At WWDC 2024, I attended a developer tools briefing with Jason Snell, Dan Moren, and John Gruber. Later, I wrote about Swift Assist, an AI-based code generation tool that Apple was working on for Xcode. That first iteration of Swift Assist caught my eye as promising, but I remember asking at the time whether it could modify multiple files in a project at once and being told it couldn’t.
Logitech's Flip Folio: A Modular iPad Keyboard for Occasional Typing

1 week ago | macstories.net | John Voorhees

Shortly before WWDC, Logitech sent me their brand new Flip Folio case/keyboard combo to test. It’s a cleverly designed iPad case that’s a bit heavy but has a lot of other things going for it, like a very stable kickstand and an excellent travel keyboard. The Flip Folio is also more affordable than the Apple Magic Keyboard, which I expect will make it an attractive option for many iPad users.
Hands-On: How Apple's New Speech APIs Outpace Whisper for Lightning-Fast Transcription

1 week ago | macstories.net | John Voorhees

Late last Tuesday night, after watching F1: The Movie at the Steve Jobs Theater, I was driving back from dropping Federico off at his hotel when I got a text: Can you pick me up? It was from my son Finn, who had spent the evening nearby and was stalking me in Find My. Of course, I swung by and picked him up, and we headed back to our hotel in Cupertino. On the way, Finn filled me in on a new class in Apple’s Speech framework called SpeechAnalyzer and its SpeechTranscriber module.
Hands-On: How Apple’s New Speech APIs Outpace Whisper for Lightning-Fast Transcription

1 week ago | machash.com | John Voorhees

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Apple Denied a Stay of Judge Gonzalez Rogers’ Contempt Order

3 weeks ago | machash.com | John Voorhees

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Apple Denied a Stay of Judge Gonzalez Rogers' Contempt Order

3 weeks ago | macstories.net | John Voorhees

Reuters reported today that the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth District has denied Apple’s motion to stay the effect of District Judge Gonzalez Rogers’ contempt order that required the company to allow developers to link to payment processing outside the App Store. Had Apple prevailed, Judge Gonzalez Rogers’ order would have been put on hold, allowing Apple to prevent developers from linking to external payment processing.
Hand Crafted: Don't Count Developers Out

3 weeks ago | macstories.net | John Voorhees

We’re days away from WWDC, and I’m excited. As much as I enjoy a good Apple hardware event, it’s WWDC’s focus on software that I truly love. But what WWDC means to me runs much deeper than the OS updates we’ll hear about next week. Of course, Apple’s announcements are a big part of what makes WWDC a special time of the year, but for me, it’s overshadowed by the people. I’ve been to every WWDC since 2013. That first year, I sat on the sidewalk at 3 AM on a cold pre-dawn morning.
2025 Apple Design Awards Winners and Finalists Announced

3 weeks ago | macstories.net | John Voorhees

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EU Sets DMA Compliance Deadline in App Store Anti-Steering Dispute

1 month ago | macstories.net | John Voorhees

Last month, the European Commission (EC) fined Apple €500 million for violating the Digital Markets Act. Today, the EC issued its full 67-page ruling on the matter, giving Apple until July 23 to pay the fine or face accruing interest on the penalty. The ruling focuses on Apple’s anti-steering rules, which were the focus of the contempt order recently entered by a U.S. District Court Judge in California. According to the EC: Apple has not substantiated any security concerns.
Apple Acquires Indie Videogame Studio RAC7 and Is Rumored to Be Working on a Dedicated Games App

1 month ago | machash.com | John Voorhees

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