#182 - Bob Hamilton's Ride




More Than Just Code podcast - iOS and Swift development, news and advice show

Summary: This week we look back at Saul Mora's Core Data trick at RWDevcon 2015. We follow up on Apple's 2018 Q1 earnings, the last of a super cycle and parking self-driving slippers. We discuss how Strava's heat map exposes popular exercise locations. We also talk about Mycroft AI's privacy-first smart speaker. We discuss app rejections stemming from the use of Apple's emojis in screenshots. Picks: Activating an Audio Session, Tim Horton's Scroll Up To Win <strong>Episode 182 Show Links:</strong> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/timmitra/status/961370543596347392" target="_blank">Tim Mitra on Twitter: "Let’s see what @Smappsoft says. #askMTJC… "</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.rwdevcon.com/" target="_blank">RWDevCon 2018: The Tutorial Conference</a></li> <li><a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2018/02/apple-reports-its-holiday-2017-earnings-today/#more" target="_blank">Apple Q1 2018 earnings: Record revenue, beating the estimates - Six Colors</a></li> <li><a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/02/07/no-iphone-super-cycle-after-all/" target="_blank">Analyst: Slowing iPhone X demand means no super cycle for Apple | 9to5Mac</a></li> <li><a href="https://moviesanywhere.com/welcome" target="_blank">Welcome | Movies Anywhere</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.dezeen.com/2018/02/02/nissans-self-driving-slippers-park-themselves-cars-technology/" target="_blank">Nissan's self-driving slippers tidy themselves away</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/383-dangerous-data-libraries-and-more-1.4516637/exercise-app-shows-why-anonymous-data-can-still-be-dangerous-1.4516651" target="_blank">Exercise app shows why anonymous data can still be dangerous - Home | Spark with Nora Young | CBC Radio</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/random_walker/status/959885179681755139" target="_blank">Arvind Narayanan on Twitter: "Besides, Strava’s privacy controls can be confusing. For example, "Privacy Zones" allow you to hide your activities that lie in a circle around your house. But if I grey out a circle around my house, isn’t my house just the center of that circle?! So haven’t I revealed it anyway?"</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/383-dangerous-data-libraries-and-more-1.4516637/the-privacy-first-smart-speaker-taking-on-the-likes-of-apple-and-amazon-1.4516676" target="_blank">The privacy-first smart speaker taking on the likes of Apple and Amazon - Home | Spark with Nora Young | CBC Radio</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.macworld.com/article/1026508/microwarehouse.html" target="_blank">CDW to buy assets of Macwarehouse parent company | Macworld</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/dazeend/status/959639428896579584" target="_blank">Charles Perry on Twitter: "1) I’ve been thinking more about Apple’s rejection of @gitBittracker…”</a></li> <li><a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/02/02/apple-rejecting-apps-with-emoji/" target="_blank">App Review rejecting apps that use Apple emoji for user interface icons | 9to5Mac</a></li> <li><a href="http://roundaboutfm.com/episode-102-jonathan-kuehlein/" target="_blank">Episode 102 – Jonathan Kuehlein – Roundabout: Creative Chaos</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.frys.com/product/7969640?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG" target="_blank">FRYS.com | Apple</a></li> <li><a href="https://austin2018.theleaddeveloper.com/" target="_blank">The Lead Developer Austin 2018</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.swiftcloudwork.shop/" target="_blank">swiftcloudworkshop</a></li> </ul> <strong>Episode 182 Picks:</strong> <ul class="links"> <li><a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Audio/Conceptual/AudioSessionProgrammingGuide/ConfiguringanAudioSession/ConfiguringanAudioSession.html" target="_blank">Activating an Audio Session</a></li> <li><a href="https://mobilesyrup.com/2018/02/07/tim-hortons-roll-up-the-rim-to-win-mobile/" target="_blank">With Scroll Up To Win, Tim Hortons re-imagines Roll Up The Rim for the mobile age</a></li> </ul>