Manton and Daniel consider the debate over whether Apple is impeding the advancement of web technologies, the company’s tendency to “drag their feet” in many arenas, and their higher priorities.

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• Safari is the New IE – Nolan Lawson argues that Apple is holding back the web industry with slow feature adoption.
• Web Developers are Grumpy… – Jason Snell responds to Nolan Lawson.
• More on Safari is the New IE – Jason Snell follows up.
• WebKit – The open-source project powering Safari and most web content on Mac and iOS.
• Blink – Google’s fork of the WebKit project.
• Instagram – An example of a native-first iOS app that mostly shuns the browser-based web.
• CloudKit Web Services – Apple opens up CloudKit to web-based clients.
• Hot Dog… the AVMovie – Chris Adamson digs into the new video API including AVMovie.

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Daniel and Manton talk about the 10.10.4 release without discoveryd, Apple Music with Beats 1, and the efficacy of filing bugs with Apple.

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• Jenkins – An ugly yet effective Java-based continuous integration solution.
• (Mac) OS X 10.10.4 – Apple’s latest official OS X update “improves network reliability.”
• Beats Music – The music streaming service which Apple has superseded with Apple Music
• Apple Needs Beats Music – Before Apple acquired Beats, Manton argues for the value of doing so.
• Apple Music – Music now has a top level directory URL position on Apple.com.
• Beats 1 Radio – The custom Apple domain name that, intriguingly, redirects to Tumblr.

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Daniel and Manton talk more about WWDC, watchOS 2.0, and the value of being first to market with a product.

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• watchOS 2 – Apple teaser site for the forthcoming Apple Watch OS upgrade.
• Photoshop – The venerable image editing app with a huge installed base.
• Acorn – Indie image editing app with a smaller, but passionate user base.
• Pixelmator – Another popular image editing app for the Mac.
• eBay – Come on, its eBay, you know what it is!
• ello.co – Venture-backed, ad-free Twitter alternative.
• Why Ello Isn’t Enough – Blog post by Manton about the inherent problems of centralized social networks.

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Manton and Daniel discuss their impressions of the biggest news from WWDC, and answer related questions from the Core Intuition Slack team.

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• OS X v10.11 – Developer documentation summarizing the key changes in 10.11.
• iOS 9 Preview – Marketing preview of upcoming features in iOS 9
• Xcode 7.0 Beta – Summary of new features for Apple’s IDE.
• Swift 2.0 – Blog post from Apple highlighting changes in Swift.
• CloudKit Web Services – Preliminary docs for Apple’s web-serving API for CloudKit.
• Safari View Controller – WWDC session introducing the new view for embedding a complete Safari-like browsing experiencing in your app.

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Manton and Daniel discuss Daniel’s emergency reaction to Blogger authentication changes, anticipation and excitement about WWDC, and Apple’s evident backtracking from discoveryd to mDNSResponder.

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• ClientLogin Shutdown – Google’s blog post announcing the forthcoming shutdown of ClientLogin authentication.
• MarsEdit 3.7 post – Red Sweater’s post announcing a fix for MarsEdit to accommodate Google’s changes.
• The end of OS X – Jason Snell proposes “Mac OS 11”.
• Jeff Williams at the Code Conference – Apple’s COO in an interview with Walt Mossberg.
• Google I/O Recap – The Verge summarizes the highlights of the conference.
• Apple Drops Discoveryd – 9to5Mac’s story revealing that a 10.10.4 beta release has reverted to mDNSResponder in favor of discoveryd.

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Manton and Daniel chat about Apple’s 1.0.1 Watch software update, the potential benefits of Siri with contextual knowledge of your activity, and Apple’s respectful collection of personal data.

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• Apple Watch OS 1.0.1 – Apple’s release notes for the 1.0.1 update.
• Overcast – Marco Arment’s iOS podcast app, featuring watch support.
• OmniFocus – The Omni Group’s task-management app, also featuring watch support.
• Too Soon – Marco Arment warns that performance of 3rd party watch apps seemed to get worse gradually after rebooting.
• Calendar Day View – Fraser Speirs reacts to the UI improvements to Calendar in Watch OS 1.0.1.
• Amazon Echo – The Siri-like household appliance that Manton bought and has enjoyed.
• CocoaConf Austin – The conference at which Manton is speaking imminently.

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Manton and Daniel talk about the various conferences happening alongside WWDC, anticipate Manton’s talk at CocoaConf Austin, and discuss Daniel’s revival of FlexTime for the purpose of Watch experimentation.

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• AltConf – Alternative, free conference in San Francisco during WWDC.
• Layers Conference – Alternative, design-oriented conference also during WWDC.
• Open Air – Airbnb sponsored conference, the week before WWDC.
• Hivelogic Margaritas – Picture by John Gruber of Manton and Daniel at WWDC 2008.
• CocoaConf Austin – Mac and iOS developer conference at which Manton will be speaking.
• Release Notes – Indianapolis conference about business of software, coming this fall.
• FlexTime – Daniel’s rarely updated Mac activity timer, revived for Apple Watch?

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Daniel and Manton react to Microsoft’s Build Conference news pertaining to the Mac and iOS, and compare notes on how the Apple Watch is panning out in day to day use.

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• Visual Studio Code – Microsoft’s standalone text editor for Mac, Linux and wouldn’t you know it, Windows.
• GitHub Atom – The open source editor framework that VS Code is based upon.
• BBEdit – The long-trusted Mac text editor.
• Casey Liss – Some guy who likes Visual Studio Code.
• Project Islandwood – Microsoft’s initiative to support adaption of apps for other platforms to run on Windows 10.
• Water Resistant-Ish – Paul Kafasis summarizes the facts surrounding water resistance of Apple Watches.
• Microsoft Band – Microsoft’s entry in the fitness band market.

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Manton gets his Apple Watch, while Daniel anticipates his lucky, expedited order for one.

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• San Antonio Spurs – Manton’s NBA basketball team.
• Lost Out on the Ticket – Andrew Sardone, one of many developers who won the WWDC lottery but had the charge denied.
• Two Out of Three – Marco and Casey got a WWDC ticket, but John did not.
• Recent Stories by John Siracusa – The Ars Technica archive including all of John’s OS X reviews.

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Daniel and Manton chat about the new WWDC ticket distribution process, plans to travel to SF without a ticket, and speculate about when they’ll finally adopt Swift.

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• WWDC Tickets – Instructions from Apple for how to enter the lottery to purchase a WWDC ticket.
• WWDC Scholarships – Students and members of certain STEM organizations can apply for a free ticket.
• Khan Academy – Non-profit striving to provide a free college-level education to all.
• Core Intuition Slack – Sign-up form for our fancy new Slack team. Join us!

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