Techmanity Talks

Ep. 1 — 6 June 2018

WWDC 2018

It’s that time of year again — Apple is hosting WWDC, the Worldwide Developer Conference. We cover the event and give our thoughts on the slew of features coming to Mac in macOS Mojave and iPhone and iPad with iOS 12, peppered with a few choice tangents.

Timestamps

0:00 — Intro and a discussion on security

• 01:21 — Blocking tracking scripts
• 05:04 — Greyshift
• 07:29 — GDPR

8:59 — macOS 10.14 “Mojave”

• 10:11 — system-wide dark mode
• 14:13 — UIKit (iOS programming API) features introduced into AppKit (macOS programming API) for easier porting of iOS apps to macOS
• 17:34 — eGPUs (external GPUs/graphics cards) for the sake of improving render times and gaming experience, and Metal 2 (lightweight graphics API for iOS)
• 19:37 — Desktop stacks (folders re-invented!)
• 20:36 — Video “screenshots”
• 21:00 — Finder gallery view and Quick Look
• 22:53 — Why is there a stocks and news app?

25:14 — iOS 12

• 25:14 — Siri shortcuts for iOS devices
• 28:08 — Ten minutes of discussion about digital wellbeing, because it’s important
• 37:40 — Photos app
• 42:49 — Animoji, and a tangent on what people want from a smartphone
• 50:23 — Ability to edit RAW images on iPad Pro, and our thoughts on multiple users for iPad
• 54:53 — Memoji, and slowed obsolescence
• 58:18 — What is CarPlay, and why would you use it?

1:00:43 — Apple Watch and watchOS 5

• 1:00:43 — Siri shortcuts for Apple Watch
• 1:07:20 — Fitness-related features
• 1:10:54 — Podcasts
• 1:15:05 — Miscellaneous features (Motion-activated Siri, minor web-browsing

1:17:43 — Apple TV and tvOS updates

• 1:17:43 — Dolby Atmos, and aerial screensaver footage now with location stated on screen!
• 1:21:23 — Live streaming traditional TV (via providers such as Salt and Canal+) and “Zero-sign on”

1:22:37 — AR (augmented reality)

• 1:22:37 — Proprietary USDZ file format for AR models, with support in Adobe Creative Cloud
• 1:23:25 — “Measure” app, with a tangent on the word “cad” and other archaic expletives
• 1:28:10 — Lego AR playground app
• 1:29:56 — FaceTime with 32-person video chat

1:33:54 — Closing thoughts

Things we mentioned

• Techmanity — Google I/O 2018 Livestream
• Techmanity — Streaming services are boring
• Jony Ive parody Twitter account (@jonyiveparody)
• List of Apple TV aerial screensaver footage locations on Apple Communities
• iOS 12 Beta preview
• Apple developer site
• WWDC 2018 event page
• Anchor podcasting app

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