The other thing that is not entirely obvious is that Playgrounds has full access to the entire iOS API. This means that there is effectively no limit on the complexity of Playground that you can build. You can use APIs like Core Location, WebKit, MapKit, Core Motion, Networking and Core Bluetooth. One of the demos…
The transformation spans hardware (thinner, lighter, smaller, cheaper, longer battery life, instant on/off, touch, sensors, connectivity, etc.), operating systems (more: secure, reliable, maintainable, robust, etc.), and app software (refactored, renewed, reimagined, etc.). It is the combination of these attributes, however, causing a change as fundamental as the leap from mainframe to workstation, from character-based to…
All the ways iOS 9.3 will impact school iPad rollouts | eSchool News In March, Apple upgraded the iPad and iPhone operating system to iOS 9.3 (quickly followed by iOS 9.3.1, which tweaked a few bugs). The lead up to the release caught the eye of the K-12 community, which had been waiting for a…
Browsers for iOS devices seem to proliferate like so many tribbles, but since they are bound by Apple’s rules, their performance is basically the same. It’s the features that differentiate them. After reading A Few Nice iCab Tricks for 2016, I abruptly spent my $1.99 for iCab Mobile and have been a happy camper ever since….
5 Reasons Why Highschoolers Should Start Their Own Business Well, to be honest, I didn’t think I was ready, not even in the slightest. It was super scary getting started, and it will continue to be scary until I am done with the illustrations for this book. After all, I’m only fifteen. How could I…
Yesterday I mentioned CloudConvert as a simple way of converting files, in that case, converting a Google Slides document to a series of graphic images. When I was playing around with CloudConvert, I found out they had an iOS app. I downloaded the app and it works pretty much as expected. It doesn’t require registration, and…
The onscreen keyboard is pretty amazing in iOS. As long as you let go, it does a really good job of autocorrecting your typing. It also learns the words you type and how you type them. I have a nephew named Keaton and I live in Kenton, and my iPhone always corrects then correctly. You…