A recent report claimed Apple will port the iOS Screen Time feature over to the desktop so folks could see how their computing time is spent (or wasted, depending on your point of view). The upcoming macOS 10.15 feature will probably use the company's Marzipan framework that helps developers create cross-platform apps across iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Much ado has been made about a Wall Street Journal report on three core members of Apple's small industrial design team planning to depart Cupertino, taking with them nearly 50 years of combined experience in thinking up shiny gadgets.
Many Apple Watch reviewers have singled out a lack of third-party watch faces in App Store as one of the most frequent complaints about the wearable device. But rival Samsung, which often brags about the thousands of downloadable watch faces for its own smartwatches, is now being sued over distributing cloned third-party ones in its Galaxy Store.
Apple's Jony Ive yesterday delivered his Stephen Hawking Fellowship lecture at the Cambridge Union Society as part of winning its Stephen Hawking Fellowship award in September.
Like he did almost five years ago, Apple's renowned Chief Design Officer Jonathan Ive has once again lent his magic touch to a new Sotheby’s auction to collect funds for (RED), a charity that raises money to fight HIV and AIDS in Africa.
Apple's iPad Pros for 2018 are just around the corner and speculation surround them certainly isn't dying down. With a little more than a week left before the scheduled media event takes place, a 3D artist has released a batch of wonderfully executed renderings that imagine an iPad Pro overhaul featuring a fullscreen design. We're liking what we're seeing, a lot!
British developer Serif in July released an iPad edition of Affinity Designer, its Adobe Illustrator rival for Mac and Windows PCs. Today, we're taking a much closer, more comprehensive look at this first-rate vector drawing iPad app that doesn't skimp on advanced features in turning the Apple tablet into a premiere platform for digital illustrators and artists.
An interesting new book by former Apple software engineer Ken Kocienda, titled “Creative Selection,” is now available to order through Apple's Books Store, offering an inside account of Apple's design and creative process during the Golden Age of Steve Jobs.
Thursday, Apple welcomed the general public and members of the press to the scheduled grand opening of its breathtaking new flagship retail store and amphitheater at Milan’s Piazza del Liberty square. Italy's seventeenth Apple retail location and its first based on next-generation Apple retail design comes with a dramatic glass fountain on the outside.
On Thursday, Apple announced the introduction of new design resources for Apple developers for Mac and Apple Watch. The company's Human Interface Guidelines now include AppKit UI elements for designing Mac apps like Sketch and Photoshop, plus dozens of new UL elements for watchOS apps. There are also new watch templates for designing complications, a color guide, and new text styles.
Netflix has shown off its overhauled apps for set-top boxes, such as the fourth-generation Apple TV and Apple TV 4K, that revolves around a slide-out navigation menu on the lefthand side housing useful shortcuts such as Search, Home, Series, Movies, My List and New.
As it does every year during WWDC, Apple has announced the winners of this year's Design Awards. These awards are typically given out to apps and games that set themselves apart for any number of reasons including user experience, functionality, audio and visual design, and more.