What’s in store for Apple’s newly-promoted Chief Design Officer? Plus, an in-depth look at everything you need to know about Google I/O 2015. Show Notes Jonathan Ive promoted to Chief Design Officer Internal memo from Tim Cook John Gruber: “I can see Cook-Ive as a sort of titular reversal of the Jobs-Cook C-level leadership duo.” Steve Jobs’ Influence on Pixar Headquarters Avie Tevanian, former Apple Chief Software Technology Officer Apple company store is closing for a redesign Android M Granular app permissions Official fingerprint support “Doze” battery saving feature SetCPU Apple M7 and M8 Google Now On Tap Rocket #21: Never Leave Us Again Android Pay Verizon blocks Google Wallet (2013) Retailers are disabling NFC to block Apple Pay (2014) Amazon launches DRM-free music downloads (2007) iTunes Store Goes DRM-free (2009) Google Cardboard “Jump” 16-camera mount Google Photos Tim Cook’s privacy speech Google Image Labeler Top 3 WWDC Wishes James: Swift, Apple Watch, HomeKit Matthew: Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Watch The State of Music Streaming Services Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and iTunes.

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James and Matt offer some follow-up on the Apple Watch and then dive into a discussion about Swift. (Apologies for Matt’s poor audio quality this week. It’s possible someone forgot to set the correct audio source when recording.) Show Notes Follow-up: Apple Watch’s Taptic Engine is a type of haptic feedback Overcast Apple Watch Redesign Someone got their Apple Watch! Apple Watch third-party bands Swift Swift 1.2 release notes Differences between NSLog and Swift’s println Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and iTunes.

4: Swift

James and Matt discuss the new MacBook and what they think will happen to the MacBook Air. Show Notes Follow-up: No third-party apps on the demo Watch units Native app speed vs WatchKit app speed (ATP #112) TestFlight updated to support WatchKit apps “Just one day in, I already want to restructure the entire Overcast UI on the Watch.” — Marco Arment New MacBook Press Release Timeline of previous MacBook releases 2015 MacBook’s CPU is on par with the 2011-2012 MacBook Air Phil Schiller announces the new MacBook iPod Touch releases Inductive charging iFixit Apple Watch teardown Debug podcast Haptic feedback vs Taptic engine Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and iTunes.

3: The New MacBook

James and Matt discuss Apple Watch try-on sessions, user experience, development, and predictions about future generations. They also include some quick speculation about what’s in store for the Apple TV. Show Notes John Gruber’s Apple Watch review Apple Watch will launch in nine countries The size of the Apple Watch: Watch and band sizing guide Weight: Sport, Stainless Steel, Edition Matthew’s current watch Apple Watch Edition is backordered until August Apple to combine Watch sales data with Apple TV and Beats Apple Watch battery life Apple’s battery estimates History of iPhone battery life Apple Watch development: Video series: Designing for Apple Watch Bezel TestFlight doesn’t support WatchKit apps yet Native apps are coming later this year Rumor: Apple will release a new Apple TV at WWDC 

2: Apple Watch

On the first episode of Refactor, James and Matt discuss what’s in store for the podcast, their first computers, and how they got started with software development. Show Notes Remotive, weekly newsletter for remote workers Uses for AOL CD collections Jetsons Space Race Flight Simulator texture packs: FlightSim.com Fly Away Simulation Neopets HTML tutorial WAMP, LAMP, and MAMP Mozilla Application Suite MUDs 

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