tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18605104954372202492024-03-13T22:36:39.490+05:00RedStone Communitywww.RedStoneTec.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger259125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860510495437220249.post-14086793134179114972016-07-29T15:41:00.001+05:002016-07-29T15:43:29.916+05:00The Foundation of Technical Leadership<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;">I’m a front-end architect, but I’m also known as a technical leader, subject matter expert, and a number of other things. I came into my current agency with five years of design and development management experience; yet when it came time to choose a path for my career with the company, I went the technical route.</span><br />
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I have to confess I had no idea what a technical leader really does. I figured it out, eventually.</div>
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Technical experts are not necessarily technical leaders. Both have outstanding technical skills; the difference is in how others relate to you. Are you a person that others want to follow? That’s the question that really matters. Here are some of the soft skills that set a technical leader apart from a technical expert.</div>
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Help like it’s your job</h2>
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Your authority in a technical leadership position—or any leadership position—is going to arise from what you can do for (or to) other people. Healthy authority here stems from you being known as a tried-and-true problem-solver for everyone. The goal is for other people to seek you out, not for you to be chasing down people for code reviews. For this to happen, intelligence and skill are not enough—you need to make a point of being helpful.</div>
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For the technical leader, if you’re too busy to help, you’re not doing your job—and I don’t just mean help someone when they come by and ask for help. You may have to set an expectation with your supervisor that helping others is a vital part of a technical leader’s job. But guess what? It might be billable time—check with your boss. Even if it’s not, try to estimate how much time it’s saving your coworkers. Numbers speak volumes.</div>
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The true measure of how helpful you are is the technical know-how of the entire team. If you’re awesome but your team can’t produce excellent work, you’re not a technical leader—you’re a high-level developer. There is a difference. Every bit of code you write, every bit of documentation you put together should be suitable to use as training for others on your team. When making a decision about how to solve a problem or what technologies to use, think about what will help future developers.</div>
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My job as front-end architect frequently involves not only writing clean code, but cleaning up others’ code to aid in reusability and comprehension by other developers. That large collection of functions might work better as an object, and it’ll probably be up to you to make that happen, whether through training or just doing it.</div>
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Speaking of training, it needs to be a passion. Experience with and aptitude for training were probably the biggest factors in me landing the position as front-end architect. Public speaking is a must. Writing documentation will probably fall on you. Every technical problem that comes your way should be viewed as an opportunity to train the person who brought it to you.</div>
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Helping others, whether they’re other developers, project managers, or clients, needs to become a passion for you if you’re an aspiring technical leader. This can take a lot of forms, but it should permeate into everything you do. That’s why this is rule number one.</div>
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Don’t throw a mattress into a swimming pool</h2>
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An infamous prank can teach us something about being a technical leader. Mattresses are easy to get into swimming pools; but once they’re in there, they become almost impossible to get out. Really, I worked the math on this: a queen-sized mattress, once waterlogged, will weigh over 2000 pounds.</div>
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A lot of things are easy to work into a codebase: frameworks, underlying code philosophies, even choices on what technology to use. But once a codebase is built on a foundation, it becomes nearly impossible to get that foundation out of there without rebuilding the entire codebase.</div>
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Shiny new framework seem like a good idea? You’d better hope everyone on your team knows how to use that framework, and that the framework’s around in six months. Don’t have time to go back and clean up that complex object you wrote to handle all the AJAX functionality? Don’t be surprised when people start writing unneeded workarounds because they don’t understand your code. Did you leave your code in a state that’s hard to read and modify? I want you to imagine a mattress being thrown into a swimming pool…</div>
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Failure to heed this command frequently results in you being the only person who can work on a particular project. That is never a good situation to be in.</div>
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Here is one of the big differences between a technical expert and a technical leader: a technical expert could easily overlook that consideration. A technical leader would take steps to ensure that it never happens.</div>
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As a technical expert, you’re an A player, and that expertise is needed everywhere; and as a technical leader, it’s your job to make sure you can supply it, whether that means training other developers, writing and documenting code to get other developers up to speed, or intentionally choosing frameworks and methodologies your team is already familiar with.</div>
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Jerry Weinberg, in <cite style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Psychology of Computer Programming</cite>, said, “If a programmer is indispensable, get rid of him as quickly as possible!” If you’re in a position where you’re indispensable to a long-term project, <a href="https://thegeekyleader.com/2013/07/28/how-to-avoid-single-point-of-failure-situations-in-your-team/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2455c3; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">fixing that</a> needs to be a top priority. You should never be tied down to one project, because your expertise is needed across the team.</div>
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Before building a codebase on anything, ask yourself what happens when you’re no longer working on the project. If the answer is they have to hire someone smarter than you or the project falls apart, don’t include it in the project.</div>
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And as a leader, you should be watching others to make sure they don’t make the same mistake. Remember, technology decisions usually fall on the technical leader, no matter who makes them.</div>
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You’re not the only expert in the room</h2>
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“Because the new program is written for OS 8 and can function twice as fast. Is that enough of a reason, Nancy Drew?”</div>
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That’s the opening line of Nick Burns, Your Company’s Computer Guy, from the Saturday Night Live sketch with the same name. He’s a technical expert who shows up, verbally abuses you, fixes your computer, and then insults you some more before shouting, “Uh, you’re welcome!” It’s one of those funny-because-it’s-true things.</div>
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The stereotype of the tech expert who treats everyone else as inferiors is so prevalent that it’s worked its way into comedy skits, television shows, and watercooler conversations in businesses across the nation.</div>
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I’ve dealt with the guy (or gal). We all have. You know the guy, the one who won’t admit fault, who gets extremely defensive whenever others suggest their own ideas, who views his intellect as superior to others and lets others know it. In fact, everyone who works with developers has dealt with this person at some point.</div>
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It takes a lot more courage and self-awareness to admit that I’ve been that guy on more than one occasion. As a smart guy, I’ve built my self esteem on that intellect. So when my ideas are challenged, when my intellect is called into question, it feels like a direct assault on my self esteem. And it’s even worse when it’s someone less knowledgeable than me. How dare they question my knowledge! Don’t they know that I’m the technical expert?</div>
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Instead of viewing teammates as people who know less than you, try to view them as people who know more than you in different areas. Treat others as experts in other fields that you can learn from. That project manager may not know much about your object-oriented approach to the solution, but she’s probably an expert in how the project is going and how the client is feeling about things.</div>
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Once again, in <cite style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Psychology of Computer Programming</cite>, Weinberg said, “Treat people who know less than you with respect, deference, and patience.” Take it a step further. Don’t just treat them that way—think of them that way. You’d be amazed how much easier it is to work with equals rather than intellectually inferior minions—and a change in mindset might be all that’s required to make that difference.</div>
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Intelligence requires clarity</h2>
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It can be tempting to protect our expertise by making things appear more complicated than they are. But in reality, it doesn’t take a lot of intelligence to make something more complicated than it needs to be. It does, however, take a great deal of intelligence to take something complicated and make it easy to understand.</div>
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If other developers, and non-technical people, can’t understand your solution when you explain it in basic terms, you’ve got a problem. Please don’t hear that as “All good solutions should be simple,” because that’s not the case at all—but your explanations should be. Learn to think like a non-technical person so you can explain things in their terms. This will make you much more valuable as a technical leader.</div>
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And don’t take for granted that you’ll be around to explain your solutions. Sometimes, you’ll never see the person implementing your solution, but that email you sent three weeks ago will be. Work on your writing skills. Pick up a copy of Steven Pinker’s <cite style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Sense of Style</cite> and <a href="http://alistapart.com/article/writing-is-thinking" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2455c3; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">read up on persuasive writing</a>. Start a blog and write a few articles on what your coding philosophies are.</div>
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The same principle extends to your code. If code is really hard to read, it’s usually not a sign that a really smart person wrote it; in fact, it usually means the opposite. Speaker and software engineer Martin Fowler once said, “Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.”</div>
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Remember: clarity is key. The perception of your intelligence is going to define the reality of your work experience, whether you like it or not.</div>
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You set the tone</h2>
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Imagine going to the doctor to explain some weird symptoms you’re having. You sit down on the examination bed, a bit nervous and a bit confused as to what’s actually going on. As you explain your condition, the doctor listens with widening eyes and shaking hands. And the more you explain, the worse it gets. This doctor is freaking out. When you finally finish, the doctor stammers, “I don’t know how to handle that!”</div>
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How would you feel? What would you do? If it were me, I’d start saying goodbye to loved ones, because that’s a bad, bad sign. I’d be in a full-blown panic based on the doctor’s reaction.</div>
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Now imagine a project manager comes to you and starts explaining the weird functionality needed for a particularly tricky project. As you listen, it becomes clear that this is completely new territory for you, as well as for the company. You’re not even sure if what they’re asking is possible.</div>
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How do you respond? Are you going to be the crazy doctor above? If you are, I can assure you the project manager will be just as scared as you are, if not more so.</div>
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I’m not saying you should lie and make something up, because that’s even worse. But learning to say <a href="http://alistapart.com/column/never-heard-of-it" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2455c3; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“I don’t know”</a> without a hint of panic in your voice is an art that will calm down project teams, clients, supervisors, and anyone else involved in a project. (Hint: it usually involves immediately following up with, “but I’ll check it out.”)</div>
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As a technical leader, people will follow your emotional lead as well as your technical lead. They’ll look to you not only for the answers, but for the appropriate level of concern. If people leave meetings with you more worried than they were before, it’s probably time to take a look at how your reactions are influencing them.</div>
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Real technical leadership</h2>
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Technical leadership is just as people-centric as other types of leadership, and knowing how your actions impact others can make all the difference in the world in moving from technical expert to technical leader. Remember: getting people to follow your lead can be even more important than knowing how to solve technical problems. Ignoring people can be career suicide for a technical leader—influencing them is where magic really happens.</div>
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[<a href="http://alistapart.com/article/the-foundation-of-technical-leadership" target="_blank">Source</a>]</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860510495437220249.post-3766252827893657512014-10-25T15:12:00.004+05:002014-10-25T15:12:36.387+05:00General versus Project Management<div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 18px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
by <a href="http://svprojectmanagement.com/general-versus-project-management">Alan Tsuda</a></div>
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I’ve been asked by many beginning project management students about the difference between general and project management. My simple answer has been that the things that make a good general manager (GM) help a project manager (PM), and that the PM does a few additional things specific to projects. That seems to satisfy most, but it got me thinking about my experiences.</div>
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In many ways, I don’t see a real distinction. As a GM I’ve used project management techniques in many situations. For example, in the case of HR – specifically, developing people – I’ve often used project concepts and structures. Defining clear deliverables, acceptance criteria, timelines, progress reporting, and so on, lend themselves to good management.<span id="more-849" style="background: transparent; border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div>
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Similarly, as a PM, I’ve had to use skills that are not specific to project management such as political and influencing skills.</div>
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So, from a management skills perspective, I see a vast overlap.</div>
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Maybe it’s on the leadership side of things that more distinctions arise? For me, I don’t think so. I’ve seen managers in both the general and project environments with no leadership attributes and those with great leadership (of course, there are those with management skills and those without). In my opinion, the best managers in both contexts have good management skills and leadership behavior (the next best are those with leadership and the ability to attract and motivate those with good management skills).</div>
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So, if it’s not management skills nor leadership behavior, is there a major distinction to be made?</div>
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For me it’s about the scope of responsibility. In my experience as a PM, I’ve always focused on making “it” happen. As a PM, I was more concerned about limiting scope to the extent that I could clearly define and measure success and thus increase the probability of project success. I was not so concerned about whether the project was actually the best utilization of resources in aligment with the initiatives and strategic position of the enterprise.</div>
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As a GM, I’ve been responsible for deciding what “it” should be. Yes, it can still be thought of as a matter of degree. As a PM, I’ve had influence over the strategic and tactical portfolio of projects; and as a GM, I’ve had to think about “doability.”</div>
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For example, I remember a state government-sponsored initiative where then out of work technology workers were to become teachers. As a PM, I was focused on defining a project with deliverables that could be clearly measured in a timely manner – we ended up with a 4 month project to recruit and enroll a specific number workers in teacher certification programs. As a PM, I was satisfied. I was <strong style="background: transparent; border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">not</strong> primarily worried about whether children would be better educated, or whether school districts would be able to hire new teachers, or whether parents would be more likely to keep their children in the public school system, or whether workers would quit as soon as tech jobs became available again.</div>
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As a GM, I <strong style="background: transparent; border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">did</strong> care about those things. I had significant issues regarding the usefulness of spending resources on this program. While a politically attractive initiative showing action in dealing with two issues of significant concern to constituents, it did not strike me as particularly effective in the context of improving schools or dealing with employment/job issues. It was my responsibility to decide to do it or not.<br />So, there’s my take on GM versus PM. Not so much about skills or leadership. Not a clean demarkation, but a difference in the scope of responsibility.</div>
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Aibrahim M. Zahanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11611213012354818009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860510495437220249.post-66105249851530663932014-10-02T12:15:00.003+05:002014-10-02T12:15:55.547+05:00eBay & PayPal’s Split is Good for Customers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">According to </span><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2014/09/30/ebay-and-paypal-to-split-carl-icahn-and-elon-musk-wish-comes-true/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Forbes.com</a><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, PayPal was the vehicle for $180 Billion worth of currencies from 193 countries across the world last year. It also grew revenues by 20% to $6.6 Billion, which represented 36% of eBay’s profits last year.</span></div>
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I’m sure many of you are wondering how this will affect you, the consumer. I think spinning off into PayPal is great for consumers in many ways, including:</div>
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<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4f51; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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PayPal and eBay were a great together for many years. In their new iterations, they will likely continue this greatness. Will there be adjustments to their relationship after the split? Sure, but all the changes that they endure as an individual organizations will ultimately pave the way for PayPal to realize its full potential…and pay off in a better experience for all of us when it comes to mobile payments.</div>
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[<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20141001141055-284615-ebay-paypal-s-split-is-good-for-customers">Source</a>]</div>
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The SALT card is made of ultra-durable plastic, and contains a custom battery that lasts for over one year.</div>
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Setup is super easy. Simply pair the card with your phone through the SALT app. Moving forward, SALT will unlock your phone automatically as long as the card is within 10 feet of your device. No more entering your pin. All you do is turn your screen on and you're ready to go. If you walk away from your phone or accidentally leave it on the table when you walk away, your phone will be safe. It will automatically lock until your SALT card is back in range.</div>
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That's it -- all you need is the SALT card and the iOS or Android app.</div>
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Not only will the card unlock your phone, but losing your wallet will probably be a thing of the past. <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.3636360168457px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Your SALT card and app work together to find your lost wallet or belongings. If you misplace your wallet, purse or backpack, the SALT app will show you the last known location on a map.</span></div>
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Asma Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12350963090959330890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860510495437220249.post-49252555783653753092014-09-11T12:19:00.000+05:002014-09-11T12:19:04.756+05:00How iPhone 6 Marketing Will Change your Brand?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The day of reckoning is upon us, the long awaited <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/10/technology/apple-aims-for-the-wrist-with-a-smartwatch-while-making-the-iphone-6-larger.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.3636360168457px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">iPhone 6, iOS 8 and the iWatch</a>were announced today. Let’s cover the basics of what was announced, and how it could potentially fit into your marketing mix for Q4 2014 and heading into 2015.</div>
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For starters – the iPhone 6 comes in a 4.7 inch screen and a 5.5 inch screen, clearly larger than the current 4 inch version. The new wave of ‘phablets’ continue to bring quality experiences to consumers who not only love bringing their mobile devices on-the-go, but also want to use it at home for more long usage.</div>
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The new devices allow for a more connected ecosystem of devices that you will see continue to expand over the next decade. For now – at the very least, you will see larger screens drive more time spent on mobile phones, stronger engagement, richer mobile ads and a rise in video consumption. It’s something that’s been noticeable with the Galaxy S5 vs. other android devices, and you can imagine given the affluent demographic that Apple reaches, those numbers will be even stronger on the new iPhones. The iWatch becomes an interesting piece to future marketing tactics as it will be an extension to your products.</div>
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Perhaps the biggest announcement in iOS 8, app extensions will allow for customization and open the iOS ecosystem to 3 parties. This includes custom interaction in the notification center, sharing extensions for other apps to share content and others including 3 party keyboards, etc... What does this mean? Imagine being able to tap into instagram’s filters while in the pinterest app or sharing content from Safrai to your Facebook app without actually opening the app. Or even imagine being able to buy something on the whim from a push notification without actually entering the app itself. These are some simple cases, but you can imagine the seamless experience apps will be able to offer now and the user experience people will get to enjoy.</div>
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<a href="http://www.cnet.com/products/apple-pay-ios/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.3636360168457px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.3636360168457px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ApplePay</strong></a> is Apple’s new payment system that will allow users to seamlessly charge payments with their current credit cards via NFC and Touch ID scanning. Apple Pay also gives the opportunity for developers to allow one-touch payment processing at checkout and using your TouchID. Apple says more than 200,000 merchants will support the platform. This feature significantly reduces the barrier to logging in, making a purchase or any other behavior that requires people to input a large amount of information. Now the same information (e.g., credit card) can be stored and authorized using a person’s fingerprint — leaving significantly less friction and less opportunity for abandonment. The key thing to note here is Apple will not share any personal information (address, credit card info, etc…) with the merchant.</div>
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So what does this all mean for marketers? It continues to be a huge push into the era of big data, harnessed by the power of an integrated ecosystem and connected devices. To understand this new age of technology and how it affects marketing, it’s important to look at a few key factors:</div>
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1) There’s a tipping point of consumer usage with the majority of time spent now on phones, phablets and tablets</div>
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2) Privacy is always Apple’s top priority, but you imagine marketers will find loopholes to get more information on how consumers are using devices for both online purchases and now in the physical world</div>
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3) These devices are becoming the most trusted piece of a person’s life – now most notably as apple tries to replace credit cards and wallets</div>
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4) App usage continues to grow as do connected devices (cars, watches, wearables, etc..) – app extensions will seemingly make things smoother, and tracking media dollars now becomes more difficult than the standard world of cookies allowed. New IDs (Fingerprinting, Device IDs, etc..) should be a key to your <a href="http://blog.pivmo.com/2014/06/cross-device-targeting-101/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.3636360168457px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">cross-device marketing</a>. And ensuring your app is seamlessly integrated to the new iOS 8 will separate winners from losers in 2015.</div>
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Given these 4 important factors, why would mobile NOT be an important piece of your marketing mix? Consumers are always ahead of the curve, but the wealth of data can help discover HUGE learnings for your brand. After all, the majority of purchases are still made in physical stores, with much of that initial research and product learning being done in the digital world. Mobile data is the key to bridging all the gaps in your marketing funnel.</div>
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Products like Venmo, Uber and Seamless have already proven the intuitive nature of power buyers, but now Apple is allowing a much larger adoption. What do <strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.3636360168457px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">we</strong>see here at Pivmo possible in 2015? We see opportunities for higher impact on bigger screens, real-time messaging to drive impulse purchases - based on triggers such as location, context, social chatter, buying habits and relevancy. We see the opportunity for mobile being the most influential data source to understanding how consumers interact with all channels. We see video consumption on the rise, ultimately powering brand dollars. And finally, we see brands continue to explode through the power of mobile innovation and marketing winning over the new wave of consumers.</div>
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[<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20140910141945-40983125-how-iphone-6-marketing-will-change-your-brand">Source</a>]</div>
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Apple’s <a data-rapid_p="25" data-ylk="elm:itm;elmt:link;t1:a2;t2:article;t3:body;t8:1f6d9ecd-6a38-3d84-b1eb-fb963ac3bd58;t9:18;itc:0;" href="https://www.yahoo.com/tech/apples-new-iphones-the-iphone-6-and-the-iphone-6-plus-97067331419.html" id="yui_3_15_0_1_1410418984477_1329" style="border: 0px; color: #940050; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">iPhone 6 and its new iPhone 6 Plus</a> are officially here, and both are bigger and — if you believe Apple CEO Tim Cook — better than any smartphone in the company’s history.</div>
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As we now know, the iPhone 6 is available in two different sizes: a generous 4.7 inches and a massive 5.5 inches. That makes them both significantly larger than the 4.0-inch iPhone 5s.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">MORE: <a data-rapid_p="26" data-ylk="elm:itm;elmt:link;t1:a2;t2:article;t3:body;t8:1f6d9ecd-6a38-3d84-b1eb-fb963ac3bd58;t9:18;itc:0;" href="https://www.yahoo.com/tech/apples-new-iphones-the-iphone-6-and-the-iphone-6-plus-97067331419.html" style="border: 0px; color: #940050; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Apple’s New iPhones, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus</a></span></div>
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And with enhancements including a high-resolution screen, an improved camera, and mobile payment capabilities, the iPhone 6 is a serious contender for best smartphone on the market.</div>
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But there’s plenty of competition from companies like Samsung, HTC, and Motorola. To see how the iPhone 6 stacks up, we’ve compared it with <a data-rapid_p="27" data-ylk="elm:itm;elmt:link;t1:a2;t2:article;t3:body;t8:1f6d9ecd-6a38-3d84-b1eb-fb963ac3bd58;t9:18;itc:0;" href="https://www.yahoo.com/tech/the-samsung-galaxy-s5-when-a-committee-builds-a-82236357298.html" style="border: 0px; color: #940050; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Samsung’s Galaxy S5</a> and <a data-rapid_p="28" data-ylk="elm:itm;elmt:link;t1:a2;t2:article;t3:body;t8:1f6d9ecd-6a38-3d84-b1eb-fb963ac3bd58;t9:18;itc:0;" href="https://www.yahoo.com/tech/new-york-apple-is-days-away-from-announcing-its-96538576469.html" style="border: 0px; color: #940050; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Galaxy Note 4</a>, <a data-rapid_p="29" data-ylk="elm:itm;elmt:link;t1:a2;t2:article;t3:body;t8:1f6d9ecd-6a38-3d84-b1eb-fb963ac3bd58;t9:18;itc:0;" href="https://www.yahoo.com/tech/heres-why-people-are-so-excited-about-the-new-htc-one-80913367177.html" style="border: 0px; color: #940050; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">HTC’s One M8</a>, and<a data-rapid_p="30" data-ylk="elm:itm;elmt:link;t1:a2;t2:article;t3:body;t8:1f6d9ecd-6a38-3d84-b1eb-fb963ac3bd58;t9:18;itc:0;" href="https://www.yahoo.com/tech/motorolas-moto-x-and-moto-g-were-two-of-the-best-96700422179.html" style="border: 0px; color: #940050; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Motorola’s Moto X </a>in a free-for-all smackdown of smartphone superpowers.</div>
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How does Apple’s latest handset compare? Let’s take a look.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Screens</span>The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have an unfair advantage in this category, in that they come in two sizes, 4.7 inches and 5.5 inches.</div>
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It’s a smart decision, though, as Apple can appeal to both consumers who couldn’t care less about owning a massive smartphone and those who are hungry for more screen real estate.</div>
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Apple’s displays also use the company’s new Retina HD technology. That means the 4.7-inch iPhone 6’s screen resolution clocks in at 1334 × 750, while the iPhone 6 Plus’s resolution tops out at 1920 × 1080.</div>
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The Galaxy S5, on the other hand, sports a 5.1-inch 1080p display, putting it smack dab in the middle of Apple’s two new iPhones in terms of size. It’s worth noting that the S5’s display is easily one of the most beautiful around, thanks to its active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) display.</div>
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Samsung’s 5.7-inch Galaxy Note 4, meanwhile, aims at consumers who want a phone that’s more like a tablet. (We refuse to call it a “phablet.”) The HTC One M8 and Moto X both sport 5-inch 1080p screens. If you’re judging based on display perfection, in other words, Apple or Samsung look like your best bets.</div>
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Apple’s iPhones have long been known for their impressive displays and incredible color accuracy. If the iPhone 6s’s Retina HD screens are anything like Apple’s previous iPhone displays, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus may have this category sewn up.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Advantage: </span>Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Design</span>Bigger screens naturally mean bigger phones. To keep the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus from overtaking your pockets, Apple has made both of its new handsets thinner than the iPhone 5s.</div>
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The iPhone 6 measures just 0.27 inches thick, while the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus clocks in at 0.28 inches; both are slimmer than the 0.30-inch iPhone 5s, as well as any of the Android handsets in our competition.</div>
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The Samsung Galaxy S5, for example, measures 0.32 inches, while the Note 4 measures 0.34 inches. HTC’s One M8 is 0.37 inches thick, and Motorola’s Moto X is 0.39 inches at its thickest.</div>
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The iPhone 6 comes wrapped in a rounded aluminum body that looks somewhat similar in design to the all-metal HTC One M8. Unlike the One M8, however, the iPhone 6 doesn’t have a curved hump along its back panel.</div>
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Samsung’s Galaxy S5 sports a plastic chassis, while the Note 4 features a metal frame and plastic back panel. Likewise, the Moto X includes an aluminum frame and a customizable rear plate that can be had in plastic, wood, or even leather.</div>
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Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus may be unbelievably thin and sleek, but Motorola’s Moto X offers some impressive customization options. Of course, we’ll have to wait until we see the iPhone 6 up close before we give this category to the Moto.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Advantage: </span>Motorola Moto X</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Camera</span>Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus come with the same iSight 8-megapixel camera found on the iPhone 5s. But Apple has made some major improvements to the new cameras with its new iSight sensor with faster autofocus.</div>
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The iPhone 6 comes with digital image stabilization, while the iPhone 6 Plus has optical image stabilization (OIS). Digital stabilization uses software to compensate for camera movement when taking a photo, while optical stabilization physically moves the lens as you shoot to ensure a clear picture. (In other words, optical is better.) The cameras also offer slow-motion capabilities and better face detection.</div>
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Samsung’s Galaxy S5 and Galaxy Note 4 both pack 16-megapixel cameras with real-time high dynamic range (HDR), which combines two exposure levels to improve overall image brightness and quality. Both phones let you see how a photo would look when taken with HDR on before you actually capture it. The Note 4 also gets optical stabilization, though the S5 doesn’t.</div>
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The HTC One M8’s camera uses HTC’s own UltraPixel technology, which translates to about 4 megapixels. Motorola’s Moto X, on the other hand, uses an 13-megapixel camera.</div>
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Apple’s iSight camera has been the gold standard for smartphone cameras, and with the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus offering enhanced versions of the iSight, Apple should take this category with ease.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Advantage: </span>Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Software</span>The iPhone 6 runs Apple’s new iOS 8 operating system, which offers serious improvements over its predecessor, iOS 7. In addition to new notifications and the ability to communicate with your OS X Yosemite-compatible MacBook and Mac, iOS 8 includes Apple’s new HealthKit and HomeKit services.</div>
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HealthKit pulls together all your health information from your disparate fitness apps and presents it to you in one convenient location. HomeKit lets you control and monitor your iOS-compatible smart-home devices.</div>
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The Samsung Galaxy S5 and Note 5 both run on Google’s Android KitKat but add Samsung’s own customizable (and often overbearing) TouchWiz interface to the mix. Similarly, HTC uses Android KitKat but puts its Sense UI over it. The Moto X, on the other hand, runs a pure version of Android KitKat, ensuring that your experience is exactly what Google intended.</div>
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We’ve only seen beta versions of Apple’s iOS 8, though it certainly has some excellent offerings. But Motorola’s pure Android experience is impressive in its own right. For now, this category is up for grabs.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Advantage:</span> Tie</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Mobile wallets</span>Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are the company’s first devices to use a near-field communication (NFC) chip. The feature allows iPhone fans to make wireless payments via Apple’s new Apple Pay service at participating stores’ checkout counters.</div>
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Nothing new here. NFC has been a major part of the Android ecosystem for a while now, allowing users to trade photos, apps, and websites by tapping their phones together. Google also has its own mobile payment system, the appropriately named Google Wallet, that’s compatible with most Android smartphones.</div>
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NFC has been available in Android smartphones for quite some time but hasn’t quite taken off. Many analysts say the only way NFC wireless payments would gain traction was with Apple’s help. And now that the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have it, our smartphones could finally replace our wallets. But in terms of mobile payment capabilities, this one’s a wash.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Advantage: </span>Tie</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Fitness tracking</span>The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus come loaded with Apple’s new M8 processor, which can measure how many steps you’ve taken and how far you’ve run, whereas its built-in barometer can detect how high you’ve climbed. Those sensors are tied into iOS 8’s new HealthKit features.</div>
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Samsung’s Galaxy S5 and Note 4 both offer the company’s S Health app and built-in pedometers and heart-rate monitors. HTC’s One M8 and the Moto X don’t offer any built-in health features, though you can download third-party apps for the handsets.</div>
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The iPhone 6’s built-in pedometer and barometer, paired with its ability to pull in all the information from your various health apps, give this category to Apple — no sweat.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Advantage: </span>Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Battery life</span>To power the new, larger iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, Apple has bumped up the size of its phones’ batteries, which should theoretically allow them to run all day without running out of juice. Both the Galaxy S5 and HTC One M8 offer equally powerful batteries, however, that last throughout the day and then some.</div>
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The Moto X’s battery will get you through most of the day as well. We haven’t been able to test the Note 4’s battery just yet, as the phone is still unavailable.</div>
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<span id="yui_3_15_0_1_1410418984477_1376">The Galaxy S5 offers one of the longest-lasting batteries of any smartphone on the market. Apple says the iPhone 6 will have a longer-lasting battery, and the Note 4 is also sure to have a serious power plant, but based on current numbers, the Galaxy S5 is the winner here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Advantage: </span>Samsung Galaxy S5</div>
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A key thing I've learned in my career and my own work experience:</div>
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Bad managers tell employees what to do, good managers explain why they need to do it, but great managers involve people in decision making and improvement."</div>
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There might be more to management to that, but I think that's a pretty good start. "<a href="http://www.leanblog.org/about/what-is-lean/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.3636360168457px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Lean management</a>," or the Toyota management system, encourages leaders to live in that "good to great" range (with <a href="http://www.jimcollins.com/article_topics/articles/good-to-great.html" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.3636360168457px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">apologies to Jim Collins</a>).</div>
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Bad managers bark orders. They are directive and tell employees what to do, without any explanation or context. I saw a lot of that style of management quite often during my first two years at General Motors (<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20130423094218-81312-my-best-mistake-working-at-general-motors?trk=mp-author-card" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.3636360168457px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">read my previous post about that experience</a>) and the workplace was incredibly dysfunctional, as a result.</div>
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There are top-down, "command and control" managers in every type of workplace, unfortunately. Managers who are controlling and have all the answers want their employees to "<a href="http://matthewemay.com/healthcare-kaizen-5-questions-with-mark-graban/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.3636360168457px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">check their brains at the door</a>," and often say so quite explicitly — or they spread that message in more subtle ways.</div>
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At GM, front-line employees complained that they were "hired for their backs and their arms, not their brains." In hospitals, healthcare professionals (even those with master's degrees) have complained, "They just want us to do what we're told." This is not a recipe for quality, productivity, or good customer service.</div>
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A friend of mine lives in a high-rise condo building. One example of "telling" was the general manager telling employees that the doors to the resident gym must now be kept closed at all times. For years, previously, the doors had been left open unless a resident wanted privacy and chose to close them.</div>
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My friend asked one of the employees, "Why are the doors closed all of the time now?" The employee replied, "I don't know, [the manager] just told us to."</div>
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It's disrespectful to just give directives without letting people understand the reason(s) why. There might have very well been a good reason why the doors were now to be kept closed. Had the manager taken just a few minutes to share a reason why, the employees would feel better about themselves and would more likely keep the doors closed. If employees are following directives out of a fear of being "written up," they aren't in a position to provide great service.</div>
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A good condo manager would explain why the doors now need to be closed. And, if there wasn't a good reason why, they wouldn't force the change on a whim.</div>
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A great condo manager would involve the employees in coming up with solutions to whatever problem is being solved by keeping the doors closed. The employees, when being posed with the problem, might come up with the idea of "close the doors" or they might come up with something better. Either way, they would feel a greater sense of ownership over the idea since they were involved in its creation.</div>
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During my time at GM, <a href="http://www.leanblog.org/2010/03/npr-story-on-the-end-of-the-line-at-nummi/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.3636360168457px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">the better of the two plant managers I worked for</a> taught us that Lean leaders (in the style of Toyota leaders) will always <a href="http://www.leanblog.org/2005/10/nummi-tour-tale-3-power-of-why/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.3636360168457px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">explain why</a>something must be done, in those rare instances when they have to give a directive. The dynamic changes from "thou shalt wear safety gloves (because I'm the boss and I told you so)" to "you must wear safety gloves (because it's necessary for your safety and we don't want you to get hurt, even though you might think there is little risk)."</div>
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Great managers go beyond this.</div>
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Great managers might engage the employees in figuring out how to reduce the safety risk that makes gloves necessary in the first place. Maybe an employee would suggest that a different, but equally effective, chemical be used. We don't know unless we engage our employees.</div>
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In 90% of workplace situations, I'd guess, the manager shouldn't be telling people what to do, even if they are making the effort to explain why. Great managers engage people in designing their work and they continue to engage them in ongoing improvement. As I learned from former Toyota employees and the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&field-author=Taiichi+Ohno&search-alias=books&text=Taiichi+Ohno&sort=relevancerank" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.3636360168457px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">books of Taiichi Ohno</a>, work procedures "<a href="http://www.management-quotes.net/author/Taiichi_Ohno/quote/7064" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.3636360168457px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">should not be forced down from above but rather set by the production workers themselves</a>."</div>
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This mindset and approach requires that leaders set aside their egos and century-old habits. of top-down management. Managers won't have all of the answers. Instead of dictating how things get done (and expecting obedience and compliance), managers need to work together with employees to define how the work is done. Managers need to ask employees what ideas they have for improving the workplace, through the practice of "<a href="http://www.hckaizen.com/what-is-kaizen/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.3636360168457px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Kaizen</a>."</div>
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[<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20140911010334-81312-what-bad-managers-good-managers-and-great-managers-do">Source</a>]</div>
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Asma Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12350963090959330890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860510495437220249.post-2494480100983539182014-09-10T14:37:00.000+05:002014-09-11T12:17:48.898+05:00Apple Watch: the good, the bad, the unexpected, the question marks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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After months and months of speculations, Apple Watch is out. Analysis, discussions, and speculations will go on till the product will be eventually available and reviewed in early 2015. Here are my first thoughts on the announcement.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860510495437220249.post-64951294638841607262014-09-10T11:58:00.000+05:002014-09-11T11:59:21.965+05:00Apple’s Announcements Are a Huge Deal for Marketers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Another Apple launch event, another batch of surprises that aren’t that surprising. There’s been buzz about Apple launching a watch, mobile payments, and a larger iPhone for months. Now, the rumours have all turned out to be true! We hope you paid attention, because Apple just flipped the script for marketers everywhere (again). Here are the big changes that are already impacting your business:</div>
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Mobile Payments Are Becoming a Thing</h3>
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Yes, the Apple Watch is really cool, and you can get one made out of solid gold or <a href="http://incitemc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fitbit-force-jawbone-up-24.jpg" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.3636360168457px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></a>whatever. But the biggest announcement Apple made was one that most consumers probably glided right over. Apple Pay represents a huge leap forward for mobile payments and digital wallets.</div>
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Mobile payment isn’t new. It’s been a feature of Android phones since 2011. But Apple might finally make them mainstream.</div>
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Widespread mobile payment could be a massive development for marketers. If you are able to connect customers’ phones to their transactions, then you can connect their behavior online to their behavior in-store. This is the Holy Grail. Brands will be able to provide a truly seamless customer experience. You could walk into a store, be greeted by name, get more information from a human being on the same products you were looking at online, then purchase it with a wave of your phone. However, this won’t happen right away.</div>
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To ensure that people aren’t put-off by Apple Pay, the tech giant has stressed its security. Eddy Cue, Apple’s SVP of Internet Software and Services, announced that Apple would not collect any purchase history or information through its system. Everything is encrypted, which should make using Apple Pay even safer than using a debit card.</div>
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This cuts both ways for marketers. On one hand, the heightened security and ease of Apple Pay will definitely encourage wider adoption. However, it also won’t provide all the purchase data they want and need. I think it’s a worthwhile tradeoff, at least for now. Once mobile payment reaches saturation, that’s when marketers really need to sync up their experiences. Regardless, if consumers become more comfortable paying with their phones, brands need to provide them with every opportunity to do so.</div>
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Again, we’ve had FitBit and Jawbone for a while, but the Apple Watch represents a mainstream acceptance of the wearable movement.</div>
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Like Apple Pay, information from HealthKit won’t get shared with marketers willy-nilly. But if consumers decide to share it, it would be revolutionary for the fitness, sportswear, and healthcare fields. Your personal trainer could provide feedback on your routine, and you’d never need to go to the gym. A sales associate could recommend shoes based on how often and how hard you run. Your doctor could even get a full readout of your heart rate.</div>
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Unlike the two examples I mentioned above, the Watch is not a fitness-centric device. Yet, it has all the same capabilities. It’s a fashion accessory that just happens to let you measure huge amounts of biometric data, if that’s what you’re into. Instead of going out and buying something specifically to tell them how many steps they walked and hours they slept, Apple Watch owners will have that info right on their wrists. This means the challenge now is for companies to come up with apps that leverage this data in useful, interesting ways, rather than convincing consumers to start measuring in the first place.</div>
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iBeacons Will Make Location-Based Marketing a Reality</h3>
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I want to stress: this is hearsay. However, I’ve heard two <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2F9to5mac.com%2F2014%2F09%2F07%2Fapple-and-disney-stores-upgrading-ibeacons-and-nfc-scanners-ahead-of-iphone-6-launch%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEv81rTS7VlfOM575eFfSHLf-6Vaw" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.3636360168457px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">rumors</a> already. Right now, Apple are upgrading the iBeacons in their stores to provide more accurate location-based offers to customers. The rumor is that they’re going to be providing more accurate, in-house designed iBeacon sensors to retailers. This will help authenticate Apple Pay, but also provides unprecedented information on iPhone owners’ exact location within a store.</div>
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That could mean that, if you linger by a new bag in Macy’s, your Apple Watch might tap you and present an offer to take 20% off. Then you just need to walk up to the register, hold out your wrist, and waltz on out with your sweet new purchase. However, the Minority Report world of constant, personalized in-store offers might soon be upon us. What it looks like, and whether consumers will embrace it, are two huge questions we’ll have answers to soon.</div>
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Bigger Phones, Fewer Desktops</h3>
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Mobile internet usage is rapidly tipping towards becoming the norm, rather than the exception. More and more-comfortable mobile experiences are what’s going to diminish customers’ time on desktop. As <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fadage.com%2Farticle%2Fnews%2Fapple-introduces-larger-iphone%2F294885%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFc_UzNj_FnAf--NHlMqtIKFu0eew" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.3636360168457px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Ad Age reports</a>, “Bigger phones are increasingly popular, particularly in Asia, where consumers often have one internet-connected device.” Every company is going to need to deliver a richer, more responsive mobile experience. It’s clear: customers aren’t rushing back to their desktops anytime soon.</div>
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With this event, Apple have cemented themselves as tech trend decision-makers. They weren’t the first to come up with wearables or mobile payments, but they may have perfected them. Like smartphones, once Apple runs with a product, marketers (and everyone else) have to try to keep up.</div>
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Asma Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12350963090959330890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860510495437220249.post-12367449101470023972014-08-13T16:06:00.004+05:002014-08-13T16:06:57.651+05:00Why Didn’t You Get Better? You Didn’t Follow Up!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">I teach my clients to go back to all of their coworkers every month or two to ask them for comments and suggestions. For instance, one of my clients who had a problem sharing and including his peers in organizational happenings went to each colleague and said the following, “Last month I told you that I would try to get better at being more inclusive. You gave me some ideas and I would like to know if you think I have effectively put them into practice.” That question forced his colleagues to think, once again, about his efforts to change, to mentally gauge how he was progressing, and to keep focused on his continuous improvement.</span></div>
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If you do this every month, your colleagues eventually begin to accept that you are getting better, not because you say so, but because they see so and they are reminded that they are seeing you change every time you ask them to look at you! When I tell you, “I’m getting better,” I believe it. When I ask you, “Am I getting better?” and you say I am, then <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">you</em>believe it.</div>
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Follow-up is the last step of the <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Leadership Is a Contact Sport</em> behavioral change process. You’ve walked through Ask, Listen, Think, Thank, Respond, Involve, Change – and now it’s time to follow-up. This is the longest part of the process of changing for the better. It can go on, and should go on, for 12 to 18 months. And, fittingly, with all this time spent on this last step, you will find that it is the difference maker in this whole process.</div>
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Follow-up is how you measure your progress.</div>
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Follow-up is how our efforts eventually get imprinted on our colleagues’ minds.</div>
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Follow-up is how we erase our coworkers’ skepticism that we can change.</div>
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Follow-up is how we acknowledge to ourselves and others that getting better is an ongoing process, not a temporary conversion.</div>
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More than anything, follow-up makes us change. It gives us the momentum, even the courage, to go beyond understanding what we need to do to change and <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">actually doing what we need to do to change,</em> because in engaging in the follow-up process, we are<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">changing!</em></div>
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Asma Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12350963090959330890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860510495437220249.post-24443834948664603452014-08-12T21:04:00.000+05:002014-08-13T16:04:56.999+05:006 Bad Habits Holding You Back From Success<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span>
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You always imagined your career would be like a rocket ship shooting you straight to the stars, but instead you seem to be stuck in one place, already out of gas. Before you blame your company, your coworkers, or your boss, it's time to take a good look in the mirror. Your bad habits might be the culprit holding you back from the corner office you’ve always dreamed about.</span></div>
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<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Break the habit: </em><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Find a project you’re interested in and ask to be part of the team. Do your best to keep everyone involved and in the loop, and stretch those collaboration muscles. It’ll show managers and coworkers you’re more than just a lone wolf.</span></div>
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<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Are you apologizing too much in the office? According to recent statistics, the word sorry is uttered approximately </span><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6241411.stm" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">368 million times per day</a><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> in the UK. Women in particular seem to have a tough time ditching the word sorry, and </span><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/women-apologize-more-frequently-tha-10-09-25/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">apologize far more frequently than men</a><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. Saying sorry about every little thing implies you are constantly making mistakes, and can undercut your position in the office and with managers.</span></div>
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<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Break the habit: </em><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You need to </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">take ownership of your mistakes. It’s time to stop over-apologizing. (<a href="http://ctt.ec/87z6W" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Click to tweet.</a>)</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Reserve the word sorry for big mistakes and cut it out of your everyday vocabulary.</span></div>
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<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Do you get excited by new projects? Do you like jumping in with both feet and finding new challenges? These are great attributes to any employee, but it’s time to learn your limits. If you say yes to every single project, you might soon find yourself unhappy, burnt out, and badly overworked.</span></div>
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<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Break the habit: </em><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The word “no” is a powerful thing. It doesn’t make you look like a slacker or weak to turn down a project you just don’t have time for. Be protective of your time and abilities, and know when one more task is just too many.</span></div>
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<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">No one likes a Debbie Downer, and if you come into work with a raincloud over your head each morning, it’s not surprising you haven’t moved up in your company. Enthusiasm and passion are traits managers look for in superstar employees who get promotions and excel within the company. No one wants to promote someone who looks miserable to step into the office each day.</span></div>
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<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Break the habit: </em><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sit yourself down and ask the hard questions you’ve been avoiding. If you hate your job, it might be time to look for another opportunity. Or maybe you feel stalled and want to learn something new, in which case you can talk to your manager or boss about opportunities to shadow in different departments or take professional development courses.</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ask yourself what would make you wake up excited about your workday, and chase after your dreams. (<a href="http://ctt.ec/8i2kQ" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Click to tweet.</a>)</span></div>
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<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Innovation is the lifeblood of any company, yet many workers just come into the office to punch their time cards and collect their paychecks. And this isn’t only on employees:</span><a href="http://www.fierceinc.com/press-releases&prID=27" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">according to a survey by Fierce, Inc.</a><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">less than one-third of employees felt their company would change practices based on employee feedback. (<a href="http://ctt.ec/W1gJM" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Click to tweet.</a>)</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Lack of innovation in companies, it turns out, is a two-way street.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Break the habit:</em> </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sit down with your boss and ask for an open-door policy for employee feedback and ideas. Once a month, try to submit an idea for how your company can improve and grow. Not all of your suggestions will be implemented, but you’ll make yourself stand out as someone with big ideas who really cares about the company’s future.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Every year, Americans spend on average </span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/louise-firth-campbell-/post_6564_b_4602842.html" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">nine million hours</a><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> looking for things they’ve misplaced.</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> (<a href="http://ctt.ec/YIA0o" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Click to tweet.</a>) Imagine how much of your work life is being frittered away every time you misplace a report under a pile of desktop debris. People walking past your cluttered workspace are judging you for your organizational chaos.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Break the habit:</em> </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The next time you have a slow day, spend it organizing your office. Set up a plan to stay more organized and stick to it. Keep in mind, the hardest part of being organized is initially cleaning up the clutter and putting things in their places. Once the hard work of cleaning up is done, it should be a breeze to keep your workspace in good shape.</span></div>
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Asma Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12350963090959330890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860510495437220249.post-7076446080909462102014-08-12T16:01:00.000+05:002014-08-13T16:02:35.862+05:00Facebook just TRAMPLED over the privacy of Billions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Facebook Messenger the Social Media giant's New Technology not only kills your Productivity but shows HORRIBLE Leadership & Management in their Marketing & Advertising department, and could damage your Career. So lets put Facebook under the magnifying glass.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">Less then six weeks after Facebook was all over the news for running borderline illegal experiments on its users ( </span><a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/furor-erupts-over-facebook-experiment-on-users-1404085840" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Read this article from the Wall Street Journal if you were unaware</a><span style="font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">) Facebook decided to invade and trample all over the privacy of over a BILLION of its users this time.</span></div>
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If you use Facebook to message much (which I don’t) I am sure you have gotten quite a few of those annoying invites to download Facebook messenger from friends over the past few months. Facebook Messenger has always been voluntary to download as with the Facebook app, you could message your friends just fine. Last week everything changed when Facebook made Facebook Messenger a mandatory app, if you want to send Facebook Messages from your phone. Facebook has gone way too far with this one. Facebook Messenger not only takes up space on your screen, but also on your phone, and space on your hard drive, while greedily sucking valuable computing power away from other applications that are actually relevant to what you do. However the worst thing about Facebook Messenger is that you give away all control over your phone to Facebook, a company that has been getting a little too cozy with the government.(Read the article above)</div>
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Now, if you are like most people who have downloaded Facebook Messenger you probably didn’t bother to read the Terms of Service of using Facebook Messenger so I will clue you in to what you just allowed Facebook to do with your phone.</div>
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Wow Thanks Facebook! This much access to the phones of Billions of people sounds like a law enforcement (or intelligence agency) officers wet dream.</div>
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Facebook users are rightfully pissed off about the change last week mandating you download this USELESS app if you want to message people thru Facebook on their phone and they don’t even know the degree they are allowing Facebook to intrude on their privacy. Here is a screenshot from my phone showing the amount of 1-5 Star Reviews. which its hard to find a positive review on the app store about Facebook Messenger.</div>
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I have since deleted Facebook Messenger from my phone and refuse to use it, I barely use Facebook anyways I am on my Linkedin a lot more and keep the facebook just for family and to watch for pictures of family members so no big loss there as I don't message much. I don’t see Facebook keeping this app mandatory for long but you need to remember all the power Facebook is trying to grab up, and also how much info they like to keep on you. Ask yourself a couple of questions: Who do they share all this information with?</div>
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Do they allow the government access to this data?</div>
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Could you be prosecuted for text messages you sent to someone (on your phone not even on Facebook) because Facebook now has access to them and you agreed to their terms of service and they decided to turn them over to the government?</div>
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I guarantee Facebook's reply will be to refer to there Privacy Policy on how they share their information which is vague and as many people probably read that as read their Facebook Messenger Terms of Service. The Thing is they can change that Privacy Policy at any time and then their users just check a box and agree to Facebook's new Privacy Policy allowing them to share the info with whoever they want, and not just your information every email address and cell phone number in your phone could potentially be sold to companies that generate leads.</div>
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Facebook does not like letting users delete their account, for instance, if you delete your Facebook profile they do not allow you the option to export all your photos easily, you must do them one at a time. Also I feel the urge to inform you that they do not delete any of the info about your account and you are always just one login away from reactivating Facebook. I know many people who tried to delete there Facebook account and ended up going back. Sounds sort of like a drug relapse to me. Facebook is just sending the message: yea you’ll be back were waiting on you, you can’t kick Facebook.</div>
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So what do you do?</div>
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Personally a while back I turned to using Cyber Dust a messenger app that allows you to send photos and texts to your friends BUT the app encrypts them as they fly thru the air, and deletes them after the recipient has read them, Or after 24 hours (only if unread) whichever occurs first.</div>
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This adds a new layer of security that users are not quite familiar with at this point but need to start using. You can send texts and (as long as the person doesn't screenshot them) never have to worry about them coming back months/ years later to bite you in the behind. Also what seems like something normal to say now, could in the future be taken out of context and used against you. Note - If someone screenshots the picture you get an instant notification AND your name never appears on the screenshot just the text not your username.</div>
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Some people like to use snapchat which is a fun app to use but I do not trust their security and you can only send one line of text. The only feature I like about Snapchat that Cyber Dust does not yet have is a video feature. However they do have a video feature coming.</div>
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Cyber Dust was created because they wanted to ensure that users privacy is safeguarded from everyone, even the government, which it seems like Facebook just likes to intrude on your privacy in every single way possible, and then share all your information with others (Big Brother?). Below are the ratings in the app store of Cyber Dust and Snapchat. Cyber Dust has 5 stars and Snapchat has 3.5 Stars. Cyberdust is on the left and Snapchat on the right.</div>
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Cyberdust is also the only place I know of that you can send a message to Mark Cuban and get him to sometimes personally reply to you!</div>
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I have spoken to Mark Cuban and a number of other famous people a few times on Cyber Dust yet have no way to prove it because of the way that Cyberdust makes the messages disappear after reading.</div>
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If you want to speak with Mark Cuban Feel free to add him his cyber Dust user name is Blogmaverick and make sure to add me mine is ccritser. Please understand that he is busy and most likely can't take the time to text with you all day long ;)</div>
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I reached out to Ryan Ozonian President of Cyber Dust about getting a few questions answered for this piece and ended up getting an email reply from Mark Cuban personally answering my questions. Here are my questions and Mark Cubans answers.</div>
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Q 1 - How do you protect your users privacy from everyone including the government.</div>
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A 1 - We don't save any messages on servers or the user's device. So it's pretty easy.</div>
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Q 2 - If a government agency issued you a subpoena for a users previous cyberdust messages would you be able to give a messenging log of that users account?</div>
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A 2 - No. We don't have any meta data. Nor do we have server logs turned on.<br />
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The only possibility would be messages that have been undelivered for up to 24 hours. Which are very few.</div>
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We wouldn't be able to just deliver them, and if we lost power the messages would be lost as well.</div>
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Q 3 - What was your purpose for creating Cyber Dust</div>
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A 3 - I was tired of people and the government keeping or getting access to personal or business messages and applying their own context.</div>
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I had to sit in a trial and listen to the SEC invent context that was straight out of a fantasy adventure. It was wrong. I wanted to do something about it.</div>
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Plus, If you look through Twitter profiles you see saved and posted texts that the senders never had any intention of making public.</div>
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That's wrong. Cyber Dust is my response</div>
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Q 4 - How do you protect your users privacy</div>
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A 4 - We are a private communications platform. Our goal is not to have the most advanced privacy algorithms. We will leave that to others...</div>
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The biggest privacy risk 99% of people in this country face Is from family, friends and business associates taking seemingly innocent texts, tweets and posts and placing them places where people can add their own context, like in a tweet, or forwarding them to people that don't have the best intentions.</div>
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Any of us can take the simplest text and add verbiage that makes you look bad</div>
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People need to remember that once you hit send on a text, you no longer own the text, the recipient does. But you are still responsible for the contents and whatever context is added</div>
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I'm particularly concerned for our kids. I trust my daughter. I don't know or trust all the boys she will message. If they wanted to embarrass her, even a simple text that said "Hi" could be posted in a manner that could impact my daughters future.</div>
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Thanks Mark for answering my questions!</div>
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I emailed Facebook at <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #0077b5; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Press@fb.com</a> but received no reply, Oh well.</div>
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So heres what you must do.</div>
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1. Delete Facebook Messenger if you haven't already.</div>
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2. Download Cyber Dust, it's FREE.</div>
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3. Like, share, and comment on this long-form post so everyone can see it. Hit the tweet this button.</div>
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4. Add me ( ccritser ) and tell me what you thought of the article. If you want to say thanks to Mark Cuban ( Blogmaverick ) add him and thank him for safeguarding your privacy from all those who wish to invade it electronically.</div>
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5. If you want to add a little more security to your phone (which I highly recommend) get a good VPN (Virtual Private Network). Personally I use -> <a href="http://hidemyass.com/vpn/r18007/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Hide My Ass Pro VPN</a> <- Use that link and you can save almost half off plus it helps me out a little bit if you sign up thru that link. You must purchase it online but they have a free VPN app for your phone with purchase of the computer VPN. Its not that expensive like $6.55 a month to 11.52 a month depending on if you get a year or monthly. Read up on VPN's you will see it is something everyone should have and it also protects your computer and phone from hackers.<br />
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6. Email Facebook and tell them how disgusted you are that they want to invade your privacy, Ask them why you can't still message with the regular Facebook app, it seemed to be working perfectly fine to me. Our phones hold our entire lives nowadays and they want all that information FOR WHAT? Ask them why they need to place calls and texts from your phone WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION! Why do they need to be able to RECORD audio AND video WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION! I don't know about you, but Mark Zuckerberg I want an answer. Feel free to email it to me at <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #0077b5; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">ccritser@gmail.com</a>, I am not holding my breath. Ask Facebook how often they share there data with the government. Facebook is trampling over its users right to privacy and its not even illegal, mentioned, or questioned because you clicked "Accept" to there OUTRAGEOUS Terms of Service (Which I would recommend every read what you actually agree to when downloading these apps)</div>
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I will be writing quite a few articles coming up and publishing them here on Linkedin. The articles will be on: Linkedin tips to help build your network, and also a series on bitcoin, so follow me <a href="http://linkedin.com/in/ccritser" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a> on linkedin and also on <a href="http://twitter.com/ccritser" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">twitter</a> @ccritser to make sure you are able to read them.</div>
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Mark Zuckerberg, I think you probably are a decent guy, but I base that not knowing you, but knowing you are a member of The Giving Pledge and donate to a number of charities. I hope you won't exclude the amazing charities listed on my <a href="http://linkedin.com/in/ccritser" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Linkedin Profile</a> Unfortunately your company just donated the privacy of all its users, and that I cannot stand for. I would like to see your email response to me but like I said I am not holding my breath. I guess this means you won’t be accepting my friend request on Facebook, hopefully my Facebook doesn’t get miraculously deleted ;). If so I know all the data is stored on Facebook's servers and I can log in at anytime and restore it.</div>
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I am including the following disclaimer in case Facebook trys to threaten me with a lawsuit or Cease and Desist order. The views expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Conduit Connections LLC. Facebook could try to possibly sue me but I would welcome that so we can drag Facebook and these HORRENDOUS terms of service out into the spotlight and show over a Billion people that Facebook now completely controls your phone.</div>
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Asma Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12350963090959330890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860510495437220249.post-9612091166551293582014-07-24T12:28:00.001+05:002014-07-24T12:28:48.729+05:00Who Owns the Source Code?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A client had developed an app and asked us to do some minor work on their existing app. I told him that we would need access to the <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_code" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #0f7d87; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">source code</a></strong> so the client went back to the original developer to get the source code only to find that the developer claimed the source code as his intellectual property and refused to provide it. Unfortunately, this is not the first time I’ve seen this source code ownership issue. Here are some of the implications of not having the source code to your app:</div>
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(Disclaimer: I’m not a lawyer; if this is a concern, please get good legal counsel). In general, the author of content owns the copyright. In the case of a software developer, it’s the person physically typing on the key board to create the code. An exception occurs under the “<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_for_hire" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #0f7d87; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Work for Hire</a></strong>” doctrine where the work is developed by an employee with the scope of their employment. However, when contractors are used, this becomes a little more unclear.</div>
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If I hire someone to buy a house, at the end of the project, I want the keys to it. In a similar fashion, if I pay someone to develop an app for me, I would expect to have the source code upon completion. At Apptology, this is our general policy. The exception is when we develop an app based off one of our templates. In which case, the template is our intellectual property.</div>
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If you are having an app developed by a contractor, have an open discussion about the source code ownership as part of the vetting process. If you don’t agree with their source code policy, move on. If you decide to go with that developer, make sure the ownership of the source code is spelled out in the contract.</div>
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[<a href="http://apptology.com/blog/who-owns-the-source-code/">Source</a>]</div>
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These questions are primarily intended for the web developer who is stepping into a new role at an organization that is already established. It is not necessarily suited to the entrepreneur web developer who is creating their own site for their personal usage.</div>
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The questions are intended for business web site development and enhancements. For example, a particular small business might already have a web site, but they want to take it to the next level.</div>
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As you discuss the purpose of the site with the Powers That Be, start keeping a list of keywords that are essential to the business. This will help you later as you work towards building up strong search engine optimization (SEO) tactics.</div>
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Meetings have a terrible reputation. Lots of talk and no action. The "real" issues are never discussed. There's always an "elephant in the room" which only gets bigger as the meeting goes on. When the meeting started its purpose was not clear and when the meeting ended no problems had been solved. So, it should be no surprise that when somebody even speculates that perhaps a new or additional meeting is needed, the response is, "oh no, not another meeting."</div>
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The real problem however is not how many meetings you have or how long they last, the issue is whether or not they are productive. Is the cost of staff time to hold the meeting outweighed by the value of the decisions that were made. That <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">value </em>can be in terms of better services or organizational efficiency. Increasingly however, in this pay for performance environment, the decisions that are made in our meetings</div>
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need to be monetized; i.e. their financial value. For example if eight people are at the meeting for two hours and their time is valued at an average $30 per hour each, that means that the value of the work done needs to be about $500 in order to say that the meeting was worthwhile financially.</div>
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But before we get too arrogant about getting value from meetings, let's remember that the majority of our work requires input from other staff members to complete. So, from that perspective, time spent alone at our desk, could be the real time-waster. Plus we are by nature, social beings; we actually enjoy being with other people and therefore meetings should be much more enjoyable than we usually find them.</div>
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So what can we do to make sure that our meetings are productive, interesting and even enjoyable. Here are several suggestions:</div>
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1. Introduce variety and physical activity into your meetings. Bring toys to your meetings: nerf balls; play-doh; paper airplanes. Great relaxation and positive mood-inducing tools. Invite guest speakers. Can be an outside "expert" or simply another employee who does not normally attend. Having walking meetings or stand-up meetings. Meet in a different location or arrange the seating in a different way. Allow - schedule - time for "transition". Give 5 or 10 minutes at the beginning for small talk or serious, heavy duty stuff that people need to talk about before it makes any sense to start the regular agenda. An especially important point here is <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">physical activity.</em> By getting up and moving around you are increasing the possibility that people's thought processes will be more creative and productive.</div>
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2. Utilize individual differences. It means we need to get to know other committee members; I mean really get to know them. So that we know what they are good at and what are the tasks that they will need help with in order to satisfactorily complete. You need to know their communication styles and their temperaments. You need to know that you will be able to acknowledge a mistake or a failure without getting personally criticized for what was an honest mistake. You need to be able to trust everyone. Work at developing and maintaining trust must be a mandate and a priority.</div>
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3. Subject the meeting to a CQI process; always looking to make good meetings better. Take five minutes at the end of each meeting to talk about the following: call attention to especially positive contributions that group members have made to the discussion; thank them for their effort; discuss what went especially well with the meeting (did standing up for five minutes really result in more creativity); admit that some mistakes were made that should not be repeated; discuss whether or not any old habits might have reared their ugly heads again and how they could be blocked next time; have participants jot down their feelings about the meeting; collect their comments and every 3-4 months review them to identify progress that has been made or areas where improvement is still needed.</div>
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Finally, good, fun, productive meetings are everyone's responsibility - not just the leader. Yes, strong facilitation is needed but everyone can, and should, identify problem areas as well as affirm positive group performance. Now go and have a great meeting!</div>
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Asma Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12350963090959330890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860510495437220249.post-10741413546842892672014-07-23T01:00:00.000+05:002014-07-23T14:03:58.989+05:00RESUME SKILLS | Hobbies & Interests. The How to write them and the WHY.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Most applicants know where they were born, what they did, their education, information about parents etc. </span><br /><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Somehow when they get to the hobbies and interests part it all seems pointless.</span><br /><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Most have hobbies & Interests on the resume, because it came with the format they were copying . Some of them, choose to copy the interests and hobbies of friends or worse, what the college placement cell advised!</span><br /><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Be honest. Do you have one of the following listed under your hobbies and interests section?</span><br /><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Reading</span><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Traveling</span><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Music</span><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Internet Browsing</span><br /><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you do, you are only one of the 96% candidates out there.</span><br /><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hobbies and Interests are something to talk about. </strong><br /><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It’s a window into your personality, that is beyond the standard work stuff. These are things you are supposed to be passionate about. </span><br /><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You should be using this extensively to not just market yourself, but also to steer the direction the interview takes.</span><br /><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Here are the rules:</span><br /><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Make them true</strong><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Have something you are passionate about. Something no one needs you to work upon, or do. Something that excites you, something that makes your eyes sparkle when you talk about it.</span><br /><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Make them Unique</strong><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As far as possible mention your hobby in a way that sounds unique. </span><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Use this as a lever for the interviewer to remember you. </span><br /><span style="border: 0px; 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font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You may like to think, but really that is not a hobby. </span><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you put something like singing, be ready to sing in the interview. </span><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you put something like dramatics, be ready to emote. </span><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Put something that can give the interviewers a little break from the monotony of taking interviews. </span><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you say coin collection, carry a unique coin with you!</span><br /><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Make them relatable</strong><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Be honest at all times, but if you have more than one hobby, choose the one that the interviewers may be able to relate to. </span><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Yes, you read that right. </span><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This like all other parts of your resume, this one needs to be customized according to the people you are sending it out to.</span><br /><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you don’t have a hobby or interest, get one! </span><br /><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It’s not just something to talk about in an interview, it is something to treasure and add value to yourself as an individual.</span><br /><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There you have it.</span><br /><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Rules to make sure you Ace The Interview with your Hobbies & Interests.</span></div>
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Asma Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12350963090959330890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860510495437220249.post-11091204669806509612014-07-22T16:00:00.000+05:002014-07-23T14:07:53.003+05:00Interviewing 101<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Whether you are breaking into the job market for the first time, or are ready to write the next chapter of your career, nailing the interview is always a crucial step in the process.</div>
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Pre-interview preparation is important – know about the company. Start with their website, current press releases, look up the LinkedIn profiles of the interviewers if you have that information, and see what Glassdoor.com says about what it’s like to work there. Write down a few key questions you’d like to know more about. A few generic but helpful questions for any interview include:</div>
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Now that you’ve completed your homework on the company, next you should know how to dress – should you wear a suit? Or business casual attire? If in doubt, it’s always better to be overdressed than under-dressed. Many companies will coordinate the interview and send you an email with information on what to expect, how to dress, and who you will be meeting with – this information can allow you to feel more relaxed about what the interview will be like, so take a deep breath and soak that information in.</div>
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It’s important for all job seekers, not just recent college grads, to identify their skills and interests and be ready to verbalize them easily and convincingly. Consider these questions when evaluating what your key skills and interests might be:</div>
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Once you have answered these questions, spend some time thinking about how you’d explain your competitive edge – why should they hire you over other candidates? Be ready to sell yourself as the best candidate in a confident but non-boastful way.</div>
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Be familiar with behavioral interview questions, where you will be asked to tell a story about a time when you experienced a certain situation. Do so briefly and effectively, further convincing your interviewer that you are capable of the doing the job. Quantify whenever possible. Briefly tell the story using the STAR method: the <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">S</strong>ituation you were in, the <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">T</strong>ask you were faced with, the <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A</strong>ction you took to get the job done, and the <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">R</strong>esult. By preparing a few key stories that back up your competitive edge and skills, you’ll feel more confident handling typical interview questions.</div>
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Finally, close the interview by asking for the job, if you feel like the role is a good fit for you. The interview is as much about them evaluating you as a potential employee as it is about you deciding whether you can see yourself thriving in the role with the company. Ask what next steps are, and when you get home, send a thank you email to your interviewers.</div>
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[<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140722214415-36362974-interviewing-101">Source</a>]</div>
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Asma Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12350963090959330890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860510495437220249.post-86883374811914663282014-07-22T14:06:00.000+05:002014-07-23T14:06:50.315+05:00What Recruiters Look For in a Cover Letter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A cover letter should indicate that you are familiar with the company, and/or job, and show how you would be a great fit. Including some relevant industry news or recent product launches shows that you are interested and following industry trends. Recruiters want to know that you are paying attention to their needs and that you fulfill the criteria they are looking for.</div>
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Recruiters don’t want to take a lot of time to pour over lengthy dense paragraphs to extract information. Keep paragraphs short and details concise. Let the resume shine with more facts and save in-depth details for the interview.</div>
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You may be in a hurry to submit your resume and cover letter for a listed position or just too busy to re-read your documents, but those few extra minutes could save you from quick elimination. It is critical to proof any written materials that you submit for a potential job. While some think that autocorrect is a wonderful feature in a program, it can autocorrect you right into the round file.</div>
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Some people think that an “out-of-the-box” cover letter will get more attention and in a few instances that may be true. Let’s say if you are a marketing executive and want to show your creative side. Generally though, at the executive level, recruiters want to read a professionally written cover letter. They see this as an extension of how you communicate, and it helps them evaluate your potential with the hiring company.</div>
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Recruiters play the match game. How quickly they can match your past work experience with the qualities and requirements of their current job order is key. What’s most important in the cover letter is to highlight those skills and experiences so the reader can instantly see you as a good match.</div>
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A cover letter should explain who you are and why you are perfect for the job. Period. A crisp professionally written cover letter can do that for you.</div>
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[<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140722202934-111932-what-recruiters-look-for-in-a-cover-letter">Source</a>]</div>
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Asma Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12350963090959330890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860510495437220249.post-4702027804024765412014-07-21T14:14:00.000+05:002014-07-23T14:15:12.078+05:00Lessons From a Fighter Pilot for Businesses and Leaders<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A fighter pilot thrives on the threshold of uncertainty and risk. In combat, a combination of factors makes even the best-equipped pilot vulnerable. A combination of intelligence, execution, and feedback enable a fighter pilot engage or disengage an enemy.</div>
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Coincidentally, these are the same things that are needed by businesses or leaders who also thrive on uncertainty and risk, in situations where decisions need to be made quickly and correctly, and executed nimbly.</div>
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Let's look at one concept that has enabled the fighter pilots gain advantage in challenging situations.</div>
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The Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act (OODA) Loop</h4>
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If I didn't tell you that this term originated in the US military, you could mistake it for business jargon! And, you will be mostly right. The term, which originated in the US Air Force, has been used in other fields outside of military, and very rightly so. You might be amused to know the concept has been used in F-16 and later fighter jets since the 1970s.</div>
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And, it is not much different from business methodologies we use today, or any such tools of decision-making and execution.</div>
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The four component of the OODA loop and its analogy in business are:</div>
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The process doesn't stop when the pilot has acted. The loop iterates again based on new intelligence from the altered situation.</div>
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John Boyd, who developed the OODA loop, was nicknamed "Forty Second Boyd" for his skill in gaining advantage in air combat in a short time.Timing is critical in military situations, given that your life depends on not only the decision and action, but how quickly you can make the decision and act upon it. However, you can't sacrifice other aspects for timing, else you will risk getting into a worse situation than when you started.</div>
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By rule, <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">all startup companies start from a position of disadvantage</strong>, and need to gain advantage by not only the right decisions, but act upon it, and sustain that - all in a short time. The one way to do it, learning from OODA loop, is to create a constant feedback, decision, and action cycle, adapting every time there is a change in situation.</div>
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This also can be applied to almost any aspect of business, where agility and adaptability is key.</div>
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The human factor</h4>
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While the entire cycle can be automated, remember that it is finally humans that decide to act. Like a fighter pilot who has many tools at his/her disposal, the experience and perspective, and finally the ability to decide and act can't be ignored. And, while at it, we can refine our data collection mechanisms to weed out data that's not relevant or contextual.</div>
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[<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140722151014-132074994-lessons-from-a-fighter-pilot-for-businesses-and-leaders">Source</a>]</div>
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Asma Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12350963090959330890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860510495437220249.post-56469219049085895622014-07-14T17:38:00.002+05:002014-07-14T17:38:59.251+05:00iPhone 6 5.5-Inch Model Facing Yield Issues, Launch May be Pushed to 2015: Analyst<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It seems nothing is going Apple's way when it comes to the next iPhone's production. A recent report suggested that the company might face component yield issues in an attempt to meet the thin form factor of the iPhone 6.</div>
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Now, KGI Securities' analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims that due to production issues, the launch of the alleged larger iPhone 6 variant, believed to be the 5.5-inch model, may be delayed to next year. He adds that in any case the phone is indeed launched in October, it is likely be available in limited quantities.</div>
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MacRumors quotes Kuo who noted, "Production bottlenecks on 4.7-inch iPhone 6 centre on the yield rate of in-cell touch panel and metal casing. As in-cell touch panel becomes larger in size, the edge of the panel may become insensitive to touch. Meanwhile, under new manufacturing process for the iPhone 6 metal casing, colour unevenness is an issue."</div>
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Notably, this is not the first case of yield issues reported for the long-rumoured 5.5-inch iPhone 6 variant. Back in May, a report suggested that the use of costly sapphire as a display material, waslimiting the production of the alleged iPhone 6 with 5.5-inch display.</div>
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Earlier this month, a report revealed a September 25 (Thursday) availability date for the alleged 4.7- and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 models, which is not in line with Apple's traditional Friday launch, while also claiming that the name of the larger 5.5-inch iPhone 6 variant will be iPhone Air.</div>
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Asma Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12350963090959330890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860510495437220249.post-60646185731166545432014-06-22T13:31:00.000+05:002014-07-26T13:32:16.027+05:00QA and Devs Working Together<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In our latest experience report, <a href="http://www.agilealliance.org/files/8814/0328/7018/Tearing_Down_the_Walls.pdf" style="border: 0px; color: #5c95b6; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Tearing Down the Walls">Tearing Down the Walls</a>, Stephanie Savoia asks us to,</div>
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“Imagine a wall. Now imagine a developer creating code and throwing it over…[where] it lands on the heads of the Quality Assurance (QA) or Test team. This is where the code is tested in various ways. If the development team does unit testing, then many of the tests QA are creating/executing are duplicative. If there are no unit tests, QA are left to test as much of the affected code as they can.”<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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Now imagine a more efficient world where QA and Devs work together much more closely. That’s where Stephanie is today. This report recounts her journey from being a member of a separate QA group, to being a valued member of a unified XP team that includes both Developers and QA. Pairing on her team is not only Dev/Dev but also QA/Dev. It happens daily. And the whole team takes responsibility for code quality.</div>
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Stephanie Savoia has been working in quality assurance for 12 years. Currently, she is a Technical Lead in QA at Marchex, Inc. Prior to that she worked at LexisNexis. Before that, she created the quality control process for deliverables at Applied Discovery, a legal software company, and verified the data that would be sent to opposing counsel and government entities such as the Securities & Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice.</div>
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[<a href="http://www.agilealliance.org/blog/2014/06/20/qa-and-devs-working-together/">Source</a>]</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860510495437220249.post-43579864415554166742014-06-16T13:04:00.000+05:002014-07-24T13:09:03.923+05:00How much does it cost to make an app?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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“How much does it cost to make an app?” As a developer, this is the most common question I am asked. This is like asking “How much does it cost to build a house?” Following the house analogy, are you looking for a mansion or a shack? Do you want a house made of straw, sticks, or brick? Do you want a custom home or a tract home? Just like a house, the variables in developing an app are endless.</div>
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The first place to start is defining what you want your app to do. I normally recommend our clients storyboard their app (the technical term is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website_wireframe" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #0f7d87; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">wireframe</a>). The wireframe is like the blue print in the house analogy. The goal for developing a wireframe (or storyboard) is to capture functionality and flow. This is not the time to worry about the actual aesthetics yet. It’s important to start from the beginning though, when a user first launches your app. Think about what’s the first thing they will see? On the home screen, if they tap the first menu selection, what happens next? And so on.</div>
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To create our wireframes, our designers use a design tool called <a href="http://balsamiq.com/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #0f7d87; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Balsamiq</a>. I send our clients a <a href="https://files.secureserver.net/0sgdpQWxWiw2jw" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #0f7d87; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">PowerPoint template</a> where they can either use PowerPoint’s drawing tools or they can even print it out and hand draw it.</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Integration to an existing backend / Development of backend: Most of the apps we develop now either need to talk to an existing backend or we have to create a backend to support the app.</li>
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In addition to the wireframe, if you’re app requires extensive integrations to third party vendors, you may need to put together an architectural diagram.</div>
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For the most part, a developer should be able to provide you a quote to develop your app based on your wireframe (and architectural diagram). You can find reputable U.S. based developers at <a href="http://iphoneappquotes.com/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #0f7d87; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">iphoneappquotes.com</a> and <a href="http://theymakeapps.com/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #0f7d87; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">theymakeapps.com</a>.</div>
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You can also find freelancers and offshore teams at <a href="https://www.elance.com/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #0f7d87; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">elance.com</a>, <a href="http://www.guru.com/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #0f7d87; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">guru.com</a>, <a href="https://www.odesk.com/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #0f7d87; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">odesk.com</a>; Just beware. I’ve talked to clients that have used developers from these sites and it’s a mixed bag. I’ve talked to a few people that have had good experiences and I’ve heard of some horror stories.</div>
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If you feel like your app concept is the next Uber, it’s okay to ask the developer for an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) or to ask them to sign your NDA. When you go through this process, you’ll find a vast range for the quotes. My recommendation is to look at other when selecting a developer.</div>
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(Shameless plug – we also would, of course, be happy to provide a quote for your project. Just visit us at <a href="http://apptology.com/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #0f7d87; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Apptology.com</a>)</div>
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App development, like most technology has become commoditized to some extent. If you have little budget for app development, you may consider DIY (Do It Yourself) App services like <a href="http://ibuildapp.com/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #0f7d87; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">ibuildapp.com</a> or <a href="http://seattleclouds.com/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #0f7d87; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">seattlecloud.com</a>. There is also a middle ground where a developer can create a robust but cost effective solution based on templates. <a href="http://apptology.com/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #0f7d87; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Apptology</a> offers a cost effective app development solution using templates (called ReadyBuilt). <a href="http://mobileroadie.com/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #0f7d87; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Mobile Roadie </a>is another developer that uses template. Apps based on templates are primarily used to promote a business or to provide content and are typically a fraction of the cost of developing apps from scratch.</div>
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My answer to the question, “How much does it cost to develop an app?” is “It depends.” If you are thinking about developing an app, I highly recommend taking a little time to create a storyboard or wireframe. This step will help you flush out your concept and greatly assist a developer in providing a solid quote for your app.</div>
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[<a href="http://apptology.com/blog/how-much-does-it-cost-to-make-an-app/">Source</a>]</div>
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Ask anyone, and they'll tell you: WWDC 2014 was one of the most exciting in recent memory. It was, first and foremost, a developer event, with nary a hardware announcement to upstage the latest software & developer tools.</div>
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And boy howdy, was there a lot to be excited about.</div>
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The announcements from iOS 8 & OS X Yosemite alone would have made 2014 a bellwether year for the Apple platform, with Extensions, Continuity, SpriteKit enhancements, SceneKit for iOS, Metal, Game HealthKit, HomeKit, Local Authentication, and a brand new Photos framework. Not to mention the dramatic improvements to Xcode & Interface Builder, a revamped iTunes Connect, TestFlight, Crash Reports, and CloudKit. And oh yeah—Swift.</div>
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The kicker? Apple has graciously relaxed its NDA for new technologies, meaning that we don't have to wait to talk about all of the shiny new toys we have to play with.</div>
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This week, we'll take a look beneath the headline features, and share some of the more obscure APIs that everyone should know about.</div>
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NSProcessInfo -isOperatingSystemAtLeastVersion</h2>
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Forget <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion]</code> and <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">NSFoundationVersionNumber</code>, there's a new way to determine the current operating system in code: <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">NSProcessInfo -isOperatingSystemAtLeastVersion</code></div>
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<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">yosemite</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">NSOperatingSystemVersion</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">majorVersion</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="mi" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198; font-weight: bold;">10</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span> <span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">minorVersion</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="mi" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198; font-weight: bold;">10</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span> <span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">patchVersion</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="mi" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198; font-weight: bold;">0</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span>
<span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NSProcessInfo</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">().</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">isOperatingSystemAtLeastVersion</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">yosemite</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span> <span class="c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #93a1a1;">// false</span>
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Keep in mind, however, that a test for capability, such as with <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">SomeClass.class</code> or<code style="box-sizing: border-box;">respondsToSelector:</code>, is preferable to checking the OS version. Compiler macros in C or Swift can be used to conditionally compile source based on the build configuration of the target.</div>
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New NSFormatter Subclasses</h2>
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One of the features most sorely lacking in Foundation was the ability to work with units for quantities like mass or length. In iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, three new classes were introduced that fills the gap: <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">NSEnergyFormatter</code>, <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">NSMassFormatter</code>, & <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">NSLengthFormatter</code>.</div>
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This effectively doubles the number of <a href="http://nshipster.com/nsformatter/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.1s linear; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 128, 0) !important; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s linear;"><code style="box-sizing: border-box;">NSFormatter</code></a> subclasses in Foundation, which was previously limited to <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">NSNumberFormatter</code>, <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">NSDateFormatter</code>, &<code style="box-sizing: border-box;">NSByteCountFormatter</code>.</div>
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Although these new formatter classes are part of Foundation, they were added primarily for use in HealthKit.</div>
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NSEnergyFormatter</h3>
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<code style="box-sizing: border-box;">NSEnergyFormatter</code> formats energy in Joules, the raw unit of work for exercises, and Calories, which is used when working with nutrition information.</div>
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<pre style="box-sizing: border-box;"><code class="language-swift" data-lang="swift" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">energyFormatter</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">NSEnergyFormatter</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">()</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">energyFormatter</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">forFoodEnergyUse</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="nb" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">true</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">joules</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="mi" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198; font-weight: bold;">10</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">_000</span><span class="mf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198; font-weight: bold;">.0</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">println</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">energyFormatter</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">stringFromJoules</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">joules</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">))</span> <span class="c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #93a1a1;">// "2.39 Cal"</span>
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NSMassFormatter</h3>
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Although the fundamental unit of physical existence, mass is pretty much relegated to tracking the weight of users in HealthKit. Yes, mass and weight are different, but this is programming, not science class, so stop being pedantic.</div>
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<pre style="box-sizing: border-box;"><code class="language-swift" data-lang="swift" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">massFormatter</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">NSMassFormatter</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">()</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">kilograms</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="mf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198; font-weight: bold;">60.0</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">println</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">massFormatter</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">stringFromKilograms</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">kilograms</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">))</span> <span class="c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #93a1a1;">// "132 lb"</span>
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NSLengthFormatter</h3>
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Rounding out the new <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">NSFormatter</code> subclasses is <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">NSLengthFormatter</code>. Think of it as a more useful version of <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">MKDistanceFormatter</code>, with more unit options and formatting options.</div>
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<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">meters</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="mi" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198; font-weight: bold;">5</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">_000</span><span class="mf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198; font-weight: bold;">.0</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">println</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">lengthFormatter</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">stringFromMeters</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">meters</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">))</span> <span class="c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #93a1a1;">// "3.107 mi"</span>
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Continuing on iOS 8's health kick, <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">CMStepCounter</code> is revamped in the latest release. <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">CMPedometer</code> is a strict improvement over its predecessor, with the ability to query from discrete points in time, track both steps and distance, and even calculate how many flights of stairs were climbed.</div>
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<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">lengthFormatter</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">NSLengthFormatter</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">()</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">pedometer</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">CMPedometer</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">()</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">pedometer</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">startPedometerUpdatesFromDate</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NSDate</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(),</span> <span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">withHandler</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">{</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">data</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">error</span> <span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">in</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">if</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">!</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">error</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">{</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">println</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198;">"Steps Taken: \(data.numberOfSteps)"</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">distance</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">data</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">distance</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">doubleValue</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">println</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198;">"Distance: \(lengthFormatter.stringFromMeters(distance))"</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">time</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">data</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">endDate</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">timeIntervalSinceDate</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">data</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">startDate</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">speed</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">distance</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">/</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">time</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">println</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198;">"Speed: \(lengthFormatter.stringFromMeters(speed)) / s"</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">}</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">})</span>
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CMAltimeter</h2>
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On supported devices, a <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">CMPedometer</code>'s stats on <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">floorsAscended</code> / <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">floorsDescended</code> can be augmented with <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">CMAltimeter</code> to get a more granular look at vertical distance traveled:</div>
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<pre style="box-sizing: border-box;"><code class="language-swift" data-lang="swift" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">import</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">CoreMotion</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">altimeter</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">CMAltimeter</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">()</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">if</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">CMAltimeter</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">isRelativeAltitudeAvailable</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">()</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">{</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">altimeter</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">startRelativeAltitudeUpdatesToQueue</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NSOperationQueue</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">mainQueue</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(),</span> <span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">withHandler</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">{</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">data</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">error</span> <span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">in</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">if</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">!</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">error</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">{</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">println</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198;">"Relative Altitude: \(data.relativeAltitude)"</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">}</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">})</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">}</span>
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CLFloor</h2>
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<code style="box-sizing: border-box;">CLFloor</code> is a new API in iOS 8 that ties the new features in CoreMotion with Apple's ambitious plan to map the interiors of the largest buildings in the world. Look for this information to play a significant role in future hyperlocal mapping applications.</div>
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<pre style="box-sizing: border-box;"><code class="language-swift" data-lang="swift" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">import</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">CoreLocation</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">class</span> <span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">LocationManagerDelegate</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NSObject</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span> <span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">CLLocationManagerDelegate</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">{</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">func</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">locationManager</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">manager</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">CLLocationManager</span><span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">!</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">didUpdateLocations</span> <span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">locations</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">AnyObject</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">[]</span><span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">!</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">{</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">location</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">CLLocation</span><span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">?</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">locations</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">[</span><span class="mi" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198; font-weight: bold;">0</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">]</span> <span class="kt" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900; font-weight: bold;">as</span><span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">?</span> <span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">CLLocation</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">if</span> <span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">floor</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">CLFloor</span><span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">?</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">location</span><span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">?</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">floor</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">{</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">println</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198;">"Current Floor: \(floor?.level)"</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">}</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">}</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">}</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">manager</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">CLLocationManager</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">()</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">manager</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">delegate</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">LocationManagerDelegate</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">()</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">manager</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">startUpdatingLocation</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">()</span>
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<h2 id="hkstatistics" style="background-color: #f8f7f5; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">
HKStatistics</h2>
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As a framework, HealthKit covers a lot of ground, with dozens of new classes and constants. A good place to start, in terms of understanding what's possible is <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">HKStatistics</code>.</div>
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HealthKit manages your biometrics from all of your devices in a single unified API. Statistics on things like heart rate, caloric intake, and aerobic output can be tracked and aggregated in powerful ways.</div>
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The following example shows how statistics summed over the duration of the day can be grouped and interpreted individually:</div>
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<pre style="box-sizing: border-box;"><code class="language-swift" data-lang="swift" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">import</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">HealthKit</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">collection</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">HKStatisticsCollection</span><span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">?</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">...</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">statistics</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">HKStatistics</span><span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">?</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">collection</span><span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">!</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">statisticsForDate</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NSDate</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">())</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">for</span> <span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">item</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">AnyObject</span> <span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">in</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">statistics</span><span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">!</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">sources</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">{</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">if</span> <span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">source</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">item</span> <span class="kt" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900; font-weight: bold;">as</span><span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">?</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">HKSource</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">{</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">if</span> <span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">quantity</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">HKQuantity</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">statistics</span><span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">!</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">sumQuantityForSource</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">source</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">{</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">if</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">quantity</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">isCompatibleWithUnit</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">HKUnit</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">gramUnitWithMetricPrefix</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">Kilo</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">))</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">{</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">massFormatter</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">NSMassFormatter</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">()</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">kilograms</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">quantity</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">doubleValueForUnit</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">HKUnit</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">gramUnitWithMetricPrefix</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">Kilo</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">))</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">println</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">massFormatter</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">stringFromKilograms</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">kilograms</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">))</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">}</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">if</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">quantity</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">isCompatibleWithUnit</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">HKUnit</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">meterUnit</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">())</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">{</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">lengthFormatter</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">NSLengthFormatter</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">()</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">meters</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">quantity</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">doubleValueForUnit</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">HKUnit</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">meterUnit</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">())</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">println</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">lengthFormatter</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">stringFromMeters</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">meters</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">))</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">}</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">if</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">quantity</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">isCompatibleWithUnit</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">HKUnit</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">jouleUnit</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">())</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">{</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">energyFormatter</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">NSEnergyFormatter</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">()</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">joules</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">quantity</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">doubleValueForUnit</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">HKUnit</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">jouleUnit</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">())</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">println</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">energyFormatter</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">stringFromJoules</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">joules</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">))</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">}</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">}</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">}</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">}</span>
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NSHipster will be covering a lot more about HealthKit in future editions, so stay tuned!</div>
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NSStream +getStreamsToHostWithName</h2>
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In many ways, WWDC 2014 was the year that Apple <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">fixed their shit</em>. Small things, like adding the missing <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">NSStream</code> initializer for creating a bound stream pair (without resorting to awkwardly-bridged <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">CFStreamCreatePairWithSocketToHost</code> call). Behold: <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">+[NSStream getStreamsToHostWithName:port:inputStream:outputStream:]</code></div>
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<pre style="box-sizing: border-box;"><code class="language-swift" data-lang="swift" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">var</span> <span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">inputStream</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NSInputStream</span><span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">?</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">var</span> <span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">outputStream</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NSOutputStream</span><span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">?</span>
<span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NSStream</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">getStreamsToHostWithName</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198;">"nshipster.com"</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span>
<span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">port</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="mi" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198; font-weight: bold;">5432</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span>
<span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">inputStream</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">inputStream</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span>
<span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">outputStream</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">outputStream</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span>
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NSString -localizedCaseInsensitiveContainsString</h2>
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Also filed under: "small but solid fixes", is this convenience method for <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">NSString</code>:</div>
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<pre style="box-sizing: border-box;"><code class="language-swift" data-lang="swift" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">string</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NSString</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198;">"Café"</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">substring</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NSString</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198;">"É"</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">string</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">localizedCaseInsensitiveContainsString</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">substring</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span> <span class="c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #93a1a1;">// true</span>
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CTRubyAnnotationRef</h2>
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If you're a linguistics and typography nerd, this new addition to the CoreText framework may have you standing up on your chair and cheering. "What's with Jim? Is it me, or has he been acting kind of weird since his trip to San Francisco?", they'll say, looking at you atop your desk as you tear your clothes off your body in a frenzy of pure ecstasy. "Yeah, remind me not to stay in the Tenderloin for next year's conference."</div>
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...oh right. Ruby. No, not <a href="https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.1s linear; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 128, 0) !important; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s linear;">Ruby</a>. <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ruby" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.1s linear; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 128, 0) !important; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s linear;">Ruby</a>. It's used to display the pronunciation of characters in certain Asian scripts.</div>
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<pre style="box-sizing: border-box;"><code class="language-objective-c" data-lang="objective-c" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">@</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">import</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">CoreText</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">;</span>
<span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NSString</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">*</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">kanji</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198;">@"猫"</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">;</span>
<span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NSString</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">*</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">hiragana</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198;">@"ねこ"</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">;</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">CFStringRef</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">furigana</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">[</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">kCTRubyPositionCount</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">]</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">{(</span><span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">__bridge</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">CFStringRef</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">hiragana</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span> <span class="nb" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NULL</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span> <span class="nb" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NULL</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span> <span class="nb" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NULL</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">};</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">CTRubyAnnotationRef</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">ruby</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">CTRubyAnnotationCreate</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">kCTRubyAlignmentAuto</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">kCTRubyOverhangAuto</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span> <span class="mf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198; font-weight: bold;">0.5</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">furigana</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">);</span>
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Admittedly, the documentation isn't entirely clear on how exactly to incorporate this into the rest of your <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">CoreText</code> drawing calls, but the result would look something like this:</div>
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New Calendar Identifiers</h2>
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What's even nerdier than Ruby annotations? The new calendar identifiers added to iOS 8 & OS X Yosemite. This update brings Foundation up to the latest version of the <a href="http://cldr.unicode.org/core-spec" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.1s linear; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 128, 0) !important; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s linear;">CLDR</a>:</div>
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(Sadly, the <a href="https://speakerdeck.com/mattt/software-design-and-eclecticism" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.1s linear; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 128, 0) !important; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s linear;">French Republican Calendar</a> is still but a twinkle in the eyes of NSHipsters everywhere)</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: disc; margin-bottom: 1em;"><code style="box-sizing: border-box;">NSCalendarIdentifierCoptic</code>: a.k.a Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: disc; margin-bottom: 1em;"><code style="box-sizing: border-box;">NSCalendarIdentifierEthiopicAmeteMihret</code>: Ethiopic calendar, Amete Mihret (epoch approx. 8 C.E.)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: disc; margin-bottom: 1em;"><code style="box-sizing: border-box;">NSCalendarIdentifierEthiopicAmeteAlem</code>: Ethiopic calendar, Amete Alem (epoch approx. 5493 B.C.E.)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: disc; margin-bottom: 1em;"><code style="box-sizing: border-box;">NSCalendarIdentifierIslamicTabular</code>: A simple tabular Islamic calendar using the astronomical/Thursday epoch of CE 622 July 15.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: disc; margin-bottom: 1em;"><code style="box-sizing: border-box;">NSCalendarIdentifierIslamicUmmAlQura</code>: The Islamic Umm al-Qura calendar used in Saudi Arabia. This is based on astronomical calculation, instead of tabular behavior.</li>
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NSURLCredentialStorage</h2>
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The Foundation URL Loading System has remained relatively unchanged since last year's<code style="box-sizing: border-box;">NSURLSession</code> blowout. However, <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">NSURLCredentialStorage</code> has been given some TLC, with new functions that get and set credentials for tasks in asynchronous, non-blocking fashion.</div>
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<pre style="box-sizing: border-box;"><code class="language-swift" data-lang="swift" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">import</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">Foundation</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">session</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NSURLSession</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">()</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">task</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">session</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">dataTaskWithURL</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NSURL</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">string</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198;">"http://nshipster.com"</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">),</span> <span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">completionHandler</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">{</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">data</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">response</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">error</span> <span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">in</span>
<span class="c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #93a1a1;">// ...</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">})</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">protectionSpace</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NSURLProtectionSpace</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">()</span>
<span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NSURLCredentialStorage</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">getCredentialsForProtectionSpace</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">protectionSpace</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">protectionSpace</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span> <span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">task</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">task</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span> <span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">completionHandler</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">{</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">credentials</span> <span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">in</span>
<span class="c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #93a1a1;">// ...</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">})</span>
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Looking through the latest API diffs, one might notice the large number of new <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Type_Identifier" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.1s linear; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 128, 0) !important; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s linear;">UTIs</a> constants. One that caught my eye was <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">kUTTypeToDoItem</code>:</div>
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<pre style="box-sizing: border-box;"><code class="language-swift" data-lang="swift" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">import</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">MobileCoreServices</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">kUTTypeToDoItem</span> <span class="c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #93a1a1;">// "public.to-do-item"</span>
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As a public type, iOS & OS X now provide a unified way to share tasks between applications. If you happen to work on a task management tool (and, let's be honest, the chances are extremely good, considering how damn many of them there are in the App Store), proper integration with this system type should be put at the top of your list.</div>
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kCGImageMetadataShouldExcludeGPS</h2>
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Most users are completely unaware that most pictures taken with phones these days include GPS metadata. Countless individuals have had their privacy breached because of this small detail.</div>
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New to the Image I/O framework is a convenient new option for <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">CGImageDestination</code>:<code style="box-sizing: border-box;">kCGImageMetadataShouldExcludeGPS</code>, which does what you'd expect.</div>
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<pre style="box-sizing: border-box;"><code class="language-objective-c" data-lang="objective-c" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">@</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">import</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">UIKit</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">;</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">@</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">import</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">ImageIO</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">;</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">@</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">import</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">MobileCoreServices</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">;</span>
<span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">UIImage</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">*</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">image</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">...;</span>
<span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NSURL</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">*</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">fileURL</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">[</span><span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NSURL</span> <span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">fileURLWithPath</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span><span class="s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198;">@"/path/to/output.jpg"</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">];</span>
<span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NSString</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">*</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">UTI</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">kUTTypeJPEG</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">;</span>
<span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NSDictionary</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">*</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">options</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="l" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198;">@{</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">__bridge</span> <span class="kt" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900; font-weight: bold;">id</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span><span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">kCGImageDestinationLossyCompressionQuality</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="l" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198;">@(</span><span class="mf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198; font-weight: bold;">0.75</span><span class="l" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198;">)</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">__bridge</span> <span class="kt" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900; font-weight: bold;">id</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span><span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">kCGImageMetadataShouldExcludeGPS</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="l" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198;">@(</span><span class="nb" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">YES</span><span class="l" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198;">)</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span>
<span class="l" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198;">}</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">;</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">CGImageDestinationRef</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">imageDestinationRef</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">CGImageDestinationCreateWithURL</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">((</span><span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">__bridge</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">CFURLRef</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">fileURL</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">__bridge</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">CFStringRef</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">UTI</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span>
<span class="mi" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198; font-weight: bold;">1</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span>
<span class="nb" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NULL</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">);</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">CGImageDestinationAddImage</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">imageDestinationRef</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">[</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">image</span> <span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">CGImage</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">],</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">__bridge</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">CFDictionaryRef</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">options</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">);</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">CGImageDestinationFinalize</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">imageDestinationRef</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">);</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">CFRelease</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">imageDestinationRef</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">);</span>
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WTF_PLATFORM_IOS</h2>
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<code style="box-sizing: border-box;">#define WTF_PLATFORM_IOS</code> has been removed from JavaScriptCore. It will be missed.</div>
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WKWebView</h2>
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<code style="box-sizing: border-box;">UIWebView</code> is dead. Long live <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">WKWebView</code>.</div>
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<code style="box-sizing: border-box;">WKWebView</code> offers Safari-level performance to your own app, and further improves on <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">UIWebView</code> with preferences and configurations:</div>
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<pre style="box-sizing: border-box;"><code class="language-swift" data-lang="swift" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">import</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">WebKit</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">preferences</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">WKPreferences</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">()</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">preferences</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">javaScriptCanOpenWindowsAutomatically</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="nb" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">false</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">configuration</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">WKWebViewConfiguration</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">()</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">configuration</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">preferences</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">preferences</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">webView</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">WKWebView</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">frame</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="nb" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">self</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">view</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">bounds</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span> <span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">configuration</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">configuration</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">let</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">request</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NSURLRequest</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">URL</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NSURL</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">string</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span> <span class="s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198;">"http://nshipster.com"</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">))</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">webView</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">loadRequest</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">request</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span>
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NSQualityOfService</h2>
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Threads have been systematically de-emphasized from the conceptual foundation of Apple frameworks. This has been a good thing for developers.</div>
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Following this trend is a change to <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">NSOperation</code> in the latest APIs. A new <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">qualityOfService</code> property replaces the <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">threadPriority</code>. These new semantics allow an app to defer non-critical work to ensure a consistently great user experience.</div>
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The <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">NSQualityOfService</code> enum defines the following values:</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: disc; margin-bottom: 1em;"><code style="box-sizing: border-box;">UserInteractive</code>: UserInteractive QoS is used when performing work that is related to graphically intensive work such as scrolling or animating.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: disc; margin-bottom: 1em;"><code style="box-sizing: border-box;">UserInitiated</code>: UserInitiated QoS is used for performing work that has been explicitly requested by the user, but does not require millisecond accuracy like animations. For example, if a user requests an email app to check for mail right now.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: disc; margin-bottom: 1em;"><code style="box-sizing: border-box;">Utility</code>: Utility QoS is used for performing work that has been requested by the user to happen automatically. For example, an email app may be configured to automatically check for mail every 5 minutes. It is not a problem if the email check is deferred by a few minutes if the system is extremely limited in resources.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: disc; margin-bottom: 1em;"><code style="box-sizing: border-box;">Background</code>: Background QoS is used for performing work that the user may not even be aware is happening on their behalf. For example, an email app may use this to perform indexing for a search.</li>
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Quality of Service is used throughout Foundation in iOS 8 & OS X Yosemite, so be on the lookout for opportunities to capitalize on this new feature.</div>
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LocalAuthentication</h2>
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Finally, one of the most anticipated features of iOS 8: LocalAuthentication. Ever since TouchID was introduced with the iPhone 5s, developers have been salivating at the prospect of using that in their own app.</div>
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Imagine: with CloudKit and LocalAuthentication, nearly all of the friction to creating a user account is gone. Just scan your fingerprint, and you're in.</div>
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LocalAuthentication works in terms of an <code style="box-sizing: border-box;">LAContext</code> class, which evaluates a specified policy, and gives a thumbs up or thumbs down on user authentication. At no point is any biometric information made available to the application—everything is kept safe on the hardware itself.</div>
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<pre style="box-sizing: border-box;"><code class="language-objective-c" data-lang="objective-c" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">LAContext</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">*</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">context</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">[[</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">LAContext</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">alloc</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">]</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">init</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">];</span>
<span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NSError</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">*</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">error</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">=</span> <span class="nb" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">nil</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">;</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">if</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">([</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">context</span> <span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">canEvaluatePolicy</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">LAPolicyDeviceOwnerAuthenticationWithBiometrics</span>
<span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">error</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span><span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">error</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">])</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">{</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">[</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">context</span> <span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">evaluatePolicy</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">LAPolicyDeviceOwnerAuthenticationWithBiometrics</span>
<span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">localizedReason</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">NSLocalizedString</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198;">@"..."</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span> <span class="nb" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">nil</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span>
<span class="nl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">reply</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span><span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">^</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="kt" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900; font-weight: bold;">BOOL</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">success</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span> <span class="bp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cb4b16;">NSError</span> <span class="o" style="box-sizing: border-box;">*</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">error</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">{</span>
<span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">if</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">success</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">{</span>
<span class="c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #93a1a1;">// ...</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">}</span> <span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">else</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">{</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">NSLog</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198;">@"%@"</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">error</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">);</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">}</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">}];</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">}</span> <span class="k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #859900;">else</span> <span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">{</span>
<span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">NSLog</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(</span><span class="s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2aa198;">@"%@"</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span> <span class="n" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #268bd2;">error</span><span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">);</span>
<span class="p" style="box-sizing: border-box;">}</span>
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Although it seems like all that anyone can talk about these days is Swift, it'd be a shame if we ignored all of the neat things iOS 8 & OS X Yosemite allow us to actually <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">do</em> with this new language.</div>
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If you're feeling adventurous, <a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/releasenotes/General/iOS80APIDiffs/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40014455" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.1s linear; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 128, 0) !important; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s linear;">dive into the iOS 7.1 to 8.0 API diffs</a> to really appreciate the magnitude of new technologies to discover. <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Granted, of the 4000+ new APIs, at least half of those are slight changes to Accelerate functions, or methods becoming properties, but still...</em> Have at it!</div>
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At Monday's WWDC keynote, Apple announced a flurry of fun new features. With <a href="http://gizmodo.com/os-x-yosemite-everything-you-need-to-know-1584746482">OS X Yosemite</a> and <a href="http://gizmodo.com/ios-8-new-features-for-your-iphone-and-ipad-updating-1584820649">iOS 8</a>,
your Mac and iPhone are closer than ever, opening the door to the
Future of Computing. Too bad iPhone 4 users won't get to enjoy any of
it—and neither will anyone with an even older phone.</div>
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oldest phone that will run iOS 8, when it's released to the general
public this fall, is the iPhone 4S. And based on how poorly iOS 7
performed on older iPhones, you can expect some lag running iOS 8 on a
4S. Regardless, it won't work on an iPhone 4 at all. Of course, if
you're running iOS 7 on a 4, you were already way behind. And after all,
this is how tech works. Welcome to the upgrade StairMaster. So RIP
iPhone 4.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The new Apple iOS 8 presented at WWDC 2014 is a lot more than Healthkit—Apple's
new vital statistics monitoring system—and a few adjustments to the
interface introduced last year. Here you will find the complete catalog
of new features along with live commentary on all of them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Healthkit</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Apple
has created a new API called Healthkit. Developers will be able to link
applications to a central database of your personal health data.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This
will be available not only for apps you can buy in the app store, but
also professional medical applications and platforms. So if you get your
blood pressure or your sugar blood data from your hospital, your iPhone
will receive a secure notification with this data. You will be able to
store it privately and—even better—share this information easily with
other doctors and hospitals. Apple listed a lot of institutions that are
jumping right in, including the Mayo Clinic</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Camera new features</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Apple seems to be beefing up the camera software quite a bit. For users, iOS 8 will add <strong>Time Lapse</strong>
photography, which is pretty cool. But the news may be in the
developers side, with a new camera application programming kit that will
allow third-party apps to access the camera hardware in depth, with
controls that weren't available before. This may indicate that the
camera in the next iPhone may be beefed up quite considerably.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Photos</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Apple has also included a new <em>Photos</em>
app that includes new editing capabilities that can be used with a
simple thumb gesture. It seems pretty easy to use, especially their
equivalent to Photoshop's Shadows and Highlights, which uses smart image
analysis to get pretty great results (at least in the demo.) The
technology seems similar to the iOS version of iPhoto but with a much
simpler interface.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="img-border"><img alt="iOS 8: All the New Features For Your iPhone and iPad" class="transform-ku-xlarge js_annotatable-image cursor-crosshair" data-asset-url="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--pkHScqEP--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/ykswupdxktupoujenuoj.jpg" data-chomp-id="ykswupdxktupoujenuoj" data-format="jpg" height="287" id="img-3" src="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--pkHScqEP--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/ykswupdxktupoujenuoj.jpg" width="636" /></span><span class="image-annotation-footnote-wrapper" data-footnote-chomp-id="ykswupdxktupoujenuoj"></span></span></div>
<div data-textannotation-id="71540a0c4be0bdb273f8f884f57a13db" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Apple
is also building a OS X Yosemite version of Photos, fully built around
Apple's cloud. This may indicate that they are going to phase out
iPhoto.</span></div>
<div data-textannotation-id="804529d033c65bdaa53a7f835b1570b4" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All
photos are now in the Cloud with 5GB of free storage. Other storage
plans, Apple says, will start at $1 per month. There's no more
distinction between local and cloud. Your local device will act as a
cache for what's on the cloud—hopefully with lots of security, so nobody
can access your nudie pics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Continuity</span></h4>
<div data-textannotation-id="2f882144d1cdf814c8e1dc9d767154e9" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Continuity
is one of the most exciting things in iOS and OS X. It is a group of
technologies that seamlessly integrates both Macs and iOS devices:</span></div>
<div data-textannotation-id="d3a4d97d900de5a75a7d748151e96e21" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Airdrop.</strong>
Now works between Macs and iOS devices. You can drag and drop a file
from your Mac to your iPhone or iPad via a Wi-Fi network, seamlessly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="img-border"><img alt="iOS 8: All the New Features For Your iPhone and iPad" class="transform-original js_annotatable-image cursor-crosshair" data-asset-url="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--GEvwlXjJ--/fdu4lhxgmcraoms2g5rk.jpg" data-chomp-id="fdu4lhxgmcraoms2g5rk" data-format="jpg" height="288" id="img-4" src="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--GEvwlXjJ--/fdu4lhxgmcraoms2g5rk.jpg" width="636" /></span><span class="image-annotation-footnote-wrapper" data-footnote-chomp-id="fdu4lhxgmcraoms2g5rk"></span></span></div>
<div data-textannotation-id="3a016713658ec81c764d5908feba5a00" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Handoff.</strong>
Your iPad and iPhone are always aware of what you are doing on your
Mac. So when you are working in a Mail message and you have to leave
your workstationn, you can pick it where you left it on your iPad or
iPhone to continue that message right away. The iOS device will show a
small icon on the bottom left corner of the lock screen. Clicking on an
icon will open whatever you were working on before.</span></div>
<div data-textannotation-id="e1543e44beb60bc7e91a8e0051c77920" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Text message integration. </strong>Now
your iPhone can send text messages to your Mac, which is very cool
feature. The iPhone would relay your regular text messages—sent by
non-iOS phones—into the iMessage app in your Mac. All your messages,
regardless of their origin, will be synchronized everywhere. I wish this
worked with other chat services, like Gchat or Facebook, finally
providing a centralized, seamless message center. </span></div>
<div data-textannotation-id="b1c0ff25bf9d9e57791bf4f71dd46662" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And
of course, it's yet to be seen how smooth this synchronization is.
Apple's troubled past history with iMessage is not a good sign.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Call integration. </strong>Even
cooler than the text messaging is that you can use your iPhone to relay
voice calls to your Mac—complete with Caller ID—and call from your Mac
through your iPhone. It's all automatic: The iPhone gets fully
integrated and your Mac acts like a speaker and microphone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">New notifications</span></h4>
<div data-textannotation-id="cc2e796aea0bbd0d8708e55a0477454f" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The notifications have been enhanced. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At
last, the new iOS 8 provides with a way to answer notifications without
having to leave your app. You can also do the same from the lock
screen, without having to unlock your phone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="img-border asset-loading-success" style="height: auto;"><img alt="iOS 8: All the New Features For Your iPhone and iPad" class="transform-ku-xlarge js_annotatable-image cursor-crosshair" data-asset-url="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--Tk249Jx---/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/ufsixobaz6di9bqayjla.jpg" data-chomp-id="ufsixobaz6di9bqayjla" data-format="jpg" height="287" id="img-6" src="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--Tk249Jx---/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/ufsixobaz6di9bqayjla.jpg" width="636" /></span><span class="image-annotation-footnote-wrapper" data-footnote-chomp-id="ufsixobaz6di9bqayjla"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Accessing people</span></h4>
<div class="has-media media-640" data-textannotation-id="9ef076193dcd59889a6f99d31e577fb1" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="img-border asset-loading-success" style="height: auto;"><img alt="iOS 8: All the New Features For Your iPhone and iPad" class="transform-ku-xlarge js_annotatable-image cursor-crosshair" data-asset-url="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--opcW-CAP--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/lbidhw913pthmniyp282.jpg" data-chomp-id="lbidhw913pthmniyp282" data-format="jpg" height="288" id="img-8" src="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--opcW-CAP--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/lbidhw913pthmniyp282.jpg" width="636" /></span><span class="image-annotation-footnote-wrapper" data-footnote-chomp-id="lbidhw913pthmniyp282"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You
can access people by double tapping on the home button. The most
contacted people will pop as a line of icons. Clicking on one face will
give you access to all the forms of communication available: Calls,
chat, FaceTime or FaceTime Voice (I wonder if this could be extended to
Whatsapp or Facebook Chat too—more on extensions below.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Enhanced mail</span></h4>
<div data-textannotation-id="801aa4918e3c841ba6d838b112a931e3" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The new mail has a variety of enhancements, but the best is the gesture based message manipulation, <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5983668/mailbox-review-your-bad-email-redemption">a la <em>Mailbox</em>.</a>
You can swipe to the left to delete a flag or reply to a message. Swipe
a bit harder and you can easily delete the message itself. I'm a
Mailbox fan, so I'm happy they have implemented a similar feature for
email management.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Spotlight</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="img-border asset-loading-success" style="height: auto;"><img alt="iOS 8: All the New Features For Your iPhone and iPad" class="transform-ku-xlarge js_annotatable-image cursor-crosshair" data-asset-url="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--8JiLuAZi--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/obwr7mz7fg7ds9raadpw.jpg" data-chomp-id="obwr7mz7fg7ds9raadpw" data-format="jpg" height="379" id="img-9" src="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--8JiLuAZi--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/obwr7mz7fg7ds9raadpw.jpg" width="636" /></span><span class="image-annotation-footnote-wrapper" data-footnote-chomp-id="obwr7mz7fg7ds9raadpw"></span></span></div>
<div data-textannotation-id="27f9e665fd2d9b63ba7d29149896c7cd" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Spotlight—accessible
from the lock screen and everywhere in iOS with a downward swipe—works
across the entire iPhone to give you results but also now offers you
suggestions of things that are not stored in your device. It will give
you suggestions on:</span></div>
<div data-textannotation-id="86b9e90e5c1acfd087899f87dc182626" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• News</span></div>
<div data-textannotation-id="ec388208f1fd103661b9b94594c778c9" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• Wikipedia</span></div>
<div data-textannotation-id="297354878b6d61c24a1a4fbce30433aa" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• Nearby places</span></div>
<div data-textannotation-id="a9d8da552cb50af6b37cbb4030f2664f" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• iTunes store music, podcasts and movies</span></div>
<div data-textannotation-id="99dcf1c2a7f2d1750985dfa15aafebed" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• iBooks store</span></div>
<div data-textannotation-id="b528aed3bf8f64a99dd16d298f0801eb" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• Suggested websites</span></div>
<div data-textannotation-id="eaecb51927de3b6320a8a1ed7d21c19c" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• Movie showtimes</span></div>
<div data-textannotation-id="f6c5b110a267f33ec36846b9058c0406" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Even
apps that you haven't downloaded yet related to your search (which
maybe can get quite annoying). It's similar to what Google does in
Android or Microsoft on Windows Phone. It works in Safari too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Keyboard enhancements</span></h4>
<div data-textannotation-id="bb479c39f2130d9ac8d52b3e63f66248" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For
the first time, Apple is renewing its keyboard. The new iOS finally
supports context-sensitive predictive typing, giving you a list of words
that you can use to make your text entry a lot faster.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="lightBoxWrapper"><span class="img-border asset-loading-success" style="height: auto;"><img alt="iOS 8: All the New Features For Your iPhone and iPad" class="transform-ku-xlarge js_annotatable-image cursor-crosshair" data-asset-url="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--d7Ir_-JP--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/ruyjbyygqpsjacwi84ls.jpg" data-chomp-id="ruyjbyygqpsjacwi84ls" data-format="jpg" data-original-src="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/ruyjbyygqpsjacwi84ls.jpg" height="552" id="img-10" src="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--d7Ir_-JP--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/ruyjbyygqpsjacwi84ls.jpg" width="636" /></span><span class="image-annotation-footnote-wrapper" data-footnote-chomp-id="ruyjbyygqpsjacwi84ls"></span><span class="magnifier lightBox"><span class="text proxima">Expand</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Apple
claims that the new engine learns how you write. It's so sensitive that
it knows who you are talking with and adjusts the suggestions
accordingly. In the example above you can see more informal suggestions
to a friend and more formal ones to a colleague. Apple claims it learns
from your behavior.</span></div>
<div data-textannotation-id="83fe25cfde196992e8356ae521ece663" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The
prediction of the words is also context sensitive, so if you are
talking about a dinner date, it'll give you the adequate words for that
environment. It will even interpret questions and give you answers so
you only have to click and not type. It seems pretty cool but for some
reason I think this is not going to end well for our communication
abilities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">iMessages</span></h4>
<div data-textannotation-id="a60b6a144cc185960dbb386dbbef8c85" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You can mute particular conversations now, which will be <em>very</em> convenient.</span></div>
<div data-textannotation-id="c934d1371ffa808843d9ec96a51a47a4" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Another cool feature is the ability to share your location on a conversation by conversation basis, and for limited times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="img-border asset-loading-success" style="height: auto;"><img alt="iOS 8: All the New Features For Your iPhone and iPad" class="transform-ku-xlarge js_annotatable-image cursor-crosshair" data-asset-url="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--xuLJlAsM--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/necg9muryy75tbnqojio.jpg" data-chomp-id="necg9muryy75tbnqojio" data-format="jpg" height="405" id="img-11" src="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--xuLJlAsM--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/necg9muryy75tbnqojio.jpg" width="636" /></span><span class="image-annotation-footnote-wrapper" data-footnote-chomp-id="necg9muryy75tbnqojio"></span></span></div>
<div data-textannotation-id="31a198208db94c958a387b08fb7c6bd7" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You
can send audio and video messages in iMessages too. Like SnapChat, the
messages self-destruct. But unlike SnapChat, you can select not to
destroy the messages and they take a long time.</span></div>
<div data-textannotation-id="b0f5c853316c49bb4e3d2578a01e763a" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You
can listen to audio messages sent via iMessage from the home screen.
Just take your phone to your ear to listen, no touch required. The same
to reply.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">iCloud Drive</span></h4>
<div class="has-media media-640" data-textannotation-id="89264c3fc2020941d3012c0752179bce" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="img-border asset-loading-success" style="height: auto;"><img alt="iOS 8: All the New Features For Your iPhone and iPad" class="transform-ku-xlarge js_annotatable-image cursor-crosshair" data-asset-url="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--mR2zdwn1--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/ywiazfh6bcejf9nb7u69.jpg" data-chomp-id="ywiazfh6bcejf9nb7u69" data-format="jpg" height="287" id="img-12" src="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--mR2zdwn1--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/ywiazfh6bcejf9nb7u69.jpg" width="636" /></span><span class="image-annotation-footnote-wrapper" data-footnote-chomp-id="ywiazfh6bcejf9nb7u69"></span></span></div>
<div data-textannotation-id="43f200ce6676bf929bf7cff1169cda9c" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Of
course, apps will be able to access iCloud Drive to enjoy the same
"continuity" as Apple apps. A third-party application like Sketchbook
will be able to save changes to documents automatically to your cloud,
so now every bit of data from every application would be available
across iOS devices and Mac (provided the developer uses this feature, of
course.) It works with Windows machines too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Entreprise features</span></h4>
<div data-textannotation-id="b8fe8ae50510e3f9b2a7d313e40b5577" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The
new iOS has plenty of features for companies and corporations, Apple
says. It supports new tools for device management by IT departments, is
ease to share documents through central company clouds, and shows
calendar availability when making appointments.</span></div>
<h4 data-textannotation-id="558284521635f5902ba7a6d48c9f1c90" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Family Sharing</span></h4>
<div data-textannotation-id="e8309a236483d08478e26f53d84d0d79" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now
you can share stuff with your family in a very easy way: Family
calendar, photos, and locations (another nice feature that can end in
very wrong places! Such fun ahead.)</span></div>
<div data-textannotation-id="df377de054bbd5b87229cd9a5c0b4bd5" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You
can share all the books, music and movie purchases between all the
members of your family, up to six. Of course, you should use the same
credit card for this to work. If you are a father, don't worry, your
kids will be able to use your credit card to buy the latest game, but
you will always get a message asking for permission.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Siri</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They
have updated Siri to listen constantly. When you plug it into your car,
for example, you just can say "Hey Siri" and it will activate
automatically—without you touching the home button at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Another
good addition is the integration of Shazam: Siri will now be able to
recognize songs on the spot without opening that horrible app. It will
also let you buy a new song from the results screen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Extensions (this is really really great news, trust me)</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This
is, by far, the best feature of iOS: Like in OS X, Apple is now
allowing app developers to provide extensions for iOS. Developers will
be able to add services that other applications can use. An app will be
able to use some other app's photo editing software, for example. Or
maybe post to Pinterest using a Pinterest extension. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For
the user, this will be transparent: When you install any app their
services will become automatically available to all other apps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Apps
will be able to offer widgets too, at last. Which can be interactive.
Apple showed an eBay widget that allows for direct bidding on watched
auctions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You will be able to extend Apple's Safari with other extensions too: Here's an image of how Bing Translate works within Safari.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You can even extend the iOS itself, adding custom keyboards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All
these extensions run, according to Apple, with a lot of security layers
so the user is always in control and no software can grab any
information (without permission.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Touch ID for all apps!</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Touch
ID is a great idea but it was pretty useless until now. At last, now
apps will be able to use Touch ID for authorization. You will be able to
use your thumbprint to access your account through your bank app.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Metal: New 3D engine for iOS</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Apple
is claiming that their new Metal graphics engine offers ten times the
performance of their previous 3D rendering engine, which apparently is
really impressive (it certainly looks really impressive.) One of the
developers, from Epic, says that they were able to bring a full
"console-level" engine to the iPad with full fidelity and full
performance, whatever that means.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The demonstration was pretty damn good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Availability</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The update will be available "in the fall."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[<a href="http://gizmodo.com/ios-8-new-features-for-your-iphone-and-ipad-updating-1584820649">Source</a>] </span></div>
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