Apple

I’ve lost a handful of small Mac utilities to Homebrew deprecation over the last couple of years. The software was fine. The author just hadn’t paid Apple. That’s not how Homebrew phrases it. The PR says the cask failed brew audit. The audit flags the binary as unsigned, or signed but not notarised, or signed by a Developer ID that doesn’t match the bundle. The deprecation policy gives the cask a sunset date. It looks like quality control from the outside. On the maintainer’s side, it’s a $99-a-year invoice from Cupertino. ...

Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad yesterday. A tablet. Bigger than a phone, smaller than a laptop. No keyboard, no trackpad, no USB ports worth mentioning. The internet is already divided. Some call it a giant iPhone. Others call it a toy. A few are excited. I don’t have one yet, but the idea of a device that’s comfortable to hold for reading, browsing, and watching videos while on the couch appeals to me. It fills a gap that neither phones nor laptops really cover. ...