Video Of iBeacons @ Work

Hands-on with the iPhone & iBeacon || 9to5mac








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A Few Points on iOS 7 || Macsparky

There is a lot getting published today about Apple’s new iOS 7 operating system for the iPad and iPhone. I’m not going to go in depth. (If you are looking for that, Macworld.com is the place to go.) Nevertheless, I do have a few observations having used it now (full time) for about a 6 weeks.

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Color Me Intrigued

Peter Alguacil on iOS 7

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while the whole interface has depth and layers, there is no sign of that very common visual cue for depth: shadows.

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and it isn’t about iOS “going flat.” My impression of the illumination metaphor (for lack of a better word) in iOS 7 is that the whole user interface is backlit, just like the physical device screen is. Hence, no shadows.


… In short, the interfaces from yesteryear have not acknowledged that the true light source of those pixels come from the back, not the front.

… Apple is treating iOS 7 as a more integral part of the device itself.

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