According to recent reports from third parties (not from Apple itself), Apple’s share of the education market is decreasing, but its share of the enterprise market — which includes law firms — is increasing. John Gruber of Daring Fireball discussed these reports, including one from Jamf, and then made this amusing remark: “So today in 2017, Apple is struggling in the education and creative pro markets, and thriving in the enterprise. Try telling that to a time-traveler from 20 years ago.” Very true. And now, the news of note from the past week:
- New York attorney Nicole Black discusses social media use by lawyers in an article for The Daily Record.
- Karen Freeman of WatchAware discusses the latest version of the Starbucks app, which has new features for the Apple Watch.
- The iPhone’s built-in Camera app has an HDR mode, but Caitlin McGarry of Macworld discusses the latest version of the Adoble Lightroom iOS app which also has an HDR feature — perfect if you are taking a picture outside and have some bright areas (like the sky) and dark areas (like shadows) within the same picture. I’ve tried them both side by side for a few tests, and I was getting better HDR pictures with the Lightroom app.
- Rene Ritchie of iMore reviews the ceramic version of the Apple Watch. I saw a New York attorney wearing this version of the Apple Watch a few months ago, and it looked very stylish on her.
- Federico Viticci of MacStories reviews the Notability app when used with an Apple Pencil on an iPad Pro to take handwritten notes.
- Mike Wuerthele of AppleInsider discusses the latest update to the fantastic Fantastical app, my favorite calendar app. The update adds a new Apple Watch complication, plus other features.
- Ron Johnson, who created and used to be in charge of the Apple Store, discussed how Steve Jobs initially hated the idea of a Genius Bar in an interview with Kara Swisher of Recode. Eric Johnson of Recode shares the highlights.
- Ken Segall, who used to do ads for Apple, shares a short and amusing story about Steve Jobs leaving an angry voice mail.
- Walt Handelsman, a New Orleans-based political cartoonist for The Advocate, created a clever cartoon on a President Trump travel ban that everyone can agree on.
- And finally, Apple created a new page of its website devoted to HomeKit technologies. That page features a video of a woman with an extremely HomeKit-enabled home. This is far more HomeKit technology than a normal person will ever have, but the video is fun to watch. Here is a version on YouTube, or you can view the version on that page of the Apple website: