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Founder CEO @Flighty ( 2023 Design Award,  2023 App of the Year Finalist) • Sold @weatherlineapp • Alum @dukeu @apple • Product, strategy, curiosity.

Austin, TX
Joined May 2008
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@rjonesy
Ryan Jones
2 years
Our biggest release this year @FlightyApp 🏝 Dynamic Island - delays, gate changes, status, countdown, go to gate 🔒 Lock Screen - light/dark, no 14 Pro required 😎 Always-On Display - glanceable colors 📴 Airplane mode - offline progress bar & ETA →
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1 year
Reddit CEO Spez just put their IPO and his job on deathwatch. 1. email company “no revenue impact, this will pass”🤦‍♂️ 2. email leaks, duh 3. 25-50% of Mods extend blackout indefinitely, duh 4. revenue drops 25-50% 5. investors lose CEO faith 6. no IPO He has ~48h to save it.
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Alex Heath
1 year
Full memo here makes clear that Reddit isn’t backing down from its API changes. Language from Huffman implies there is tremendous pressure to boost revenue (company recently did layoffs)
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7 years
🚨 iOS 11 *FORCES* option for GPS access “Only While Using the App” even when apps don’t offer it! Suck it Uber.
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3 years
AirPods Max design started 4+ years ago!
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@rjonesy
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7 years
*ANY* time a background app uses your location in iOS 11 the blue bar is on. This is going to crush entire businesses.
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@rjonesy
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10 months
Flighty 3.0 tomorrow! “Friends for flying” finally done right. 🥳 Our biggest release, risk, and lift yet. Nervous. Excited. Ready…
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4 years
Just registered a new LLC using Stripe @Atlas ✓ took 60 seconds ✓ no lawyers, no phone calls ✓ Docs in 4 day ✓ EIN in 7 days ✓ $10k in DigitalOcean credits ✓ cost $500 Wow, that was glorious.
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@rjonesy
Ryan Jones
5 years
Super-Duper-Pro iOS tip: Double tap time pickers to switch to 1 min granularity instead of 5 min. 😎
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4 months
Judge: “Apple cannot disallow Apps to link to other payment methods” Apple: lolz. Ok, we’ll take 27% and...
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1 year
Jeeze, Google Flights is predicting prices now. And by hours.
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1 year
🥴 Imagine… - spending 11 months on 3 text fields and a progress bar - truncating the headline - truncating one letter - compact variant is your logo - shipping 32 days before iOS 17 I’m sorry to poke fun. But it has to be said.
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Joe Rossignol
1 year
Uber Eats × Live Activities
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2 years
The animation for multiple Live Activities is butter.
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1 year
Landscape Face ID in iOS 17! (iPhone 14 Pro Max)
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2 years
Well would you look at that! 😜
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@rjonesy
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6 years
Sell your company for $210M after Series D....equals the same net to a Founder as selling for $38M after Seed Round. That’s a lot of work between Seed and D, for nothing except more return to your VC. 😱
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@rjonesy
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3 years
Actual courage. We were wrong about TouchBar We were wrong about HDMI We were wrong about SD card slot We were wrong about MagSafe
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4 years
HOLY. FUGGIN. SHIT. $999 MacBook Air with no fans is: 1) faster single core by 30% than *every Mac ever* (yes including iMac/Mac Pro) 2) faster multi-core than every Mac ever except iMac/Mac Pros with 8+ cores ($5k) 🔥
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5 years
Apple put up all the AirPods Pro billboards without the AirPods, then added them.
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1 year
iOS 16.4 has new toasts! Not particularly refined but they don’t block the screen or interactions.
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3 years
iOS 15: They fixed the time picker!!! It’s actually even better - scroll or tap to type.
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Ryan Jones
1 year
A shining star is lost – Reddit’s leadership has killed @apolloreddit . @ChristianSelig has been a professional, kind, and generous leader throughout. But he’s on the hook for $250,000 in refunds. Tip him $5 by buying “Apollo Pro”: 🫡👾
@ChristianSelig
Christian Selig
1 year
Apollo will close down on June 30th. Reddit’s recent decisions and actions have unfortunately made it impossible for Apollo to continue. Thank you so, so much for all the support over the years. ❤️
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1 year
We won an Apple Design Award! 🤯 @FlightyApp design is a combination of @maarstad ’s sophisticated minimalism and @ifrins ’s insane engineering talent range. ❤️
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5 years
These icons are unreal. From ⁦ @AppleBooks
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Ryan Jones
2 years
It’s official, @FlightyApp SURVIVED. I had quit my job, built for 1.5 yrs, spent savings, had a baby, then…BAM. Global shutdown. Bankruptcy was the default. But the product was strong, the team focused long-term, and users stuck with us. WE BACK! 25% MoM. ✈️
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Ryan Jones
2 years
Hi Travel Press, Made a composite image from for you. It shows exactly why iPhone 14 Pro is huge for travelers.
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Ryan Jones
3 years
Woah, Apple’s HIG update says buttons like “Later” or “Not Now” in permission pre-alerts are now banned.
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Ryan Jones
1 year
Here’s where doubters are wrong: - Redditors aren’t going to leave - Much worse - They’re going to stay and BURN. IT. ALL. DOWN. around Spez. This is *Reddit*.
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Ryan Jones
4 years
Say hello to the @weatherlineapp widget. Just a tiny peak…
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@rjonesy
Ryan Jones
9 years
Insanity. Charge Apple Pencil for 15 seconds = 30 minutes of battery life. http://t.co/VmhH3KaUkc
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Ryan Jones
8 months
Omg no. Imagine working at Apple for decades then thinking this is good marketing. (Explained: What does being in a fashion show convey? Elite. Out of touch. Jewelry. No usage shown… So it’s a pretty but useless object? Cringe.)
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Ryan Jones
5 years
iOS 13 small things: - Low data mode - Bluetooth splitting - Emoji key - Download large apps on cellular - WiFi in control center home - Optimized battery charging
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Ryan Jones
2 years
Can finally announce this! @FlightyApp is in all Apple stores worldwide. 🤯
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7 months
For once, I don’t really have words. Thanks to Apple, so many of you, and most of all my insanely talented partners @maarstad and @ifrins . 🏆🙏
@Flighty
Flighty
7 months
🤯 Honored and stunned to be a finalist for 2023 iPhone App of The Year. Thank YOU for loving and sharing it. And @AppStore for the recognition!
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Ryan Jones
2 years
@bgurley Apple pays app developers 45 days after the month end…. Yes, 45. On $150B annually. Now that is float.
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Ryan Jones
5 years
Great alert by Apple when you get liquid in the lightning port. Don’t worry it was minor.
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Ryan Jones
6 years
Incredible design cheat sheet. 👏🏼
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Ryan Jones
1 year
Mac apps, off the cuff, in order. REQUIRED: Rocket Divvy Pastebot CleanShot AdGuard Velja (open links in native apps) Hush Soulver Quitter GOOD: Next Meeting Hazel MenuWeather+ (AccuWeather in menu bar) HANDY: ImgPlay (make GIFs) VN (edit videos) Contrast
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Ryan Jones
5 years
Bezos just rode by on a scooter. 🤣 100% serious. The richest person in the world, out for a scooter joy ride with three suits. (I live near Whole Foods HQ.)
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Ryan Jones
4 years
30 days until WWDC. 30 days until iOS 14.
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Ryan Jones
1 year
Sooooon of a bitch. Reddit leadership wants $20M/year for Apollo’s API access. Bad bad idea.
@ChristianSelig
Christian Selig
1 year
Just got off a call with Reddit about the API and new pricing. Bad news unless I come up with 20 million dollars (not joking). Appreciate boosts.
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4 months
Legend.
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9 months
Bucket list goal that wasn’t even on the bucket list. 🤯
@Flighty
Flighty
9 months
OMG Flighty is in Apple's iPhone 15 film! 🤩
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Ryan Jones
4 years
BREAKING: Facebook SDK will not adopt Apple’s iOS 14 privacy prompt. Shocking (not at all). Just what Apple needed, another high-stakes game of chicken.
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Ryan Jones
5 years
Awesome iOS 13 feature.
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Ryan Jones
6 years
I want this movie app, like if you do too: I enter movies. You notify me when it hits theaters. If I don’t mark as watched, you notify me when it hits iTunes...then iTunes rental...then on sale...then free to stream (Netflix, Prime, etc), Watchlist waterfall, by $, that’s it.
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Ryan Jones
5 years
Alleged iPhone 11 specs, formatted for sane people. iPhone 11 +25% RAM, 3 → 4GB +6% battery, 2942 → 3110 mAh iPhone 11 Pro +50% RAM, 4 → 6GB +20% battery, 2658 → 3190 mAh iPhone 11 Pro Max +50% RAM, 4 → 6GB +10% battery, 3174 → 3500 mAh
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8 months
@Barbapapapps Yuuuuus and let me prioritize and rename!
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5 months
A 2 year personal mission. 🥹
@Flighty
Flighty
5 months
New year. New self. We are now just @Flighty !
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Ryan Jones
2 years
First sneak peak of @FlightyApp ’s lock screen widgets. 😎
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Ryan Jones
9 months
I finally did it… introducing Flighty Line. 😉
@Flighty
Flighty
9 months
Big News: Flighty is coming to Apple Watch! 😍 Gorgeous visual complications 🧠 Smart Stack 🌙 Standby Mode ⌚️ Modern Watch app Monday at 10am PT:
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1 year
@TrevMcKendrick Digg says Hi
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Ryan Jones
2 years
🚨 iOS 16.1 Beta 4 has a new payment confirmation screen! I’ve begged for this for years – Apple can’t control sneaky prices on paywalls, but they can make it super clear here.
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1 year
@iamharaldur @jorilallo @elonmusk Huge huge respect Halli. I could never maintain my composure or wit in such a scenario. 💪
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Ryan Jones
4 years
MacOS. DESIGNED. FOR. FINGERS.
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Ryan Jones
3 months
iPhone’s useless month view hasn’t changed since iPhone OS 1. Pray for iOS 18.
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4 years
Kobe's helicopter was #N72EX a high-end executive Sikorky S-76 with custom graphics and Nike swoosh. They circled over Glendale for 11 minutes before heading to Calabasas. :( #RIPKobeBryant
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2 months
Upcoming @Flighty destroys all else. Love being deep in the lab with the team. 💜
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2 years
iOS 16 needs to handle this natively. Four taps is insane.
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4 years
🚨 iOS 14 catches apps spying on your clipboard. 🚨 Some apps access whatever you copied, silently, just by opening the app. The new iOS feature catches them in the act by notifying you.
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Ryan Jones
1 year
Incredible proud of our little team to be an ADA Finalist. 🤗 All credit to @maarstad – Flighty’s design is a reflection of him, and @ifrins – for dealing with my nitpicking and somehow always overdelivering.
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7 years
That animation tho. 👌 App Store Link:
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2 years
Garmin: Shit
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Ryan Jones
3 years
Cheaper Apple Display coming! Thanks ⁦ @marcoarment
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Ryan Jones
2 years
How to control the Dynamic Island with swipes: - swipe toward center = collapse - swipe away from center = expand Even works with 2 activities, and rubber bands when max'ed out.
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Ryan Jones
2 years
The camera bump march of time continues. - iPhone 14 Pro bump is 4.18mm total - that’s over half the thickness of the *phone body* - including bump, the 14 Pro is thicker than original iPhone Cc @gruber @siracusa
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7 years
Auto-delete unused apps.
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3 years
16. Annnnd there it is: The lawyers will get paid OUT OF THE SMALL DEVELOPERS ASSISTANCE FUND. $30M of $100M of the SMALL DEVELOPERS ASSISTANCE fund goes to the lawyers. 🤣😆😭 I can’t. This is just too good.
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Ryan Jones
4 years
Apple’s weather app is going to be legit. - dark sky rain - warmer/cooler alerts - warning alerts I'm actually very shocked they already got this Dark Sky stuff in. (US, Europe, Japan, Canada, Australia)
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Ryan Jones
5 years
We have iOS 13.1, 13.1.1, 13.2, and 13.2.1 in analytics already. Yeesh.
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8 years
So, Google announced Alexa, Echo, FaceTime, and iMessage.
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5 years
The @1Password :: Dropbox metaphors could not be more perfect. Breakout consumer app → insane organic growth → bottoms up enterprise adoption → taste that enterprise money → can’t look back → enterprise roadmap → death of a good product
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3 years
Allow Tracking lying and manipulation has begun. “To avoid being distracted by irrelevant ads” 😂
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5 years
🤯 You can FEEL the pressure equalize when you put in AirPods Pro, wow. 👏 And the noise cancelling makes ambient noise SILENT. 😍 But my favorite is Transparency Mode. It’s like a personal soundtrack to the world. Nothing changes, just an extra audio layered added. Holy hell.
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3 years
I’m gonna read and summarize Apple’s proposed App Store settlement on a class-action lawsuit (not Epic). Source docs: Apple’s Press Release Proposed Settlement to Judge PDF
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Ryan Jones
1 year
Mac Pro as-is is certainly dead. The empty tower is SO obviously just cuz Ternus said so. Mac Pro should just be the highest end Studio, in Space Gray.
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Ryan Jones
1 year
@Vyyyper We spent months on that – pretty much every user goes offline during tracking a flight so it’s gotta still work! Oh and Pro users get live updates over just the messaging-only free WiFi. 😎
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3 months
Larry David uses Siri in the new Curb season…
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1 year
@eshear Ya def. I’m not certain that wouldn’t also backfire though. I think we’re about to find out soon enough!
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5 months
@karrisaarinen Deadly obvious that: - this is a practice they do - he’s trying to talk around it - cuz he wants to and will continue doing it 😢💀
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Ryan Jones
1 year
Bingo, the standard paywall I’ve been asking for (optional, for now?) But look how tiny the price. 😳
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Ryan Jones
3 years
Well… this certainly wasn’t ever the plan or goal, but the stars aligned. 📣 Weather Line is being acquired 📣 ✓ All active subs are extended until shutdown for free ✓ No personal data was sold ✓ Service will stay on for 13 months (Apr 1, 2022)
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Ryan Jones
6 years
Hahaha hahaha, hahaha. Ha. MBP battery life problems? Remove the battery percentage. CPU throttling? Remove the measurement app. This PR move is tired.
@9to5mac
9to5Mac
6 years
Intel Power Gadget utility download link removed amidst 2018 MacBook Pro throttling controversy by @bzamayo
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2 years
OMFG Show me something designed by an engineer in one day. New Settings app in macOS. Poor Mac. 🤦‍♂️
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Ryan Jones
4 years
App Review is rejecting @FlightyApp because "pricing is not the most prominent element” on our paywall. 🤬🤯😡
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Ryan Jones
10 years
“Think of it this way: The iPhone 6 Plus is only slightly smaller than an iPad Mini” - Topolsky vs Math: http://t.co/CY2xP2CPxk
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3 years
iOS 15: You can mute notifications.
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1 year
WWDC23 vibe is cool. Very… soapy.
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4 years
Our @FlightyApp widgets came out sooo friggin good. - During flights you get all your live info. - Between flights it becomes a countdown to your next getaway. 🆓Widgets are free, plus first 3 flights get Pro with no credit card required.
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@jakub_smekal @tim_cook why is he miniature ;)
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5 months
It costs us a pretty penny and maxes out all our infra, but we’re happy to give away Pro on all flights tomorrow. It’ll be the busiest travel day of all-time. It’s the least we can do. Happy Holidays. Thanks for an insane year.
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Flighty
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🎁Flighty Pro is FREE on all Dec 22nd flights. Flighty is here on peak travel day, to help you get home, without delay! Alerts and live tracking – it’s all free, so spread the word with holiday glee! ❤️Flighty Crew
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Ryan Jones
5 years
Permalink to Manage Apple Subscriptions: Text: #https ://apps.apple.com/account/subscriptions Works on macOS and iOS. It was buried in a WWDC 2018 session.
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7 months
You can’t get canned demos wrong @Humane . 😞 Unsurprisingly, like all their marketing roll out this far, it’s not good. I kinda feel bad for them now. Just not good strategy work.
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Ryan Jones
6 years
News: Apple is making a new laptop! Fans: yyyyyes! ... Fans: I hope they don’t use their new keyboard. Or the new ports. Or their new TouchBar thing. Actually if they could add none of the last 3 “innovations”, that would be grrrreat. ... 🤔 That can’t be good.
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4 years
Car Key works for up to 5 hours after your phone dies.
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8 years
If iPhone exploded like Samsung Note 7: Tim in US court, class action lawsuits, calling for resignation, petitions, boycotts, Samsung ads
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2 years
@waitbutwhy Airlines don’t know where their planes are. They buy it from aggregators like FlightAware, who get it from a worldwide network of nerds with sensors in their backyard for fun. (ADSB)
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6 months
Congrats to @AllTrails for winning 2023 iPhone App of the Year! And to Duolingo for maintain this quality level at $9B mega-scale is an inspiring accomplishment to all. Thank you to everyone at Apple for recognizing us as a Finalist alongside such insanely successful apps. 🙏
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2 years
iOS 16 wishlist first draft, off the top of my head.
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3 years
We knew the App Store is really a Game Store, but… 98% of all IAP revenue comes from games. WOW
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