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Is it alive? Is it dead? Meta has some views on the subject. John Ternus does too. He likes the Vision Pro. He’s certainly “excited” about the Vision Pro’s future, though to be honest the Apple crew do tend to be perpetually excited about everything. But is that excitement warranted? Is there really anything to get excited about anymore? Away from the tech companies, it feels as though VR has passed everyone by again. Meta bought Oculus maybe a century ago, brought out a coup

Cover Image: Exoplanet Gallery (artwork by Ron Miller). Nobody asked me to do this. There was no client and no brief, just curiosity. Earlier this year I set myself a personal project: to bring one of my old apps back to life. That app was Journey to the Exoplanets. I originally developed it in 2011 for Scientific American and Farrar, Straus and Giroux, working in partnership with a small creative agency. It was an interactive, multimedia digital book that brought together t

The iPhone Duo simulator has now been made available in Xcode 27.1, and it’s quite the experience. Despite a few quirks here and there (this is beta software as of today), it runs relatively smoothly, and does everything we need it to do to test our apps and get them ready for this new and exciting form factor. I’ve had a chance to put it through its paces, all six layouts, including portrait and landscape, for closed, half-open and fully open, with some recent business apps,

Apple's iPhone Duo is stunning — but for app owners it means new orientations, screen sizes and layout rules to handle. Here's what the Duo and iOS 27 will mean for your app, and where it'll need some TLC.

Apple's "27" releases look like a quiet year: maintenance updates focused on speed, efficiency and reliability rather than headline UI. But there's a catch buried in the notes. Once you move to macOS 27, the old Xcode 26 no longer runs — and the Liquid Glass migration you've been putting off comes firmly into focus. Our first look at the betas and what they actually mean for your app.

An app isn't really a finished object — it's more of a living one. It can be working perfectly while the world around it keeps moving: iOS updates, App Store rules, and the third-party libraries it's built on all carry on evolving on their own timetables. “It still works” tells you about today; it doesn't tell you how well the app is keeping pace underneath.

DigitalOrigins CTO reflects on WWDC 2026 — Apple's AI turnaround, the end of the Liquid Glass grace period, and what iOS app owners need to do before September.

You've built something worth protecting. Your app is live, your users are engaging, and the real work of growing it begins. The businesses that get the most from their apps aren't just the ones that built them well — they're the ones that maintain them consistently. Staying Ahead of the Curve The iOS ecosystem moves quickly. Apple releases regular updates, App Store guidelines evolve, and third-party services like payment providers, authentication tools and analytics platform

AI, AI everywhere, in my inbox, in my news feeds, in my conversations, in my podcasts, in my meetings. If you're in tech, it's flooding your brain, if you're not in tech, well, it'll be flooding your brain soon if it hasn't already. If you're a developer like me? Throw me a life jacket, I'm starting to drown. BUT am I drowning in delight? Not quite. I was doing some work on a large legacy codebase. A member of the development team, I'll call him Jim (anonymised), wanted me t

With the iOS 26 OS release from Apple, we are experiencing changes to the iPhone and iPad experiences not seen since the shift to iOS7 over ten years ago. Here’s some of what you need to know, if you have apps on Apple’s app store. Liquid Glass - This is the most prominent and likely impactful change to Apple’s mobile OS’s. The new Liquid Glass design language combines transparent and reflective elements with liquid animations that bounce and morph as the interfaces are int