Apple Core
by Graham Bower and Charlie Sorrel
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From WebKit to Swift: Apple’s Complicated Relationship with Open…
From WebKit to Swift: Apple’s Complicated Relationship with Open…
About this podcast
A podcast about the history of Apple. In each episode, hosts Graham Bower and Charlie Sorrel explore the story behind a different Apple product, and consider what it tells us about the company’s game plan and where it might be heading next.
Episodes
- From WebKit to Swift: Apple’s Complicated Relationship with Open Source · 1 h 0 min · Season 2 Episode 2In 2003, Steve Jobs said: “Some people have a problem with open source software. We think it’s great.” It wasn’t just talk. Apple would go on to contribute LLVM and WebKit, two…
- Podcasts - How Apple made podcasting happen · 54 min · Season 2 Episode 1Apple Podcasts is one of the world’s most popular podcast players, with almost 25% market share. The app launched in 2012, but Apple’s support for podcasting goes back much…
- iOS 7 - the battle for the future of software design · 1 h 1 min · Season 1 Episode 15In 2013, Apple launched a radical redesign of the iPhone’s user interface. iOS 7 represented more than just a fresh new look. It marked a major shift in Cupertino’s design…
- Sherlock - the mysterious case of how sherlocking became a thing · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 14Sherlock was introduced in 1998, as a tool for finding files on Mac OS 8.5. It used advanced search technology harvested from the carcass of Apple’s failed next generation…
- Apple Park - a boondoggle or the greatest office ever built? · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 13In 2011, Steve Jobs made his final public appearance, presenting his plans for a second Apple campus to Cupertino City Council. He proposed a circular building, one mile in…
- Leander Kahney - biographer of Tim Cook and Jony Ive · 1 h 2 min · Season 1 Episode 12In this special episode we interview Leander Kahney, editor of Cult of Mac, and author of New York Times best-selling biographies of Tim Cook and Jony Ive. During his…
- Apple Maps - the unnecessary apology · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 11Apple Maps launched alongside the original iPhone in 2007. Initially, it relied on map data from Google. But in 2012, when the two companies became smartphone rivals, Apple was…
- Mac OS X - how Steve Jobs saved Apple’s crown jewel · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 10In 1996, Apple was in serious trouble. The Mac was almost obsolete. Its multitasking was flaky, it couldn’t handle multiple processors, and it kept crashing. Sales were tanking…
- NeXT - the secret to Apple’s salvation and success · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 9The iPhone in your pocket, the Mac on your desk, and even the watch on your wrist are all based on NeXTSTEP, an operating system developed by a long forgotten computer maker…
- Apple Watch - what Tim Cook’s first product launch tells us about the future of Vision Pro · 1 h 0 min · Season 1 Episode 8These days, Cupertino describes Apple Watch as “the ultimate device for a healthy life.” But it didn’t start out that way. When Tim Cook originally launched the product in 2014…
- iPhone 4 - Apple’s most painful product launch · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 7When Steve Jobs announced the iPhone 4 at WWDC 2010, it surprised no one. Tech blog Gizmodo had already spilled the tea two months earlier by publishing photographs of a lost…
- Safari - how Apple built the engine that powers almost every modern web browser · 1 h 3 min · Season 1 Episode 6Safari is one of Apple’s most enduring and popular apps, with versions running on Mac, iPhone, iPad, and even Vision Pro. But it wasn’t always the behemoth we know today. When it…
- Newton MessagePad - the little device that left a huge legacy · 51 min · Season 1 Episode 5Apple launched its first handheld computing device way back in 1993. With no internet access, flaky handwriting recognition, and an eye-watering price tag, the Newton MessagePad…
- iWork - Steve Jobs’ secret weapon · 1 h 2 min · Season 1 Episode 4Steve Jobs was famous for his keynote presentations, which combined showmanship with beautifully designed slides to generate his trademark ‘reality distortion field.’ But what…
- Nike+iPod Sport Kit - Apple's first foray into fitness · 1 h 16 min · Season 1 Episode 3Apple’s interest in fitness products goes way back. In 2006, before Apple Watch was even a twinkle in Tim Cook’s eye, Steve Jobs took the stage with Nike CEO Mark Parker at an…
- AirPort - How Apple made wireless networking happen · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 1In 1999, Steve Jobs needed one more product launch to complete the four-computer matrix he introduced on his return to the company three years earlier. That product was the…
- Mac OS 8 - A 'better than nothing' update that became a best seller · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 2When Steve Jobs returned to the company he founded in 1997, Apple was in disarray. After two failed attempts at a next-generation operating system, the Mac had been stuck on…
