The Mac Pro's future, launch and app considerations for a bigger iPhone, Visual Studio's ease of use, the future of Objective C, and migrating a platform's API to a new language.

• The role of the Mac Pro today.
• How Apple might manage the launch of a bigger iPhone.
• App design and auto-layout if the iPhone moves to multiple sizes and resolutions.
• Visual Studio's learning curve vs. Xcode and Interface Builder.
• The future of Objective C and the challenge of migrating a platform's API to a new language.

Small-camera design, Sony RX1, Apple and casual gaming, Solitaire and Minesweeper, original Game Boys, iOS default mail/browser/calendar apps.

• The Nifty MiniDrive
• The challenges of small-camera design
• Sony RX1 and Sony's camera-business revival
• Apple in the gaming market and the evolution of casual gaming
• Solitaire, Minesweeper, and the first time anyone has mentioned FreeCell in 2013
• The bad old days of Game Boys, lead-acid "portable" computers, and mouse-pointer trails
• iOS' refusal to let you pick default browser, email client, calendar app, etc.
• Mini-web-browsers inside of iOS apps
• How iOS could adopt Contracts or Intents, and the problems that might arise

The PS4 announcement, the Xbox 1, old LAN gaming, Transport Tycoon, early CD-ROM adventure games, dumping old games onto iOS, dial-up modems, and the annoyance of gaming occasionally on a modern console.

The PS4 announcement, the Xbox 1, old LAN gaming, Transport Tycoon, early CD-ROM adventure games, dumping old games onto iOS, dial-up modems, and the annoyance of gaming occasionally on a modern console.

Speculation on what a bigger iPhone's screen might be and why.

Speculation on what a bigger iPhone's screen might be and why.