Category: APPS

Apple has helpfully included a desktop iMessage app, but what about all your other messaging services? Franz can help, with support for Facebook Messenger, Whatsapp, Telegram, Google Hangouts, and more all in a single, helpful desktop app. Stop using Apple …
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You’re standing in line at the grocery store, so it seems like a decent time to scroll through Facebook. But then you do it again while you’re stuck in traffic driving those groceries home, and then again waiting on dinner to arrive. Before you know it …
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New technology is usually meant to help advance the knowledge of man. But sometimes, people can just use it to find new ways of making each other laugh. An iPhone app called “fARtjacker” uses augmented reality (AR) technology to bring fart jokes into …
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This feature, called the “app switcher,” works similarly on the iPhone X; swipe up from the bottom and then “pause.” All your open apps will appear (and you’ll feel some haptic feedback to let you know this worked). To switch between apps …
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You’ve excitedly unwrapped a new iPhone, and are eager to test out its features. So you snap a few holiday pics and videos, stream music to your earbuds, and tap through a few fun games. But when it comes to apps – a way to truly customize your new …
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Apple has revised an App Store guideline that was designed to curb spam apps, but instead threatened to wipe out thousands of apps for local restaurants, churches and other small businesses. The policy change, and the controversy surrounding it …
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More iPhones X-like phones are coming from Apple in 2018, in addition to the HomePod, new MacBooks, and new app strategy. Apple’s new-fangled iPhone X is an unqualified hit. So, expect bigger and better versions in 2018, according to reports. Apple will …
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Call Recorder – IntCall: this app lets you record national or international calls on all your iOS devices. The calls are saved on your phone to protect your privacy. TapeACall Pro: lets you record incoming and outgoing phone calls with no limit.
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Apple has changed the rules around how games on its app store use loot boxes. These boxes are random rewards for gameplay and often give players benefits and power-ups that can be used in games. In a change to its developer guidelines, Apple said games …
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Apple’s iPhone and iPad introduced a novel way of interacting with computers: via easy-to-use applications, accessible in the highly curated App Store. The same approach hasn’t worked nearly as well on Apple’s desktops and laptops. The Mac App Store is a …
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In a move that I think Google should follow with the Play Store, Apple revised its App Store guidelines to force developers to disclose the odds of people receiving each type of item from them. The updated guidelines are a tad vague, in that they do not …
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Apple made a crucial change to the language of its App Store guidelines this week. The change states that all games must disclose odds related to items earned from so-called “loot boxes” — a mechanism for rewarding players with valuable in-game items.
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Apple has added guidelines to the App Store that make disclosure of loot probabilities mandatory. The change can be found in the payment section, where it now states the following: Apps offering “loot boxes” or other mechanisms that provide randomized …
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“Apple Inc.’s iPhone and iPad introduced a novel way of interacting with computers: via easy-to-use applications, accessible in the highly curated App Store”, he wrote. One of them is the state of the current Mac App Store, a far less successful initiative …
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The YouTube TV app will be launching on Apple TV and Roku in Q1 2018 … One of the limiting factors when choosing an over-the-top streaming service is the ability to stream the content to your TV. Most services allow some sort of casting from your …
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… Guidelines is the law of the land of the App Store. Inside this document you’ll find everything you can and can’t do inside Apple’s walled garden, and over the years Apple has modified it to stay on top of new trends on the App Store. If something …
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Bloomberg sources say the universal functionality will be aimed at boosting the barren wasteland that is the Mac App Store. The initiative, which could be announced as soon as WWDC next summer and make its debut next autumn, would also make it easier the …
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