IPHONE APPS / NEWS / DISCOVERY
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Discover useful apps, see what’s new, and get more from your Apple devices.
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Gullak brings automated digital-gold savings to iPhone
Gullak’s iPhone app helps users automate savings into digital gold with SIPs, roundups, and withdrawal options.
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Apple spotlights U.S. suppliers for iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro ahead of launch
Apple says new U.S. suppliers are helping build iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro just as the phones go on sale.
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Wagetap iPhone app review: wage advances and bill splitting in Australia
Wagetap is a Winter 2022 YC iPhone app for Australian wage advances and bill splitting.
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Location Discovery on Apple Watch
What do you do when you want to discover cool places in a new city? Sure, you could do a Google search…
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Awesome Gaming On Apple Watch
If Apple names a game “Best Game of the Year”, then you know that it has to be great. Winning this title requires deep…
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Home and office camera apps: evaluate access, support, and privacy
A practical review framework for an authorized camera system, without assuming that an old app remains secure or supported.
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Mobile video monitoring with Mobiscope app
Mobiscope’s 2013 iPhone camera app revisited: original product imagery, live viewing, motion alerts and the difference between past features and current availability.
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An old iPhone or iPad as a second screen: the iDisplay idea
The 2012 post proposed a specific reuse for an older device through SHAPE’s iDisplay.
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iPhone 5 and app layouts: the question before the taller screen arrived
Revisit the September 2012 discussion of screen proportions, with the later announcement kept separate from predictions.
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Camera Awesome: SmugMug’s camera app and the photographs it left behind
Why Camera Awesome belongs in iPhone photography history, and what owners of an old installation should know about exporting images.
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Picksie and AroundMe: the local-discovery comparison behind Partnership Potential
The 2011 article proposed combining two approaches; it did not announce an actual business partnership.
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Microsoft’s Skype acquisition: what happened, and what it means now
Microsoft announced its $8.5 billion Skype deal in May 2011. Revisit the acquisition, its significance for iPhone users, and Skype’s later retirement.