IPHONE APPS / NEWS / DISCOVERY
iPhone apps, news, and accessories.
Discover useful apps, see what’s new, and get more from your Apple devices.
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TikTok Pro – Events: what the iPhone app does and who it’s for
TikTok Pro – Events is a TikTok short-video app with event-themed challenges, sharing, and iPhone requirements.
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Allowance lets iPhone users approve AI purchases with temporary card credentials
An iPhone wallet for AI-agent purchases with one-time credentials, spending controls, and user approval.
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Apple’s iPhone Duo launch adds a new App Store badge for optimized apps
Apple is using iPhone Duo launch day to spotlight “Made for iPhone Duo” apps and push developers toward optimized software.
Latest perspectives
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Pinch texting: what “free messaging” meant and what to check
The legacy Pinch messenger’s data-based model, with a practical distinction between service fees, connectivity, and privacy.
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Watching iPhone video on an iPad: choose sharing or streaming first
Sending a video file, opening a shared library and mirroring a screen are different tasks. Start with the result you need.
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The Waze of the road: plan with live information, keep your judgment
A practical guide to using a navigation app as a planning aid while keeping road conditions and attention in perspective.
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Macs and apps: how the App Store idea reached the desktop
A historical look at the Mac App Store launch and the practical differences between choosing phone and desktop software.
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Five iPhone alarm ideas from 2010
Revisit the different approaches in the original alarm-app roundup without treating old promises as current guarantees.
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Plancast and the promise of sharing tomorrow’s plans
A look at the social-planning idea behind Plancast, and why arranging an event differs from posting an update.
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Gyro Draw: sketching by moving the iPhone
Candywriter’s motion-controlled drawing experiment and the difference between an expressive interface and a precision tool.
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Mobiola WebCamera: an early way to turn an iPhone into a computer camera
The SHAPE app’s wireless camera idea remains useful when planning a second angle for calls, demonstrations and desk recordings.
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Mobiola WebCamera: the iPhone as a second camera
Understand the phone-plus-desktop design of Mobiola’s webcam app and the checks that matter for a current camera workflow.