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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Airwork: iPhone shifts and same-day pay for workers
Airwork is a Winter 2022 YC iPhone app for flexible shifts, with same-day pay and location-limited work in Ontario.
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Canva AI Photo & Video Editor for iPhone: a mobile design suite
Canva’s iPhone app combines photo editing, video creation, templates, and collaboration in one mobile design tool.
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Kaagaz PDF Scanner & Compress for iPhone
Kaagaz is a free iPhone scanner and PDF tool for documents, folders, and cloud backup.
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IM+ Lite in 2009: the tradeoffs of an ad-supported messenger
Revisit the lighter edition of SHAPE’s IM+ and the distinctions documented in the original review.
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Star Walk: the astronomy app behind the old Sky Walk link
Identify Vito Technology’s original Star Walk and the star-guide idea documented in the 2009 listing.
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Glimpse: time-lapse photographs with a route alongside them
The historical Glimpse app paired a moving photo sequence with location playback and a cloud-sharing service.
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Stylebook’s early wardrobe app: clothes, outfits and visual inspiration
The 2009 Stylebook listing centered on photographing a wardrobe and arranging clothing into free-form outfit collages.
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Star Walk’s first birthday: revisiting the early astronomy app celebration
The historical anniversary post combined an astronomy-app celebration with a short-lived price promotion and quiz.
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Grat’s Film Slate/Clapboard: a pocket slate for organizing takes
Identify Grat Crabtree’s historical film-slate app and understand what a readable slate contributes to an organized video shoot.
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Business Card Reader for iPhone: SHAPE’s early contact scanner
How SHAPE’s 2009 Business Card Reader used OCR to turn a photographed card into a contact, and what to check before relying…
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Property Manager: buildings, tenants and work orders in an early iPhone app
Being Properties’ historical app organized property records, expenses and maintenance jobs around individual buildings and units.
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Bank of Mom: a family ledger for money, time and agreed rewards
The original Bank of Mom tracked virtual family accounts, including allowances measured in money or minutes.