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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Firezone on iPhone: zero-trust remote access for managed organizations
Firezone’s iPhone app lets organizations provide zero-trust remote access from iOS 16.0 or later.
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PayPal – Pay, Send, Save: iPhone Guide to Wallet, Transfers, and Rewards
A practical look at PayPal’s iPhone app for payments, transfers, package tracking, rewards, and account management.
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Munily: a community management app for residents, guards, and admins
Munily is a Winter 2022 YC app for community access, communication, and building management.
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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.
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Hungry Penguins: the physics puzzle behind the 2011 headline
Identify the original penguin game and its fish-collecting, obstacle-navigation challenge.
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Facebook, Facely HD and iSocialize: a 2011 interface comparison
The original article compared three ways to reach Facebook from an iPhone.
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iPad 2 and the moment the tablet became a creative notebook
Apple’s 2011 tablet launch paired cameras with music and video tools, suggesting a useful approach to making small projects.
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Springpad vs Evernote: smart notes, saved ideas, and keeping your data
Revisit Springpad’s 2011 approach to organizing notes, its later shutdown, and the export checks that still matter when choosing a notes app.
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Show of Hands: the mobile polling app reviewed in 2011
Revisit the app’s question-and-results workflow and how to read a voluntary poll carefully.