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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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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Capital One Shopping: Save Now for iPhone
Free iPhone shopping tool that checks coupons, compares prices, and tracks rewards, with Safari support and iOS 16.6 or later.
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Turkey-riffic greetings: make a personal Thanksgiving card on iPhone
A simple creative workflow for a holiday greeting that remains readable, personal, and easy to share.
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Mobiola WebCamera: the early iPhone-as-webcam idea
How a phone camera and desktop companion formed a webcam setup, and what to check before using an old solution.
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Scene It? Harry Potter: when film trivia came to the iPhone
The 2010 Screenlife release brought a familiar movie-quiz format to Apple’s handheld devices.
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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.