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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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.
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FaceTime in 2010: evaluating a video-calling launch
The old “FaceTime flop” headline needs context. Apple’s Mac beta expanded the feature, while usefulness depended on more than a launch demo.
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Appy Halloween: turn your iPhone into a useful party companion
A practical Halloween app plan for music, invitations, photographs and games, without depending on an expired seasonal download.
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Google TV vs. Apple TV: revisiting the 2010 living-room debate
The original comparison contrasted a broad television platform with a more focused viewing experience.
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CraigsPro: revisiting early Craigslist browsing on iPhone
What the old classifieds-app idea tells us about filtering listings, comparing items and checking the seller’s claims.
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Clock Blocks: an iPhone puzzle built around perfect timing
A historical look at 80d Games’ clock-face puzzle and its deceptively simple tap-to-launch idea.
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Rediscover Wikipedia on iPhone: read beyond the first paragraph
A more useful mobile Wikipedia routine built around references, saved questions, and the distinction between an overview and its evidence.