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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Contacts Fast Add: capture the number, then keep the contact useful
The historical shortcut app focused on quick entry. A good contact workflow also includes labels, context and a quick accuracy check.
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Hollywood Pocket: Classic Movies in the iPhone’s Safari Browser
Hollywood Pocket offered free classic-movie streaming in Safari. Revisit the 2008 web app and what the original listing actually documented.
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Clip2Mobile: Moving Desktop Notes and Links to an Early iPhone
A look back at Clip2Mobile, the 2008 service that moved notes, addresses and links from a desktop computer to an iPhone.
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Firephrase: a word-guessing party game on the early iPhone
The original Firephrase used words on the phone as prompts for a clue giver and a guessing team.
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iNap: the location alarm that asked where, not when
The early arrival-alert app illustrates both the appeal and the limitations of using a phone to remember a transit stop.
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iCarmina: a daily poem on the early iPhone web
Revisit iCarmina’s simple bilingual poetry page and a small-screen reading habit built around one poem at a time.
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IM+ All-in-One Messenger: several chat networks in one iPhone app
SHAPE Services’ IM+ gathered separate messaging accounts into a single mobile interface. The preserved description records a later edition of the original…
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RulerPhone: measuring a photograph with a known reference
Explore Ben Kamens’ original RulerPhone and what a reference object contributes to a photo-based measurement.
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Food-additive apps: read the ingredient information behind the colour code
An evidence-focused guide to food-additive references on iPhone, separating ingredient lookup from personal health advice.