Few things in life are certain. Death and taxes make two. Other contenders for immoveable universal principles might include the inevitability that any Ikea flat-pack furniture you buy will be revealed to be missing a crucial piece/contain a large, unsightly crack once you’ve hauled it home, spent your Sunday clearing the spare room to accommodate it and unboxed 90% of the pieces.
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5 can't-miss apps: Paper, SwiftKey, uHealth and more 0
February 8th at 6:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsThis week's list includes SwiftKey's latest update, an eye-tracking app to help improve your concentration and an app to help Windows Phone users customize their home screen.
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WordBoard’s New iOS 8 Keyboard Lets You Save Email Templates, Hashtags And More 4
February 5th at 8:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsEver since Apple introduced support for third-party keyboards in iOS 8, developers have been racing to offer users more functionality than what’s provided by the stock keyboard alone, whether that’s better predictive typing, support for GIFs or different input methods like Swype, and much more. A new keyboard app launching today, WordBoard, is instead focused on saving you…
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Under Armour buys MyFitnessPal for $475M, SwiftKey update adds predictive emojis to iOS 8 keyboard 0
February 5th at 7:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsPopular health tracking service and iOS app MyFitnessPal has been acquired by clothing maker Under Armour for nearly a half-billion dollars, while iOS 8 custom keyboard SwiftKey has added predictive emoji entry, and WhatsApp Messenger has been updated with a new quick camera button.
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Microsoft acquires iOS calendar app Sunrise for $100M - report 4
February 5th at 1:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsMicrosoft has reportedly closed a deal to acquire popular iOS calendar app Sunrise for "at least" $100 million as the software giant continues to invest in rival mobile platforms under CEO Satya Nadella.
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Copyfeed Helps You Keep Track Of Everything You Copy And Paste On Your Phone 2
January 22nd at 9:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsCopyfeed is an iOS app designed to help in the few edge cases where you just need to grab a single link or snippet of text. It takes everything you copy and paste and organizes it in chronological order within the app or in an optional widget in the iOS Notification Center.
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Google updates Chrome Web browser for iOS with OS X Handoff support, 'material design' 1
January 21st at 2:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsWith a Tuesday update to its Chrome browser for iOS, Google expanded its new "material design" aesthetic to yet another iOS title, while baking in Handoff support for quick platform switching between iOS and Mac.
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Updated Chrome For iOS App Gets Material Design, Support For Handoff 2
January 20th at 10:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsGoogle’s mobile web browser, Chrome for iOS, is the latest Google application to receive the new “Material Design” look with a new release of the app for iPhone and iPad users out today. Google’s new design motif, introduced with the latest version of Android, is meant to give Google’s mobile platform and services a universal look-and-feel, regardless of which…