Amazon App for iOS is Updated with Touch ID Support

Amazon app for iOS is updated with Touch ID support.

What’s New in Version 4.2.0

  • Sign in to Amazon with Touch ID
  • Bug fixes

UPDATE:

When I updated Amazon App, Touch ID was not enabled yet for third party apps. Apple must have flipped a switch to enable this feature for third party apps.

Amazon App Touch ID

At this point it is unclear how Amazon is implementing Touch ID support on its iOS app.

Amazon App with Touch ID

Apple Enables iOS Extensions

Apple enables Extensions in iOS 8 as it is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, September 17, 2014.

The first apps on my iPhone with Extensions enabled is PCalc.

PCalc in iOS 8 Widget Area

To display Extensions-enabled Apps in the Control Center, simply go to Control Center, scroll to the bottom and tap “Edit”. There you can add remove widgets from Control center.

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OS X Yosemite Developer Preview 8

Apple seeds OS X Yosemite Developer Preview 8 build 14A361c on Monday, September 15, 2014. Apple also seeds OS X Yosemite Public Beta 3,

OS X Yosemite Developer Preview 8 build 14A361c

On a personal note, OS X Yosemite Developer Preview 8 is now the default Startup OS on my MacBook Pro. There were some bugs in the previous builds that prevent me from using OS X Yosemite as my primary OS.

Startup Disk OS X 10.10

OS X Yosemite is on track for release in October 2014, according to chatters within Apple.

Junk in the iTunes App Store

As of September 9, 2014 Apple announced that there are 1.3 million apps in the App Store. Pretty sure the 1.3 million figure include the junk in the App Store.

I was re-downoading XCOM: Enemy Unknown on my iPad, and I saw an app titled:

GamePRO – X-COM Enemy Within Edition

XCOM in the App Store

I had a hunch, so I checked out this “GamePRO – X-COM Enemy Within Edition” app. My hunch was right; this is a junk app.

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The reviews shows that this app is completely misleading.

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This “developer” seems to have a lot of apps published in the App Store. All of them are complete junk.

Junk in the App Store Michelle Bernardo

Info on they “developer”:

Michelle Bernardo
IngeniusGames.com

Junk App Michelle Bernardo IngeniusGames_com

This is what IngeniusGames.com look like:

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It is a WordPress site with sample contents from the theme. I wonder how Apple App Store Team approved any apps from this so called developer?

If you see this kind of misleading, scummy junk apps, please report it to Apple.

iPhone 6, Successfully Pre-Ordered.

After hours of “maintenance”, Apple Store finally came back online. For some reasons, Apple does not offer T-Mobile iPhone 6 through Apple Store App.

I managed to order a Space Gray iPhone 6 for Store Pick Up.

Unfortunately for my colleague, he was not eligible for upgrade on AT&T even though he is on his 24th month of a 2-year contract. Strange.

iPhone 6 Pre-Ordered for Pick-Up

iPhone 6 Pre-Order Begins

As expected, Apple Store online goes on maintenance mode as iPhone 6 pre-order begins, sort of. It seems that Apple Store online is going on an extended maintenance mode.

Apple Store Online Maintenance Mode 2014-09-12