Random pick for iOS App: Waterlogue ($2.99)
Waterlogue transforms your photos into luminous watercolors.
I’m having a lot of fun using Waterlogue.
What The Hell, Twitter?
Jack Marshall, writing for WSJ.com:
Twitter is now collecting information about the apps installed on users’ devices in order to better target and tailor advertising and other content to them.
WHAT?!
From Twitter:
To help build a more personal Twitter experience for you, we are collecting and occasionally updating the list of apps installed on your mobile device so we can deliver tailored content that you might be interested in.
DFQ?!
If you’re not interested in a tailored experience you can adjust your preferences at any time (read below). Additionally, if you have previously opted out of interest-based ads by turning on “Limit Ad Tracking” on your iOS device or by adjusting your Android device settings to “Opt out of interest-based ads,” we will not collect your apps unless you adjust your device settings.
I have always enabled the “Limit Ad Tracking” option on all of my iOS devices.
All I see is (RED)
Apple teams up with (RED)® again on World AIDS Day, select Apps on the iTunes App Store are turning (RED).
“Free” is replaced by “Get” at the iTunes App Store
Juli Clover, reporting for MacRumors:
Apple has changed the wording for free games in its App Store, and the app purchase buttons that once read “Free” for apps with no cost now read “Get” instead. The change has been implemented on both the iOS App Store and the desktop App Store.
Because we all know that “Getdom isn’t Get”
Remember that movie, “Get Willy“?
Pixelmator for iPad
Inbox by Gmail
Inbox by Gmail requires an invite. Email inbox@google.com to request one.
Your email inbox should help you live and work better, but instead it often buries the important stuff and creates more stress than it relieves. Inbox, built by the Gmail team, keeps things organized and helps you get back to what matters.
- BUNDLES – Similar messages are bundled together so you can deal with them all at once. And get rid of them with one tap.
- HIGHLIGHTS – Get the most important information without even opening the message. Check-in for flights, see shipping information for purchases, and view photos from friends right up front.
- REMINDERS: More than mail, you can add Reminders so your inbox contains all the things you need to get back to.
- SNOOZE: Snooze emails and Reminders to come back when you are ready to deal with them: next week, when you get home, or whenever you choose.
- SEARCH: Inbox helps you find exactly what you’re looking for— from your upcoming flight to a friend’s address— without having to dig through messages.
- WORKS WITH GMAIL: Inbox is built by the Gmail team, so all your messages from Gmail are here, along with the reliability and spam protection of Gmail. All of your messages are still in Gmail and always will be.
Inbox by Gmail is available for Android and iOS.
Yes, it is working with Gmail only and currently requires an invite.
I am really intrigued by Google’s attempt to redefine what email is. At the same time I am curious what Google get from out of this. I use Google Apps for my email services and Google Domains for my personal domain. Haven’t I even Google enough pieces of myself?
By the way, I have a few Google Domains invite left.
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.
At this point it is unclear how Amazon is implementing Touch ID support on its iOS app.
