ios News of 10/24/20

Review: IPad Air, Smooth Criminal

Review: iPad Air, smooth criminal image The 2020 iPad Air comes at an interesting time in Apple’s release cycle. The iPad Pro is still strong from a specs perspective but is now technically a half generation or so behind in CPU. The new pro models won’t arrive for (theoretical) ...

Mobile By Peak Design Is A New, Complete Mobile Mounting Solution For Everyday Convenience

Mobile by Peak Design is a new, complete mobile mounting solution for everyday convenience image After a steady stream of successful product launches and Kickstarter campaigns, Peak Design is back with a new one – Mobile by Peak Design . The startup that created a rich ecosystem of photography and packing gear is tackling mobile devices ...

Apple Launches A U.S.-Only Music Video Station, Apple Music TV

Apple launches a U.S.-only music video station, Apple Music TV image Apple is expanding its investment in music with today’s launch of “Apple Music TV.” The new music video station offers a free, 24-hour livestream of popular music videos and other music content, including, exclusive video ...

This Week In Apps: Apple’S Big Event, Lidar Comes To IPhone, Android Gets A New IDE

This Week in Apps: Apple’s big event, lidar comes to iPhone, Android gets a new IDE image Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the TechCrunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all. The app industry is as hot as ever, with  a record  204 billion downloads and $120 ...

Three Views On The Future Of Media Startups

The Equity crew this week chewed through a trio of media stories , each dealing with private companies and their successes. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Axios was growing rapidly and near profitability. The paper also broke news ...

Mycons Makes It Easy To Create And Buy Custom Icons For Your IOS Homescreen

Mycons makes it easy to create and buy custom icons for your iOS homescreen image A new app called Mycons , launched today, is tapping into the iOS 14 homescreen customization trend by making it easier for anyone, including non-designers, to quickly create their own custom icons, as well as shop premade icon-and-wallpaper packs ...

Spotify Launches An Automatically Updating IOS 14 Widget

Spotify launches an automatically updating iOS 14 widget image Spotify today has released its highly-anticipated iOS 14 widget with the latest app update. The new widget, which comes in both the small and medium sizes for the time being, allows you to quickly access your recently played artists, albums and ...

Apple Reveals The $99 HomePod Mini

Apple reveals the $99 HomePod Mini image Today, during its iPhone hardware event, Apple unveiled the $99 HomePod Mini. The HomePod Mini is clearly a reach for a broader swath of new users. The original HomePod managed to impress audiophiles but its high price served as a high barrier of ...

Live From Apple’S Virtual 2020 IPhone Event

Live from Apple’s virtual 2020 iPhone event image Apple’s big iPhone event is finally here – virtually, which is to be expected these days. This is already the second virtual event Apple has hosted this fall, following one in September at which it revealed the Apple Watch Series 6 and a ...

Judge Rules That Apple Can Ban Fortnite But Can’T Terminate Epic’S Unreal Developer Accounts

The California judge in the legal skirmish between Epic Games and Apple has denied Epic’s request that Apple be forced to reinstate Fortnite in the App Store, but did affirm that Apple can not take action against the Epic Games developer ...

Apple Brings Health Records To IPhone In The UK And Canada

Apple has added support for the Health Records feature of its Health app on iPhones in two new markets – the UK and Canada . The electronic medical records feature originally debuted in the U.S. in 2018, and the company says that it’s ...

Instagram’S 10th Birthday Release Introduces A Stories Map, Custom Icons And More

Instagram’s 10th birthday release introduces a Stories Map, custom icons and more image Instagram today is celebrating its 10th birthday with the launch of several new features, including a private “Stories Map,” offering a retrospective of the Stories you’ve shared over the last three years, a pair of well-being ...

Apple To Release New Emojis With IOS 14.2

Apple to release new emojis with iOS 14.2 image While the current version of iOS is iOS 14.0.1, Apple is already testing iOS 14.2. The company released an early beta version of the update yesterday, and it includes a new set of emojis, as Emojipedia spotted . Apple already shared an early ...

This Week In Apps: Redesigning The IOS 14 Home Screen, App Makers Form ‘Fairness’ Coalition, Latest On TikTok Ban

This Week in Apps: Redesigning the iOS 14 home screen, app makers form ‘fairness’ coalition, latest on TikTok ban image Welcome back to This Week in  Apps, the TechCrunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all. The app industry is as hot as ever, with  a record  204 billion downloads and $120 ...

Launch Center Pro Lets You Build Custom Icons To Customize Your IOS 14 Home Screen

Launch Center Pro lets you build custom icons to customize your iOS 14 home screen image Launch Center Pro , an iOS utility that offered widgets and custom icons long before they were allowed on the iPhone’s home screen, is bringing its design tools to iOS 14. The app aims to capitalize on the recent trend toward home screen ...

Top 20 IOS Homescreen Customization Apps Reach 5.7m Installs After IOS 14 Release

Top 20 iOS homescreen customization apps reach 5.7M installs after iOS 14 release image The iOS 14 homescreen customization trend is driving a new set of apps to the top of the App Store charts, and delivering record downloads for sources of inspiration, like Pinterest. According to new data from app store market intelligence firm ...

How To Make The Most Of IOS 14 Widgets And IPhone Home Screen Customization

You’ve probably seen the screenshots going around that show iOS home screens that differ considerably from the stock options that Apple provides. Yes, if you’re an Android user you’re probably laughing at iPhone owners for ...

Launcher Brings Its Powerful Widget-Making App To IOS 14

Launcher brings its powerful widget-making app to iOS 14 image Launcher is bringing its customizable widgets to iOS 14 with new functionality, including the ability to rotate a widget’s icons by date, time or even location. It also supports customizable widget backgrounds, icons of different sizes or ...

On Lying AIs

On lying AIs image A yellow-eyed cat tilts its eyes at the camera, gazing up from a grey bedspread. ‘London Trip’, is the AI’s title for this photo-montage ‘Memory’ plucked from the depths of my iPhone camera-roll. It’s selected a ...

Are High Churn Rates Depressing Earnings For App Developers?

Are high churn rates depressing earnings for app developers? image Jacob Eiting Contributor Share on Twitter Jacob Eiting is CEO of RevenueCat , a platform for managing cross-platform in-app purchases, products and subscribers and analyzing in-app-purchase data. ...