Category: ios

Adobe brings clipping masks and better brush management to Fresco

[ad_1] Adobe has updated its Fresco drawing app with a bunch more features. There’s a clipping masks tool that will allow you to capture certain parts of your drawing and move them to another layer or layer group. That way, you can continue to work on your piece without worrying about messing up the work […]

Google promises better search results for recipes, jobs and shopping

[ad_1] Google has also made improvements to the recipes card. “To make meal planning easier, we’re updating the recipes activity card to show you even more relevant recipes related to your query,” Search product manager InHan Kang wrote in a blog post. “So now when you search for chicken recipes, we’ll surface the related recipes […]

Instagram starts merging chats with Facebook Messenger

[ad_1] Facebook seems to be acting on its plan to unify messaging across its apps, however slowly. People at The Verge (and likely elsewhere) have received notice through Instagram’s Android and iOS apps that they’ll have the ability to “chat with friends who use Facebook” — that is, Messenger. The signature paper airplane icon for […]

Huge video game companies are exposing Apple’s iOS hypocrisy

[ad_1] But really, this is all just a distraction. Fortnite’s App Store removal is a Trojan Horse, and inside, the Epic Games Store lies in wait. Sweeney’s true goal is to get the Epic Games Store on mobile devices — meaning iOS and Android alike — but right now, the App Store is the perfect […]

Epic’s parody of Apple’s 1984 ad ends with #FreeFortnite

[ad_1] As part of its response to Apple delisting Fortnite from the App Store, Epic Games shared a new short that repurposes the tech giant’s iconic 1984 ad, complete with original 4:3 aspect ratio. The video features a Fortnite avatar tossing a unicorn-shaped hammer at a monitor that displays a big brother-like figure that is […]

Apple removes ‘Fortnite’ from App Store following direct payment push

[ad_1] Shortly after the removal, the company filed a lawsuit against Apple. Epic also announced it would stream a new short called Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite, which you can watch below. The title of the short is a reference to Apple’s iconic 1984 Macintosh ad. Epic also mentioned 1984 in their legal brief. “Today, Epic Games took […]

What if Apple was forced to allow app sales outside of the iOS store?

[ad_1] The obvious worry is that losing Apple as gatekeeper would erode the protections that iOS is famous for. People buy iPhones because Apple promises to keep your data private, a promise that Google cannot match given the nature of its business and its operating system. Would breaking the App Store render iOS as insecure […]

Perfect Play won’t make me a pro soccer player, but it might help you

[ad_1] It’s an iOS app (the Android version is coming later) that runs you through the drills used by football clubs to develop their young players. It’s aimed at kids who want to improve their fundamentals, but it doesn’t feel kiddy as to isolate any adults who want to use it. Perfect Play combines video […]

iOS update arrives to fix ‘green tint’ iPhone 11 issue

[ad_1] iOS 13.6 went out to Apple’s mobile devices last month with Apple News upgrades and a digital car key feature, and now a new iOS 13.6.1 update is available. It addresses issues with storage space and the new Exposure Notification framework, but it will also be appreciated by iPhone 11 owners who complained of […]

Russia’s antitrust watchdog finds Apple abused App Store ‘dominance’

[ad_1] Potential action from US lawmakers may not be what forces Apple to change how it does business. Following a year-long investigation into the company, Reuters reports Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has found the iPhone-maker abused its dominant position in the mobile app marketplace and will order Apple to resolve multiple regulatory breaches.  The […]