Tag Archives: iOS

Pygmy Reviews #18: iOS Apps

Monday, January 14 9:46 am

Fantastical ($3.99) One Line Description: Simple calendar app that supports natural language entry. Fantastical for Mac is pretty much the gold standard of natural language entry calendar applications. For those not familiar with the concept, the idea is that you … Continue reading →

1Password 4 For iOS Will Be Paid Upgrade♣
Tuesday, November 20 10:31 am - imore.com

Rene Ritchie relaying a message from AgileBits: 1Password 4 for iOS is a brand new app. It will require a purchase. There will be a special price available at launch time. The existing 1Password iOS apps will no longer be … Continue reading →

More On App Store Race To The Bottom♣
Tuesday, October 2 1:34 pm - tuaw.com

Richard Gaywood: A common problem when economics amateurs consider at what level to price products is getting tangled up in the idea of how much money (or time) it cost to make; but the laws of supply and demand are … Continue reading →

Facebook iOS App Still Stinks

Wednesday, September 19 10:54 am

Back in August Facebook updated it’s iOS app. They finally wrote a native app and abandoned what was previously just an HTML5 wrapper. It was incredibly slow, and that was most user’s chief complaint. While that complaint was completely valid, … Continue reading →

Transparency With Personal Data♣
Thursday, September 13 8:50 am - journal.darkskyapp.com

Dark Sky talks about location data in their iPhone app: Enabling notifications will have Location Services keep us up-to-date with your location, so we can provide accurate notifications even if you move. We understand that all location-based services are based … Continue reading →

Dark Sky for iOS Does One Thing Really Well

Wednesday, September 5 10:48 am

J. Eddie Smith, IV from Practically Efficient talking about the iOS weather app Dark Sky: But I’ve had at least three occasions this summer when Dark Sky was incorrectly bright. Where I live, in the southeast, sometimes afternoon thunderstorms materialize … Continue reading →

Command-Tab to Switch Apps on Your iPad♣
Thursday, July 5 11:24 am - the.taoofmac.com

This is really interesting. There are iPad keyboard covers that have a built-in app switcher key, but this can’t be how they are doing it. To save you from reading this long piece, the gist of it is that you … Continue reading →

New In iOS 6: Passwords No Longer Required For App Store Updates♣
Thursday, June 21 9:28 am - cultofmac.com

Killian Bell: No matter how long it’s been since you entered your account password in the App Store or the Mac App Store, you won’t need to reenter it just to download updates or previous purchases with iOS 6 and … Continue reading →

No Upgrade Pricing Only Hurts Users In the Long Run♣
Wednesday, June 20 9:01 am - macstories.net

Gabe Glick: When most people go to a store, they don’t expect to take home products that catch their eye and try them out for a limited time. They don’t expect to get reduced prices on the latest version of … Continue reading →

Why iOS Apps That Want To Access Pictures Ask For Location♣
Monday, June 11 8:40 am - subtraction.com

Khol Vinh on iOS apps that want to access pictures and ask for location access: From a technical perspective, this dialog box makes sense, because the sensitive information at question isn’t the photos but the location data. I have seen … Continue reading →