Apple
You come here for the intermittent Apple punditry and the Doctor Who reviews, and since Who doesn’t return until Sunday, I guess we’re doing Apple. iOS 9 and watchOS 2 come out on Thursday morning if you’re in Australian time, but I’ve got them already because
Google makes some great software, even on iOS, but unfortunately doesn't seem to be growing out of a phase that I had hoped was temporary; a refusal to honour the slide-from-left gesture which has become the standard 'back' gesture in iOS. Slide-to-go-back is a lifesaver with
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iOS 8 [http://www.apple.com/ios/ios8/design/] There’s a lot of nice stuff here; much of it feels like finally catching up to Android and Windows Phone, but hey, I’ll take it. What pleases me the most is that the iPad apps are taking inspiration from
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The Ultimate Guide to Solving iOS Battery Drain [http://www.overthought.org/blog/2014/the-ultimate-guide-to-solving-ios-battery-drain] This is the most sensible and useful battery article I’ve read. Remember to pop into the Apple store if you think your battery might be dodgy and it hasn’t been 2 years yet
Apple
I’ve been using iOS 7 for a while now. Here are some thoughts, in no particularly good order. I’ve probably forgotten something. Background and Battery When I got my iPhone 5, I found myself significantly underwhelmed by its battery life. I’d rather assumed that the overall battery
Swedish Horror
Year Walk [https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/year-walk/id555916407?mt=8] The game equivalent of a spooky short story. A beautiful, moody puzzle game. Only takes maybe two hours, but worth the investment. iOS only, sorry. Check out The Companion [https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/year-walk-companion/id597879895?mt=
Siri
finerios [http://finerios.tumblr.com/post/43666743426/edit-siri-commands-dictation]: > After speaking to Siri, you can edit the recognized text before Siri processes it if you’re quick enough, or even after. When the text appears, tap it and you get the familiar iOS keyboard and the text becomes editable. You
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Someone at Apple knows how to design a list of TV episodes, showing helpful metadata and avoiding needless repetition of elements. They work on the App Store app. Unfortunately, this person has apparently been strictly forbidden from visiting the Videos.app team. The whole state of affairs causes me much
Facebook apps that don't suck [https://www.facebook.com/mobile/camera] Woah. So, Facebook made another iOS app that doesn’t suck (I’m also including Messages in this esteemed list of two). A nice, native app that’s smooth and fast and has a really cute way
iPad
Instapaper’s grid view on iPad: Instapaper by night: Readability’s article view: Readability’s list view
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There’s a lot to read on the internet. The more twitterers you follow, the more you subscribe to in Google Reader, the more you start to be frustrated with all the amazing stuff you don’t have time to learn about. That’s where ‘read later’ services come in:
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thenextweb [http://thenextweb.tumblr.com/post/13406384416/ui-designer-jeff-broderick-has-put-together-a] : > UI designer Jeff Broderick has put together a dashboard of frequently-used settings icons and has used URL scheming in order to allow the “installed” apps to act as widgets for those deeply-nested settings. (via One-Click Access to iOS Settings with Shortcut
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things [http://www.thingsthemselves.com/] Jeff To's collection of... things, including some awesomely useful bookmarklets for mobile browsers.
iPhone
If there's one thing I hate, it's when video stutters. It provokes in me an indescribable rage, and frankly I'm not entirely sure why. It used to mean I'd get tremendously angry when the microwave between my room and the PS3 got
iPad
So, I got me an iPad. More out of curiosity than need. But so far it’s pretty impressive. The oddest thing was when the extended family came over and used it to look up places, browse the net, and look at photos while having coffee. I have a few
Games
A happy day indeed as Carcassonne comes to the iPhone. No, it's not a guide to the heritage listed and fortified French town [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcassonne]. Sorry to disappoint you. It's a port of perhaps the most elegant board game ever devised [http: