With iOS 8, Apple opened one of the biggest and perhaps most controversial barriers for the entire platform that powers iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, and that was native third-party keyboards. While we immediately saw an influx of popular Android offerings like TouchPal, SwiftKey and Swype, which also spelled that developers would now be able to come up with better text input methods for iOS devices that shook the traditional norms established around this practice. With exactly this in mind, enters mazec; a new 'keyboard' for the iPhone and iPad that offers an accurate handwriting input method.
Android 5.0 Lollipop and its Material Design still seem like a distant dream for many Android users. While Google was quick to update some of its core apps with the Material Design even before Lollipop was released, it has just done the same for the iOS variant of the Google Search app as well. Not only does the new Google Search app carry the fabled Material Design, it also brings in a bunch of new features.
Microsoft has broadened its catalog of applications for iOS and Android today with the roll-out of new MSN apps specifically tailored to those running Apple and Google’s mobile platforms. Along with MSN News, Money, Health & Fitness, Food & Drink and Sport, an MSN Weather app is also said to be in the offing, although at this point in time, the latter is not ready for iOS, but is available on the Android platform.
Auxo 3 for iOS 8 release date has been teased by the developer, also gets a brief demo video. More details can be found here.
There are many apps that help us to count how much data cellular data is being used on a monthly basis, and iOS 8 has a rather mundane data tracker nestled inside Settings > Cellular, but the reading of the carrier and device can, and often do, differ greatly. If you're subbed to Verizon Wireless, you'll be pleased to know that the official app now includes a data usage widget, so you can see exactly how many precious megs of data you have left before you're to be either throttled or charged more.
Having all of your contacts on one smartphone is a wonderful thing, but if there is one place that the iPhone in particular falls down it's that getting contact photos onto it isn't as easy as it otherwise could be. If you want to go taking photos of people then you're fine, but in this day and age you'd like to think that there was a batter way.
Facebook can always use a few handy tweaks, especially on mobile. If you happen to be on iOS, and want to supercharge your experience while you’re using the Facebook app, then look no further as the ‘Facebook ++’ tweak from Cydia is all you need to kick things into high gear.
This ultimate $4.99 app for iPhone is free for a limited time and is a must-have download. More details and direct download link can be found right here.
Want to get a real-time estimate of remaining battery time instead of percentage on iPhone or iPad running iOS 8? Predix can give you a time estimate for when your battery will die and charge back up. Here's how it works.
CarPlay, Apple's in-car flavor of iOS, was first announced way back at the Worldwide Developers Conference of 2013, and only with this year's iOS 7.1 did iPhones finally see support for the feature. But while users can now enjoy CarPlay integration provided that their infotainment system is supportive of it, the specialized interface is not something that users can access outside of their cars; or at least it wasn't meant to be until said software was preparing to be bundled up and released as a jailbreak tweak.
















