Apps

Analysis of the Facebook.app for iOS

By Shaun on April 11, 2017 • ( 2 )

The version 66.0 was a 165 MB app on an iPad Air 2 (64-bit). It was a monolithic app with it’s main binary being more than 100 MB. The version 87.0 is now available: 253 MB on the same iPad… Read More ›

iOS review extortion

By Shaun on April 11, 2017 • ( 0 )

First example of iOS review extortion via the reply system? tweeted by Ryan McLeod. What a scumbag.

This is where TomTom goes wrong

By Shaun on April 9, 2017 • ( 1 )

TomTom Traffic is the best by far, until it isn’t. The breakdown of the service is happening too much these days, and don’t even get me started on GO Mobile. How can you have something so good and screw it… Read More ›

Hands-on with Clips

By Shaun on April 8, 2017 • ( 0 )

I like how this hands-on is presented. Also the app itself is very good. Well done Apple.

Apple. Where are the warnings?

By Shaun on April 7, 2017 • ( 1 )

So, the above apps will not work on future versions of iOS. Fair enough I suppose. So why are there no warnings in the App Store for these apps??? I could buy it today and it would stop working soon…. Read More ›

TomTom. What on earth are you doing?

By Shaun on April 1, 2017 • ( 2 )

I have mentioned many times how much I rely on TomTom and was surprised to see the above screen appear on the latest update. It is true that you cannot buy the original app anymore so it shouldn’t be a… Read More ›

Update Google Maps and open it on your iPhone. Do it!

By Shaun on March 31, 2017 • ( 1 )

Amazon just killed Pocket and Instapaper

By Shaun on March 23, 2017 • ( 0 )

The quiet update that Amazon made to its iOS Kindle app took me by surprise because it is a feature I have wanted for a long time. Pocket and Instapaper make great jobs of presenting long articles on phones and… Read More ›

Kosho Tsuboi’s Tangible Paper Calendar Syncs With Your Smartphone

By Shaun on March 20, 2017 • ( 0 )

There’s something about the tangibility of paper that—despite an ever-growing availablity of smartphones and kindles—stops us from throwing out our traditional notebooks and pens. Yet with ‘magic calendar,’ by Kosho Tsuboi—combines the tactility of a physical wall calender with the… Read More ›

Your apps (Arnold and Kirk)

By Shaun on March 19, 2017 • ( 0 )

I wish there was a tracking tool on the iPhone to see how much time you used on each app. The closest is the Battery monitor in Settings. Here are my top battery eaters (no particular order): Built-in: Mail, Music,… Read More ›