MaciPhone Apps | Mac http://www.seriouslymac.com real-time discovery by s.erious.ly Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:30:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Instagram Gets Revamped With A Fresh Interface And New Features http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/woZ6iFibZto/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/woZ6iFibZto/story01.htm#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:33:32 +0000 Alex Heath http://www.cultofmac.com/?p=145659 IMG_0616Instagram has been updated to version 2.1 in the App Store. The update brings several improvements, including a revamped interface. More photo editing features have been added, like the “Lux” editing tool and the new “Sierra” filter. Here’s how the guys at Instagram explain Lux: We’ve given you a new way to instantly transform the [...]


]]> http://www.cultofmac.com/145659/instagram-gets-revamped-with-a-fresh-interface-and-new-features/feed/ 0 Tweetbot 2 For iPhone Now Available, A Great Twitter Client Just Got Better http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/vecqTo64jT0/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/vecqTo64jT0/story01.htm#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:25:18 +0000 Alex Heath http://www.cultofmac.com/?p=145152 Screen shot 2012-02-08 at 2.19.02 PMTapbots released Tweetbot 2.0 for iPhone in the App Store today. The update brings
 several significant improvements, including one-tap links, image preview thumbnails, 
faster performance, and a UI facelift. Tweetbot was already one of the best third-party Twitter clients in the App Store, and it 
just got even better with version 2.0. The first thing [...]


]]> http://www.cultofmac.com/145152/tweetbot-2-for-iphone-now-available-in-app-store-a-great-twitter-client-just-got-better/feed/ 0 Vokul: A Siri-Like App For Handsfree Voice Control On Any iOS Device http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/LUP_IzJhOvo/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/LUP_IzJhOvo/story01.htm#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:08:15 +0000 Alex Heath http://www.cultofmac.com/?p=143943 Screen Shot 2012-02-01 at 9.56.44 PMLast week we told you about Evi, an iPhone app that challenges Apple’s own Siri voice control technology. Powered by the same Nuance backend, Evi and Siri offer similar voice control/assistant features. The main difference between the two is that Evi is available on the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS, while Siri is only available [...]


]]> http://www.cultofmac.com/143943/vokul-a-siri-like-app-for-handsfree-voice-control-on-any-ios-device/feed/ 0 Sprint Releases An Official App For Managing Your iPhone’s Plan http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/Q14A5FR9FoE/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/Q14A5FR9FoE/story01.htm#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:49:39 +0000 John Brownlee http://www.cultofmac.com/?p=143602 Screen Shot 2012-01-30 at 2.48.00 PMSince carriers aren’t allowed to install their own crapware on iPhones the way they do on other smartphones, their forced to release their own apps on the App Store. There’s myAT&T for AT&T customers and My Verizon Mobile for Verizon customers, but up until now, Sprint customers haven’t had a companion app to manage their [...]


]]> http://www.cultofmac.com/143602/sprint-releases-an-official-app-for-managing-your-iphones-plan/feed/ 0 Here’s How Apple Controls Its Boardrooms From An iPad [MacWorld / iWorld 2012] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/yJClanM-Gjs/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/yJClanM-Gjs/story01.htm#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:31:29 +0000 Nicole Martinelli http://www.cultofmac.com/?p=143330 crestronSAN FRANCISCO, MACWORLD / iWORLD 2012 — Those brainstorming sessions that we’d all like to eavesdrop on at Apple are managed using an iPad system. In boardrooms on the Cupertino campus,  iPad controls from Crestron Electronics turn on the projector, lower the screen, load slides, provide video conferencing and adjust lights and window shades. Crestron [...]


]]> http://www.cultofmac.com/143330/heres-how-apple-controls-its-boardrooms-from-an-ipad-macworld-iworld-2012/feed/ 0 These Apps Take Your iPhone Photos From Banal To Bliss [Macworld /iWorld 2012] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/Uv9EUfNwzHg/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/Uv9EUfNwzHg/story01.htm#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:47:24 +0000 Nicole Martinelli http://www.cultofmac.com/?p=142821 tumbSAN FRANCISCO, MACWORLD / iWORLD 2012 — If you want to create great photos from your iPhone, start by shooting everywhere. Including the dentist’s office or out the window of a friend’s bathroom. Photographer Jonathan Marks has snapped his evocative pics in both those places, plus waiting at a traffic light and at a Whole [...]


]]> http://www.cultofmac.com/142821/these-apps-take-your-iphone-photos-from-banal-to-bliss-macworld-iworld-2012/feed/ 0 MacHeist, Twitterific & Realmac Software Team Up To Revolutionize To-Do Lists With Clear http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/YASVF_chcpw/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/YASVF_chcpw/story01.htm#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:36:34 +0000 John Brownlee http://www.cultofmac.com/?p=142684 The App Store is a morass of to-do list managers, but there’s reason to perk up your ears about Clear. It might seem like just another to-do list manager from another new studio, but it’s neither. Clear is something special. First of all, while Impending may be a new studio, it’s by some talent that [...]


]]> http://www.cultofmac.com/142684/macheist-twitterific-realmac-software-team-up-to-revolutionize-to-do-lists-with-clear/feed/ 0 SpotON Radio Is Part Spotify, Part Pandora And Part Instagram http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/WvuYA3dOQrU/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/WvuYA3dOQrU/story01.htm#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:23:37 +0000 John Brownlee http://www.cultofmac.com/?p=142639 Screen Shot 2012-01-26 at 10.22.08 AMLast August, Spotify launched a public API for mobile developers to piggy back off of their system and release their own apps. The hope was the abiogenesis of a series of cool new music apps that pushed the boundaries of how we discover music, with Spotify’s library of 15 million tracks as the lifeblood. The [...]


]]> http://www.cultofmac.com/142639/spoton-radio-is-part-spotify-part-pandora-and-part-instagram/feed/ 0 Don’t Have Siri? Try Evi http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/GmjGbzWMLW0/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/GmjGbzWMLW0/story01.htm#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:57:58 +0000 Alex Heath http://www.cultofmac.com/?p=142105 Siri has a new competitor, and her name is Evi. Developed by True Knowledge and powered by the same Nuance-based backend as Apple’s virtual assistant, Evi is available for all iPhones in the App Store. There’s also a beta app available for Android handsets. While Evi doesn’t have the integrated advantage that Siri wields, she is [...]


]]> http://www.cultofmac.com/142105/dont-have-siri-try-evi/feed/ 0 iPhone Tutoring App To Offer Live Help [Exclusive] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/HZO0gX5EzUI/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/HZO0gX5EzUI/story01.htm#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:34:03 +0000 Nicole Martinelli http://www.cultofmac.com/?p=142092 nerdHelp on those tricky algebra problems could be a touchscreen away thanks to a new iPhone app. A company called Does That Make Sense? (DTMS, for short) plans to offer live help to students using Apple’s smartphones. Billing itself as the eBay of tutoring, DTMS already offers a mobile version of its online help available [...]


]]> http://www.cultofmac.com/142092/iphone-tutoring-app-to-offer-live-help-exclusive/feed/ 0 How an iPad Helps Run a Therapist’s Office [Interview] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/Ja1a8Xr8Nws/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/Ja1a8Xr8Nws/story01.htm#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:13:09 +0000 Nicole Martinelli http://www.cultofmac.com/?p=140826 Psychotherapist Marcos Quinones.Psychotherapist Marcos Quinones has got streamlining a one-man office down to a science. Quinones, a former software developer, is a New York City-based cognitive behavioral therapist and licensed clinical social worker who runs his entire office on Apple gear. He credits the iPad with making a big impact in the smooth running of his sole [...]


]]> http://www.cultofmac.com/140826/how-an-ipad-helps-run-a-therapists-office-interview/feed/ 0 Execs: Apps, iPhones Sparked the “Arab Spring of IT” http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/fpUFnhYskyw/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/fpUFnhYskyw/story01.htm#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:35:53 +0000 Nicole Martinelli http://www.cultofmac.com/?p=141488 mobile-devicesComparing uprisings in the Middle East to what happens when a manager brings his or her own iPhone to work seems like a bit of a stretch, but IT executives say the effect has provoked a similar shake-up. The people (read: employees) have brought about a groundswell of change in the corporate world by opting [...]


]]> http://www.cultofmac.com/141488/execs-apps-iphones-sparked-the-arab-spring-of-it/feed/ 0 Meet the iPad’s Unlikely Cheerleader: SAP CIO Oliver Bussman http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/Vs_micVeG1s/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/Vs_micVeG1s/story01.htm#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:24:34 +0000 Nicole Martinelli http://www.cultofmac.com/?p=140517 SAP's Bussman and his iPad at Appnation Enterprise.Oliver Bussman, CIO of SAP, makes an unlikely cheerleader for Apple’s iPad — but one who is bound to get noticed. (If you’re now picturing him in a varsity sweater shaking pom-poms, sorry). But Bussman is unabashedly enthusiastic about Apple’s magical tablet computer. SAP deployed some 14,000 iPads to employees last year, making the stodgy [...]


]]> http://www.cultofmac.com/140517/meet-the-ipads-unlikely-cheerleader-sap-cio-oliver-bussman/feed/ 0 Publisher: Apple Rejects Our Apps Because They Don’t Understand Our Business http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/XPuK9v8X0do/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/XPuK9v8X0do/story01.htm#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:23:28 +0000 Nicole Martinelli http://www.cultofmac.com/?p=140342 graysIf you’re frustrated that your app was rejected from the App Store, you are in good company. Scott Virkler, senior vice president of eProducts at global science and medical publishing behemoth Elsevier, had a few choice words about Apple’s approval process – and getting rejected by it. Virkler, speaking in San Francisco at Appnation Enterprise, [...]


]]> http://www.cultofmac.com/140342/science-publisher-apple-rejects-our-apps-because-they-dont-understand-our-business/feed/ 0 Here’s how you convince skeptical cops to use iPhone, iPad apps http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/4nmyHnFXEhc/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/4nmyHnFXEhc/story01.htm#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:24:12 +0000 Nicole Martinelli http://www.cultofmac.com/?p=140177 redYou think your users are hard to please? Try cops, says Travis Taniguchi. He’s a police criminologist for the Redlands Police Department in California and one of the driving forces behind an iPhone and iPad app-friendly police department. Cops are not only skeptical, but armed. “You want to talk hostile customers or end users? You [...]


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