iPad By Davis: “AppCoreKit offers to do heavy-app-lifting so devs can concentrate on iOS 7 eyecandy” plus 8 more |
- AppCoreKit offers to do heavy-app-lifting so devs can concentrate on iOS 7 eyecandy
- How iOS 7 compares to previous versions [Chart]
- Weekend iPad Wallpaper: Warrior
- Best Free iPad App of the Week: NASA Earth As Art
- How to save battery life on your iPhone and iPad by tweaking Notification Center settings
- Price Drop: Infinity Blade 2 for iPad On Sale at 99 Cents
- Why the new Mac Pro might be the most exciting Apple product since the iPad
- Apps of the week: #nwplyng, Felix for App.net, Trakato and more!
- AOL Reader ready to step into the light following Google's departure
| AppCoreKit offers to do heavy-app-lifting so devs can concentrate on iOS 7 eyecandy Posted: 22 Jun 2013 05:28 PM PDT During all the WWDC 2013 hubbub, I missed linking to AppCoreKit, a new iOS framework by WhereCloud. Here's how Fred Brunel, WhereCloud's CTO, describes it:
I loved WhereCloud's late, lamented Twitter client, Reportage, and I've enjoyed several of their CocaoHeads presentations. This stuff is way over my head though, so if any devs among us give this a whirl, I'd be interested in knowing how well it works for you. More: AppCoreKit 
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| How iOS 7 compares to previous versions [Chart] Posted: 22 Jun 2013 05:02 PM PDT
iOS 7, at least as much as we saw of it at WWDC 2013, compared at a glance with previous major releases. We began including version charts in our reviews last year, including our monster iOS 6 review, and we'll be doing more with this come the fall. For now, however, I'll just leave it here so you can check it out, and weigh in where Apple's focus seems to be this year. 
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| Weekend iPad Wallpaper: Warrior Posted: 22 Jun 2013 02:03 PM PDT
This weekend's iPad wallpaper pick is this Warrior image shown above. It reminds of the fantastic '300' movie about Sparta's legendary warriors. It's also just a powerful, striking image in its own right. I found this one at the ipwalls.com site, at this page which is unfortunately unreachable today: http://bit.ly/14fhk4j\
For more home screen inspiration, check out our previous iPad wallpaper picks and our iPad Insight Flickr group. © patrickj for iPad Insight, 2013. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us         Related Stories
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| Best Free iPad App of the Week: NASA Earth As Art Posted: 22 Jun 2013 10:12 AM PDT
Great apps and a huge selection of great apps are a big part of what makes the iPad such an amazing device. There are excellent apps for just about any purpose you can think of – from serious productivity to pure entertainment. Better still, there are lots of great free apps for the iPad. Our Best Free iPad App of the Week posts highlight these apps. This week's pick is NASA Earth As Art. This is yet another unique and excellent iPad app from NASA. I've already chosen several other NASA apps among our past choices here and also included them in our selection of the Best iPad Apps of 2012. I promise I'll stop featuring so many of them when NASA stops making such great apps. NASA Earth AS Art offers a fantastic collection of incredible images of earth as seen from satellites. Here's a little more detail from its App Store page: In 1960 the United States put its first...  Related Stories
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| How to save battery life on your iPhone and iPad by tweaking Notification Center settings Posted: 22 Jun 2013 09:39 AM PDT
iPhone and iPad battery life is a precious commodity we just can't seem to get enough of. All of our social networks, email accounts, texts, and other apps want to send us notifications, which in turn, consumes more battery life. Sometimes tweaking settings in Notification Center can actually save quite a bit of battery life. Here's what we recommend trying:
By doing this, you'll still receive push notifications and you'll hear the tones, your screen just will not light up and they won't filter into your actual Lock Screen area. Upon unlocking your iPhone or iPad, checking Notification Center will still show them, they just won't appear in the Lock Screen portion. Basically, your screen doesn't light up every time you receive a notification from these apps any longer when the View on Lock Screen option is turned off. Less screen use equals better battery life. By doing this myself, I gained about an extra 15 to 25% battery life per day. I've found this to be useful on apps I still want to know I'm receiving notifications for but don't necessarily need them on my Lock Screen such as Twitter and Facebook. I've also only get email notifications set up for VIP when it comes to the Lock Screen. Try it out and let us know if you're getting better battery life! 
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| Price Drop: Infinity Blade 2 for iPad On Sale at 99 Cents Posted: 22 Jun 2013 09:15 AM PDT
Infinity Blade II for iPad, one of the signature games for iOS, is on sale for just 99 cents until the end of June. That's more than 80% off its standard price of $6.99. Here's some of the lofty praise this game has received:
The game does have a range of In-App purchase options, so perhaps this sort of price drop will become permanent at some point – or maybe if there's an Infinity Blade 3 it will just become a freemium title. In any case, this is a good time to pick up Infinity Blade 2 if you've been holding off due to price. © patrickj for ...  Related Stories
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| Why the new Mac Pro might be the most exciting Apple product since the iPad Posted: 22 Jun 2013 08:56 AM PDT
Could the new Mac Pro be the most interesting piece of hardware Apple's fielded since the original iPad? Guy English, my co-host on Debug and Ad Hoc makes a great case for why it just might be so. From his Kickingbear blog:
I'm now factorially more excited about this machine, and like Guy, not just because of what it is, but because of what it might allow to be. More: Kickingbear 
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| Apps of the week: #nwplyng, Felix for App.net, Trakato and more! Posted: 22 Jun 2013 06:34 AM PDT
Another week, and another selection of the apps which have been gracing our iOS devices. This week we're trying something new, and we're breaking apart our picks. Today we have apps, absolutely no games. Then, following along tomorrow, we'll be posting a selection of the games we've been playing in the last seven days. So, here's the app picks! #nwplyng - Joseph Keller
A lot of social networks let you share the music that you're currently listening to, as do music services like Spotify, Rdio, and Pandora. But #nwplyng is the first app that I've come across that acts like Foursquare for music. Much in the same way that you check-in to locations on Foursquare, creating a kind of miniature travellog, #nwplyng does the same thing for the music you listen to. While you can simply type in the name of your current song into #nwplyng's search field to find it and share it, it's much more interesting to let it listen. A song comes on that you don't know, but your like it and want to share it with your friends, so you tap the blue button in the top right corner of the app, then tap the microphone button that takes its place to activate #nwplyng's listening feature. When it identifies the song, you can then share the song on Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare. You can also share your location separately, as well as a picture. There's also a bit of a gaming element to #nwplyng. You can earn 'records' for different milestones, much like Foursquare's badges. As you share songs with #nwplyng, you'll earn these records by for such achievements as sharing your first song, or sharing on World Music Day. You will also increase in rank, with new users starting at 'Rookie'. A unique take on social music that adds a fun gaming component, #nwplyng is a great way to show your friends the music you love.
Felix for App.net - Ally Kazmucha
I'm starting to get into the habit of using App.net on a pretty regular basis again. Or at least remembering to check it on a daily basis. I've found a lot of the conversation over there is more technology oriented and I enjoy that. Obviously an ADN client that works well and looks good is on top of my list. I've yet to find anything I like more than Felix. It has a clean interface, unobtrusive notification sounds, and really fast push. The layout also just makes sense. I've tried using others such as Netbot but found myself confusing it with Tweetbot on my iPhone. Felix is the next best thing and after using it steadily for a while, I actually prefer it over the others. If you are on ADN, definitely check out Felix as it truly is one of the better ADN clients available for iPhone.
Traktato - Chris Parsons
I've been watching Doctor Who a lot lately but with the new series all said and done with for now until the Christmas special, I've been going back and watching all of the original classic series of which there is plenty. In order to help keep track of the episodes I've watched though, I've turned to Traktato. It taps into Trakt.tv and from there, you can 'check off' which episodes and seasons you've viewed. It's a free, basic app that kind of only serves one purpose and that's why I like it. It's not filled with stuff I don't need like suggested viewing, what others are watching, just a list of what I've watched and what i haven't.
Guidebook - Peter Cohen
I go to a lot of trade shows and other events, and I hate to be saddled with the paper associated with them - show guides, maps, schedules and so on. It's a lot of unnecessary clutter that ends up in the recycling bin the second the event is over. Guidebook is a great solution for that problem. The app enables the coordinators of those events to provide all their content online, so people can download those materials straight to their phones or tablets. Features include a to-do list tied to the schedule, so you can better plan your time, connections to social media and the ability to upload photos, rating functions so you can let show management know what you think of events and sessions, and more. Guidebook will even let you know if the schedule gets updated, so you can avoid missing anything. Guidebooks are also available for schools, community centers, museums, and more.
ISO500 for 500px - Richard Devine
I'm no photographer, for sure, but I do enjoy browsing the excellent range of content on 500px. For that, I've been using ISO500 on the iPhone. It offers all the same browsing features as the official app -- editors choice, upcoming, popular, fresh -- as well as view the photographers profiles and favorite snaps you like. If you have a 500px account yourself, by upgrading to the premium version of the app you can also add photos to your account. You can also share to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and even Instagram so long as the Instagram app is also installed on your iPhone. 500px offers some truly outstanding photography, and ISO500 is a simply gorgeous way to view it.
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| AOL Reader ready to step into the light following Google's departure Posted: 22 Jun 2013 05:02 AM PDT
We're little over a week out from Google Reader's planned closure, and AOL is the latest -- and perhaps, slightly unlikely -- source of a replacement service ready to fill the Google shaped void. AOL Reader has launched in beta form, though access seems highly restricted at this time, and you will be able to sign in via your Google account. Engadget, an AOL company, has confirmed that invite requests to AOL Reader will be accepted beginning Monday, June 24. If you want to migrate your feeds to AOL Reader, you'll be able to import an OPML file containing all your feed information. Of specific interest is the promise of native iOS apps for the service, and an API to allow third-party applications to hook in. AOL might be late to the party, with Feedly and Digg already making strides, but it seems like a post-Google Reader life isn't going to look as bleak as we may have first thought. We'll follow AOL Reader's progress when it begins to open up, but RSS fans are going to be spoiled for choice after July 1. Source: Engadget 
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