By far the most exciting thing about iOS 8 — imho — is the side-door it opens into Apple’s walled garden to allow keyboard app makers to come on in for the first time. But what permissions are you granting third party keyboard app makers when you hand over the keys to your Qwerty? Read on for the lowdown…
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Everything You Need To Know About iOS 8 Keyboard Permissions (But Were Afraid To Ask) 1
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Emoji++ Keyboard for iOS8 Conveniently Organizes Your Emoji 1
October 3rd at 12:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsFinally!
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This Emoji++ iOS Keyboard Might Be The Best Thing In The Universe 3
October 2nd at 9:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsFine, my headline is an overstatement. But how can you not get excited about a much better emoji keyboard for your iPhone? Emoji++ doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel by adding a search engine for emojis, it is simply an improved layout compared to the default emoji keyboard.Instead of having to go through pages of emojis, the keyboard gives you a single scrolling list organized by…
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Translator Keyboard For iOS Makes Writing Foreign Missives A Breeze 1
October 2nd at 6:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsThe Translator Keyboard for iOS 8 can translate what you’ve typed into one of 44 other languages — all without having to leave the keyboard interface.
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PopKey GIF keyboard for iOS 8 debuts, Tweetbot adds support for iPhone 6 & interactive notifications 2
October 1st at 10:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsUsers looking to get the most out of their newly updated iOS 8 device can download a pair of apps that were made available Wednesday: the PopKey keyboard for convenient access to animated GIF images, and Tweetbot with support for the larger iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus displays as well as interactive notifications.
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PopKey GIF Keyboard Proves Sometimes a GIF Can Say It All 0
October 1st at 6:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsPopKey, the emoji-style keyboard for animated GIFs, rolled out to Apple's App Store Wednesday, and it's pretty much everything you hoped for.
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PopKey’s Animated GIF Keyboard For iOS 8 Is The One You Should Be Using 0
October 1st at 5:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsApple is now accepting keyboards that go beyond just offering different ways to type text – it appears to have opened the doors for graphical keyboards, too. Riffsy already showed us an animated GIF keyboard that makes it easy to communicate via reaction GIFs, but PopKey is another startup that came up with the same idea at the same time, and their offering is now available, too.
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Phraseboard Keyboard For iOS 8 Lets You Tap Once To Type Pet Phrases 2
September 30th at 8:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsIf you frequently find yourself typing out the same pet phrases on your phone when texting or composing emails then point your fingers at this new keyboard app for iOS 8.
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7 Secret Apps to Hide Your Sexy Photos 1
September 29th at 2:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsFrom password-protected galleries to photo editing vaults, here are seven places where you can safely store your sexiest photos.
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Skype for iPhone, Google Chrome updated with iOS 8 enhancements 0
September 22nd at 7:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsThe avalanche of app updates bringing compatibility with Apple's latest mobile operating system continued with offerings from two of the world's largest companies on Monday, as Microsoft brought interactive notifications to Skype for iPhone and Google added app extension support to Chrome.
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Get to know iOS 8: Customize your Notification Center with handy new widgets 4
September 20th at 4:22am / Macworld / 0 opinionsAmong iOS 8's many new features are some cool ways to let you interact with your apps without actually having to open them. Interactive notifications are one example, and another is the brand-new widgets available in Notification Center. Apple is a little late to this game—Android has had widgets for years, and users can put them right on their home screens—but at least what we have is both elegant and functional....
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10 Apps That Make the Best Use of iOS 8 6
September 18th at 4:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsDevelopers have only started to roll out iOS 8-optimized updates, but here's a first look at that are putting the new software to great use.
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Dive into iOS 8 with these handy tips for iPhone and iPad 0
September 18th at 2:51am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsIn preparation of Wednesday's iOS 8 release, AppleInsider dug in and compiled a set of tips and tricks to help iPhone and iPad owners take full advantage of all the new features and functions baked in to Apple's latest mobile OS.
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How to install a third-party keyboard on an iPhone or iPad running iOS 8 0
September 18th at 12:51am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsWith iOS 8 now available for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, users can for the first time ever install third-party keyboards that can be utilized system-wide for new ways of inputting text and other characters.
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Minuum’s iOS 8 Keyboard Lets You See A Lot More Screen As You Type 0
September 17th at 11:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsApple’s new relaxation of the ban on third-party keyboards means there’s now a plethora in the store, but a couple stand out. I wrote about Fleksy earlier, but Toronto startup Minuum has also launched an iOS 8 keyboard extension, and their approach is unique. The team’s goal was to engineer a usable, one-line keyboard, and that’s what they’ve delivered on iOS…
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Apple issues iOS 8 compatibility updates for Beats Music, Find My Friends, others 0
September 17th at 10:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsIn sync with the public rollout of its next-generation mobile operating system, Apple on Thursday released updates for each of its first-party iOS apps that bring minor tweaks and fixes for compatibility with iOS 8.
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TouchPal Raises Significant New Round As It Launches Its Third-Party Keyboard For iOS 0
September 17th at 10:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsTouchPal, the Shanghai-based keyboard app, has raised a significant new round of funding as it looks to expand its presence in the U.S. and launches its third party keyboard application for iOS.The company’s app is one of several third-party keyboards coming to the iOS as Apple opens up the keyboard for the first time.TouchPal already has 200 million users worldwide on the Android…
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The Clock Is Ticking: What Developers Have Planned for Apple Watch 0
September 11th at 12:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsNow that the Apple Watch is official, developers are racing to come up with apps for the new device.
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Apple rolls out TestFlight beta testing app, reportedly preps iOS 8.0.1 for carriers 0
September 10th at 1:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsIn advance of next week's iPhone 6 unveiling, Apple on Friday released a consumer-facing app for the TestFlight beta service that will come online alongside iOS 8, and is also said to have begun preparations to seed carrier partners with beta builds of iOS 8.0.1.
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The best iOS calculator apps 1
September 4th at 7:22pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsThe App Store offers some very powerful calculators for those who need to take on higher-level math or are just tired of the stock Apple offering....
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In-App Is An App That Searches In Your Apps 2
August 28th at 10:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsAre users itching for a better way to search through the information contained within their mobile apps, bypassing the web and traditional search? Developer Steve Taylor decided to find out, and is now launching an iOS application called In-App which is essentially a Google-like search engine where links automatically open up your apps when tapped.This is made possible via “deep…
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Contact Center Has Changed The Way I Use My iPhone 1
August 28th at 8:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsContact Center acts like speed dial built for the way we communicate with others on smartphones today. You’re given a set of customizable tiles that can be edited to show common functions, like calling, texting, or sending GIFs, or to show your favorite contacts.
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Kdan Mobile’s Cloud-Based Apps Are An Alternative To Adobe Products 1
August 25th at 10:23am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsKdan Mobile wants to fill the space between Adobe’s mobile products and Evernote by providing cloud-based creativity and productivity apps for iOS and Android, like Animation Desk and NoteLedge, that are targeted toward amateur users and students.
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Find Out Which Apps Are Draining Your iPhone's Battery 1
August 22nd at 9:45am / Mashable / 0 opinionsNormal tells you which apps drain your battery quickest.
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DSTRUX Brings Self-Destructing Files To iOS 0
August 18th at 6:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsWe’ve all had those moments when we share a picture or document with a friend but suddenly you’ve lost control and they’re showing it to everyone they know. It works the same on social media — once a tweet, a Facebook post or email is sent, there’s no going back.