Apple today released the first beta of the Swift Playgrounds 3.0 coding app which you can download through TestFlight provided you've elected to help Apple test the app.
Swift Playgrounds 3.0 beta is now available
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Readdle’s Spark email apps have picked up much-needed rich text editing features
Ukrainian developer Readdle today released an update to its free of charge Spark email client for iPhone, iPad and Mac that brought text formatting features to the iOS app for the first time while extending Spark for Mac's current set of editing options with new capabilities.
How to check if a phone number is on WhatsApp
Learn how to find out if a particular mobile phone number not saved in your contacts is registered with WhatsApp before trying to message or call it.
How to delete photo albums on iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Learn how to delete albums your no longer need in Apple Photos on an iPhone, iPad, or Mac to clean up and organize your image library.
MemeMill, Curiohh, CleanLift and other apps to check out this weekend
This week's Apps of the Week roundup features a handy meme-maker, a unique podcast client and a sharp workout client. And as always, we've selected two great new games for you to check out.
How to change the Alexa Wake Word for your Amazon Echo speaker
Learn to change the Alexa Wake Word to something else on your Amazon Echo to personalize your device experience.
The best free date and time calculators for iPhone
These are the best free date and time calculator apps for your iPhone or iPad to take the work out of manually calculating past or future dates or times.
Apple highlights useful new Siri Shortcuts available in popular health and fitness apps
Apple today highlighted some of the newly launched Siri Shortcuts that are available in popular third-party health and fitness apps, including Snoww, Qardio, Dexcom and HomeCourt.
Spectre by Halide creators lets anyone capture gorgeous long exposures with ease
Spectre for iPhone, from the makers of the top-notch Halide camera app, takes you long exposure photography to the next level with cutting edge technology based on hardware-accelerated machine learning, computer vision, artificial intelligence and more.
How to redownload purchased apps on iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Learn how to redownload previously purchased free or paid apps on iPhone, iPad, and Mac without having to pay again.
Popular Apple Watch apps start adding integration with FlickType gestural keyboard
FlickType Keyboard, a third-party software keyboard for Apple Watch that we reviewed last November, today launched an SDK for third-party integration and several popular apps have already been updated with support for FlickType.
Soor for iPhone is a premium Apple Music client with one-handed gestures, themes & more
Are you an Apple Music subscriber? If so, you probably dislike the user interface in desktop iTunes and the Music app on iOS, and rightfully so. In that case, you should consider Soor, a brand new third-party premium music player that integrates with Apple Music with a strong focus on music discovery, one-handed navigation, personalization and more.