Previewed a month ago, Google Maps' new look began rolling out to iOS users on Wednesday.
Updated iconography, styling & color coding rolling out to Google Maps app
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Twitterrific unveils iPhone X-optimized black theme and other new features
Developer The Iconfactory on Wednesday announced an update for its Twitterrific app for iPhone, iPad and Mac, bringing a bevy of new features, enhancements and fixes including a true black theme that not only looks great on iPhone X, but also helps save power.
Things 3.3 update brings Mail to Things feature
German developer Cultured Code yesterday announced a new Mail to Things feature in its to-do app for iPhone, iPad and Mac, called Things.
Google Calendar picks up support for iPhone X, iOS 11 & drag and drop on iPad
Google's recently redesigned native Calendar app for iPhone and iPad was updated yesterday with support for iOS 11, iPhone X's edge-to-edge OLED screen and iPad drag and drop.
Another Snapchat-like feature is coming to Facebook Messenger
Facebook yesterday unveiled another Snapchat-like feature in the mobile Messenger app for iPhone and iPad.
Posting tweetstorms has been made easier with Twitter’s new Threads feature
Twitter on Tuesday announced a new Threads feature in its mobile app for iPhone and iPad, making it a lot easier to post so-called tweetstorms to the micro-blogging service.
You can now follow specific hashtags in your main Instagram feed
Instagram announced this morning that the ability to follow specific hashtags from the main feed is now available to users of its mobile app for iPhone.
You can now place pre-orders for upcoming apps and games
Announced as part of a help document listed in iTunes Connect, Apple will now allow developers to offer pre-orders for upcoming applications across all of Apple's platforms.
Google releases new experimental iPhone photography apps: Selfissimo! and Scrubbies
Encouraged by the unexpected success of its excellent Motion Stills app for creating stabilized Live Photos, animated GIFs and more, Google today announced via its Research blog that it's releasing a pair of new experimental photography apps for iPhone.
Pixelmator Pro receives many improvements in the latest update
Pixelmator Pro hit Mac App Store less than two weeks ago and already the app has received several updates which fixed initial bugs and improved performance. On Monday, the Pixlemator team released version 1.0.4 of the app, bringing additional fixes and improvements.
Polyword, SoundForest, Little Ben, and other apps to check out this weekend
This week's edition of our Apps of the Week roundup features an object identifier and translator, a unique music-maker, and an eyes-free time-keeper for your Apple Watch. And as usual, we've selected two great new games for you to check out.
Try typing “let it snow” into the Apple Store app search bar for a holiday Easter egg
Apple is spreading some holiday cheer this year by including a mini Easter egg in their official Apple Store app. Simply head to the search page and type "let it snow" to see for yourself.