Shazam, the Apple-owned music identification service, has picked up a handy Home screen widget on the iPhone and iPad in the latest refresh to the software on the App Store.
Shazam now has a Home screen widget
App Store Apps
Do you read the privacy labels before installing an app?
In December of 2020, Apple launched privacy labels for apps in the App Store. The idea is simple enough: show relevant information regarding what an app is doing related to privacy and data to the user. This gives them the power to make a decision, based on that data, before installing the app on their devices.
Tweet 2 Image, Learn Poker Hands, Perch Credit, and other apps to check out this weekend
In this week's edition of our Apps of the Week roundup we have an app that makes quick work of turning Tweets into images, a proper poker instructor, and a new platform for building your credit score. And as always, we've selected two great games for you to check out.
Many apps in the App Store are showing inaccurate information in privacy labels
Privacy labels for apps available in Apple's App Store are meant provide at-a-glance information to potential customers. A way for them to see what an app's asking for before they download it. However, a new report says that many apps are downright showing false information to those customers.
Here are 12 Google apps that have been updated with the App Store privacy label
Google has recently pushed several updates to some of its iOS apps on the App Store that now include mandatory information for Apple’s new App Privacy label feature.
You can now import your WhatsApp chat history complete with attachments into Telegram
The encrypted messaging app Telegram has rolled out a tool for importing your WhatsApp chat history on iOS. It's available in version 7.4 update, which is now live in the App Store.
Google is trying to work around Apple’s new privacy permission prompt
Google and its ad industry partners are not liking Apple's upcoming tracking prompt in iOS 14. The company's been dragging its feet with adding data privacy disclosures to its iPhone and iPad apps on the App Store. And now, Google says it will stop using a device’s unique IDFA (Identifier For Advertisers) to avoid showing the new privacy permission prompt in iOS 14.
Tweetbot 6 offers support for new Twitter APIs and subscription pricing
Tweetbot has become one of the most prized Twitter third-party apps out there. Now, in its sixth generation, the app focuses on adding new features and changing how customers pay.
Purelist, Doneit, Agree, and other apps to check out this weekend
In this week's edition of our Apps of the Week roundup we have a minimal note-taking app, a full-featured task manager, and a shared voting app. And as always, we've selected two great games for you to check out.
YouTube, Gmail, Search, Maps and other major Google apps still missing Apple’s privacy labels
At the start of 2020, we chastised Google for failing to update the vast majority of its iPhone and iPad apps on the App Store with the new privacy labels that became mandatory in mid-December. And even though Google keeps insisting that it's not really attempting to take a stand against the new privacy feature from Apple, its recent actions suggest otherwise.
Fuzion app now supports more iPhones with its eye-catching double exposure effects for portrait photos
The Fuzion app launched in 2019. The developer found a way to make portrait photography even better with some fantastic effects, and now the app is getting even better.
It’s once again possible to side-load unsupported iOS apps on M1 Macs
After flipping the server-side switch to start blocking M1 Mac owners from side-loading unsupported iPhone and iPad apps, Apple has now reverted its original decision. As a result, you can once again side-load an unsupported iOS app on a Mac powered by Apple silicon.