The popular Photoshop alternative Pixelmator today updated Pixelmator Pro for macOS on Mac App Store with a bunch of new features, including support for Portrait Masks that lets you open your depth-of-filed photos together with a layer mask.
App Updates
Halide 1.2 boosts your iPhone RAW shots with a new color histogram and smarter Smart RAW
Halide, the premium manual RAW camera app for iPhone, was bumped on App Store last night to version 1.2, bringing two major enhancements that help you capture better photos.
Netflix’s ‘Smart Downloads’ feature now available on iOS
Several months after unveiling the feature, Netflix on Thursday said that Smart Downloads is now available in its iOS app. As you may recall, the option streamlines the process of accessing content to watch when offline.
An update for Apple’s Shortcuts app fixes security holes allowing malicious actions
Aside from fixing the group FaceTime eavesdropping bug on iPhone, iPad and Mac with the iOS 12.1.4 software update and the macOS Mojave 10.14.3 Supplemental Update, Apple has also resolved a major security issue found recently within its Shortcuts app for iPhone and iPad.
Viber 10 is here: a sleek new look, 2x faster, new privacy measures & more
The Rakuten-owned Viber messaging app released a major redesign effort this morning with a unified chat list, an overhauled call screen, additional privacy protections and more. In terms of eye candy, you'll definitely appreciate a bright, light header across the app.
Welcome to Viber 10Viber 10 has a brand new design with a much sleeker look than before, but that's just the beginning because the app is now a lot faster and safer to use. The Viber service now sends messages 2x faster than ever. Plus, your voice and video calls now sound clearer than before.
Unified tabs, calls and contactsWith just three tabs at the bottom—Chat, Calls and More—replacing Viber's old tabs (Chats, Calls, Contacts, Public and More), the app is no doubt simpler to use than it used to be.
The unified call and contact listThe new organization minimizes tab switching because all your private and group chats, communities and public content are now in the main chat list.
Watch the new Viber in action right below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GaCOG4yyTEThe new Calls list holds your recent calls and your phone contacts in one place, with the Viber Out balance and your subscriptions displayed at the top of the screen.
Hidden-number Chats in CommunitiesHere's how Viber sells this feature:
As you spend more time in Communities on Viber, you will meet more and more new people who you wish to chat with directly.
Viber 10 includes Hidden-number Chats in Communities – a new, safe way for you to make new friends who share the same passions as you. Start chatting with them on Viber without revealing both sides’ phone numbers, until you both decide to do so.
They have added Hidden-number Chats in Communities in order to "encourage you to spark spontaneous connections" with other community members.
Viber 10 includes a new privacy-focused feature in CommunitiesLastly, developers have officially confirmed in a blog post that group Viber calls with up to five people at the same time are scheduled to arrive "very soon".
Coming soon to Viber: group callingLike WhatsApp, iMessage and other major messaging apps, Viber applies end-to-end encryption by default to all of your private and groups chats and voice/video calls.
Viber is a free download from App Store.
The Facebook app gains native display support on iPhone XR, iPhone XS Max & iPad Pro
Facebook today released a compatibility update to its mainland mobile app on App Store, adding native display support for the 6.1-inch iPhone XR, the 6.5-inch iPhone XS Max and the new iPad Pros.
Gmail for iOS gets Material Design overhaul with new features
The Internet giant Google on Tuesday released a major refresh of its mobile Gmail app, which has now adopted the company's Material Design guidelines as part of a larger effort to make G Suite look and act like a family of tightly integrated products.
You can now play Fortnite with MFi controllers
Fortnite hit App Store in April 2018 and now this tremendously popular free-to-play battle royale title can be played with any MFi-certified controller.
How to see the exact dates when apps and macOS were last updated on your Mac
Learn how to pinpoint exact dates and times when you updated Mac apps or installed macOS updates, to know when an issue first started occurring.
Your can now upload feed posts across multiple Instagram accounts at once
Instagram's begun rolling out a multi-account upload feature which permits users of the photo-sharing service to publish feed posts to different accounts they control at the same time.
Google is rolling out Assistant in Maps for iOS
Google announced today at the CES 2019 show that it has begun rolling out its popular voice-activated Assistant feature to the mobile Maps app for iOS and Android.
Pandora releases an Apple Watch app with offline playback as a paid-for feature
Pandora yesterday released a brand-new Apple Watch app that beat Spotify to the punch by including offline playback capability. It offers other perks, too, such as the ability to access remote playback controls and favorite songs from the Now Playing screen, and more.