Apple announced Friday that its “App Development with Swift” curriculum is coming to more than 30 community college systems in the United States during the 2017-2018 school year.
Apple expands Swift curriculum to 30+ community colleges
Apps
You can now take 360-degree photos in Facebook’s iOS app
Facebook's mainland mobile app for iPhone and iPad is being updated later today with the ability to take 360-degree photos, publish them on the service like you would regular images and even set panoramic shots as your profile's cover photo, TechCrunch has learned.
Spark gains Touch ID inbox protection, Apple Reminders support & integration with 10 new services
Readdle, Ukrainian developer of premium iOS and macOS apps, today announced a bunch of new productivity features for its award-winning Spark email app for Mac as well as a pair of noteworthy updates to Spark for iPhone and iPad.
ARKit will make trying on lipstick a whole lot easier
If some of the previously highlighted ARKit demos showcasing a cool tape measure, accurate room measurement, navigation and maps or finding your friends at a festival haven't impressed you much, this augmented reality app from ModiFace targeting the beauty industry might.
ByeThirdParty hides third-party VoIP app data from the Phone app
One of the features that shipped with iOS 10 that doesn’t get as much attention as it should is CallKit, an SDK that app developers can utilize to make their third-party VoIP apps integrate with the stock Phone app on an iPhone.
Some love this level of integration because it puts everything in one place, but others feel like it clutters the calling experience, making it harder to discern between phone calls from first-party and third-party apps.
Wine n Dine, Laugh out Loud, Packr, and other apps to check out this weekend
This week's edition of our Apps of the Week roundup features a visual menu for over 80,000 restaurants, a new comedy network courtesy of Kevin Hart and a handy app to help you pack for vacations. And as always, we've selected two interesting new games for you to check out.
Wine n DineThis is by no means a new app, but if you're not familiar with it, it's definitely worth checking out. Wine n Dine features visual menus from over 80,000 of the world's best restaurants that aims to help you always order delicious food. Save dishes with the 'Wanna Try' feature and you'll get reminded of it when you go to that restaurant, create and discover insightful restaurant lists, and browse the food map to see the best restaurant and foods around you. I also really like that the app avoids negativity—it's all about sharing the good, not the bad. Wine n Dine is available for free.
Laugh Out LoudLaugh Out Loud is the new streaming video service from actor/comedian Kevin Hart, featuring a slate of original scripted and unscripted comedy series, stand-up specials, licensed programming, and live broadcasts. Laugh Out Loud combines Hart’s unparalleled social media savvy with his vision for the future of comedy - social, mobile, multicultural, and seriously funny. Not a fan of Hart's comedy? Don't worry, there are a ton of other comedians featured here. The app itself is free, and you can actually watch quite a bit without paying, but to unlock everything it'll cost you $3/month. Laugh Out Loud is available for free.
PackrPackr will help you pack your suitcase for each trip. The app creates a packing checklist for your suitcase from 24 pre-defined activities and factors in details like length of stay, weather and planned activities. This is the perfect tool for your summer vacations, long week-ends, road trips and even camping. Plus, Packr learns from each of your trips to organize the packing checklists and adjusts the items it recommends based on that data. Unfortunately some features are hidden behind a subscription fee, which I think is a terrible idea for such a situational app, but the core features and design make it worth checking out. Packr is available for free.
Tunnels & Trolls AdventuresCombining rich interactive fiction with classic RPG gameplay for mobile, Tunnels & Trolls Adventures will let you play through iconic adventures like Naked Doom, Buffalo Castle, Deathtrap Equalizer and more. The world of Tunnels & Trolls is filled with tough decisions, devious traps, and monstrous encounters where the risks are only rivaled by the rewards. Roll your stats, choose your kindred and begin your legendary adventures. Tunnels & Trolls Adventures is available for free (with some IAPs).
Bottom of the 9thThis is kind of cool. Bottom of the 9th is a strategic 2-player baseball game played with cards and dice. This faithful adaptation brings the fast-paced fun of the tabletop game to your phone! Choose your lineup from a pool of players with different strengths and abilities, outsmart your opponent in the stare-down, then roll the dice to trigger the action. Will you lead the underdogs to victory? Or will you defend the league leaders’ unbroken winning streak? Bottom of the 9th is available for $4.99.
More apps to check out Finding your festival friends with ARKit Apple’s free app of the week: Tsuro Instagram launches new ways to reply with photos and videos in Direct Skype previews upcoming Mac app revamp ESPN for Apple TV gains simulcast feature for watching 4 live sporting events simultaneously Facebook begins rolling out Trending News section in iPhone app100+ new features in macOS High Sierra
Say hello to macOS High Sierra, Apple's newest operating system update for Macs. Whether you're on an iMac or one of the Touch Bar-outfitted MacBook Pro models, there is a lot to love in this latest release of Apple's desktop operating system.
Finding your festival friends with ARKit
If you've been wondering about another practical, genuinely useful and indispensable real-life use case for ARKit beyond mapping and navigation, this might be it.
Instagram launches new ways to reply with photos and videos in Direct
Instagram on Thursday announced new ways to reply with photos and videos in Direct that the company hopes will help users conduct fun conversation with their friends in a more visually appealing manner, including one feature that permits you to send a split-screen reply.
Skype previews upcoming Mac app revamp
Microsoft today announced availability of Skype Preview for Mac and non-Windows 10 PC users, highlighting some of the features recently launched in Skype for iPhone that are coming soon to its desktop apps for Mac and Windows computers.
ESPN for Apple TV gains simulcast feature for watching 4 live sporting events simultaneously
You can now watch up to four live sporting events simultaneously on your television through ESPN's updated app for the fourth-generation Apple TV that's rolling out today.
Promote iMessage to your Menu Bar with Unreplied for macOS
Find it hard at times to stay on top of your iMessage and SMS influx because you’re just too damn popular? Or are you simply a notoriously slow responder that likes to wait until that red badge on iMessage has swollen to inordinate proportions?
Either way, Unreplied, a low-key app bundling iMessage chats in your Mac’s Menu Bar, vows to make your iMessage game faster and perhaps less flaky.