July 2016

by Jeff McKamey

Stuff costs more on the iPhone:

If you can get something cheaper somewhere else, Apple actually forbids linking to the cheaper price!
https://support.spotify.com/us/account_payment_help/managing_payments/why-does-paying-for-spotify-through-itunes-cost-more/

Sworkit, Personal Trainer App:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sworkit-personalized-workouts/id527219710?mt=8

Motion Stills

Edit your Apple Live photos
Why is Google doing this instead of Apple???
http://get.google.com/motionstills/

Tunity

Hear a muted TV on your phone…
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tunity-hear-any-muted-tv-for/id944230455?mt=8

Left-Handed Turns

http://fortune.com/2016/06/18/google-waze-difficult-intersection/

New Mac Display with built in GPU

http://9to5mac.com/2016/06/24/apple-display-integrated-gpu-discontinued-thunderbolt-display/
I think this is so a MacBook can still drive the bigger monitor.

Games for the Mac

http://www.businessinsider.com/20-best-mac-games-2016-7

Heroes of the Storm

http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/
I personally like Heroes of the Storm by Blizzard. A lot of Blizzard’s games work on the Mac!

12 Best App Winners

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2016/06/18/apples-12-best-app-winners/86006464/

Rock Climbing?

http://digg.com/2016/woman-rock-climber

iWatch 3.0

http://www.imore.com/watchos
http://www.macrumors.com/2016/06/20/hands-on-with-watchos-3/
I met someone who’s company bought iWatches for all the employees because if they drop their phone off the rig, they would loose it, and it is so loud that nobody can hear their phone ring, but they can feel the iWatch.

iBird
WiFi Calling

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203032
http://www.imore.com/how-enable-wi-fi-calling-your-iphone-6s-or-6s-plus

Swift Playground

http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/13/11924120/apple-swift-playground-app-teaches-kids-to-code
http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/06/13/apple-brings-coding-to-the-ipad-with-swift-playground

Fleet Security Line Wait Times

Show you how crowded the airports are
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fleet-social-air-travel-guide/id957442616?mt=8

Tripit

Forward your emails about your trip to Tripit, and it will make an itinerary of your trip.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tripit-travel-organizer/id311035142?mt=8

Roadtrippers find POI around you

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/roadtrippers-road-trip-planner/id944060491?mt=8

I also like History Here app, it has some neat places

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/history-here/id463240522?mt=8

Kayak has a nice flight tracker app,

https://www.kayak.com/mobile

Also, Flight tracker is good….