Member Requests Question: Is there any way to grab all the links on a page and send all of them to Instapaper or Pinboard in one operation? This would be very useful for pages where a batch of URLs are posted, like Daring Fireball.(Stephen, @mr_benn_sjm)
Workflow’s action extension is a great tool for this. As you...
Reflector 2 [[graham]] Reflector 2 is a really useful Mac utility that can receive and display AirPlay and Google Cast streams. I don’t just mean audio streams either;Reflector 2 can receive video via AirPlay, and even supports when you mirror your iOS or Android device’s screen. It’s really useful if you don’t own an Apple TV and...
Weather Apps for iOS Dark Sky Dark Sky is my daily go-to weather app because I find the data to be the most accurate of the apps I’ve used and I like its focus on what’s happening now. Tapping the location in the navigation bar lets you switch to, or add, a different location or set the...
Relax, It’s the Weekend Revisiting Old Classics [[graham]] In the last fortnight I’ve played quite a bit of two of my favorite PC games; Battlefield 1942 and Age of Empires II (technically, I’ve been playing the HD re-release on Steam). These games are well over a decade old, and actually closer to two decades old at this point. I...
You have probably noticed that there are a lot of free apps, apps with In-App Purchases, and games in the Top Grossing charts. I did too, so today I decided to survey the US App Store’s Top 200 Grossing iPhone apps and create some charts to visualize various data points and trends. Included in this article is an analysis which examines the upfront price, In-App Purchases, category, and other details of the apps in the Top 200 Grossing charts.
The rankings will change from day to day, and country by country, but I think the results in this article provide interesting observations from a general perspective, even if some of the exact details may differ depending on the day.
Starting today, Apple Pay is now available in France for credit and debit cards issued by Banque Populaire, Ticket Restaurant, Carrefour Banque, and Caisse d’Epargne. Apple’s website also notes that support will soon be added for cards issued by Boon and Orange.
Out of the 4 big banks in France, just BPCE is supported (Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne merged to become BPCE in 2009). There is no word on when cards issued by the other three big banks (BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole or Société Générale) will be supported by Apple Pay.
The international expansion of Apple Pay is slowly but surely gaining momentum, with France now the eighth country which has some level of Apple Pay support. Today’s launch in France comes after Apple Pay launched in Switzerland earlier this month, and all 5 of Canada’s big banks signed up for Apple Pay in early May. The other 5 countries with support for Apple Pay are the US, UK, Australia, China and Singapore.
Pokémon GO [[graham]] It wasn’t difficult to pick Pokémon GO as the MacStories Favorite for this week. After a stellar opening weekend, the Pokémon GO craze has continued as Niantic has begun launching the game in Europe this week with Germany, UK, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. There are still server issues and bugs, but this has had...
Q&A Question: I like to view my photos using the ‘All Photos’ album on both the iOS and OS X Photos app because I can view just my photos (I find the way they are displayed in Moments distracting, especially on iOS). However, I’ve recently noticed that some of my photos in ‘All Photos’ are out...
Member Requests Question: I would love to recreate the web clipping functionality of Evernote in Workflow. Any ideas on how or if this would work? Thanks! (Bill Cummings)
I’m not aware of a solution using Workflow or otherwise that would replicate all of the functionality of Evernote’s Web Clipper, such as its ability to save only...
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