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SMS Shield — SMS Spam Filtering App for iPhone and iPad

By Preshit Deorukhkar

21 Sep, 2017

SMS Shield — SMS Spam Filtering Comes to iOS 11

Of the many new features and enhancements that Apple has introduced in iOS 11, its SMS Spam filtering capability is what I’ve been most excited about since the announcement at WWDC 2017. SMS Spam has bothered me over the last several years and it was disappointing to see Apple completely ignore the native SMS app at WWDC every year. Unlike email, where you can at least access your inbox via 3rd party apps, SMS is something that is only available...

Mac

18 Oct, 2017

Cardhop for Mac by Flexibits

At a Glance: Cardhop for Mac

The delicious plate of yumminess you see above is the icon for Cardhop for Mac — a new app from Flexibits. Flexibits, for those unaware, make Fantastical — the calendar productivity powerhouse for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Cardhop for Mac is an app to interact with your contacts. Much like Fantastical, Cardhop offers an input field powered by Natural Language Processing (NLP) so you can perform actions and carry out tasks with ease. Cardhop for Mac is available for $14.99...

The Roundup

15 Oct, 2017

The Roundup: 14 October 2017

We’re back with another week of The Roundup, our weekly series that highlights and showcases some incredible animations, mockups, illustrations that we come across during the week. This time, we’re bringing an incredible roundup of some lovely mockups. We hope you enjoy The Roundup this week and as always, if you have any feedback or suggestions, we’re always eager to hear them. iPhones Apple Watch Android The Roundup is powered by NFN Labs — a design driven development agency which...

Apple Watch / iPad / iPhone / Mac

11 Oct, 2017

Bear App for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch

Bear App Comes to the Apple Watch

We love Bear. This “exceptionally elegant” notes app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac has managed to make make a name for itself with its outstanding feature-set and impressive user experience. Ever since its debut late last year, the folks at Shiny Frog have released version after version filled to the brim with phenomenal improvements that make Bear a highly recommended note-taking and writing app for iOS and macOS. Today, Bear for iOS has been updated to Version 1.3 and this...

iPad / iPhone / Mac

11 Oct, 2017

Readdle's Spark Mail App for iOS and Mac

Readdle’s Spark Gets Send Later Feature and Follow-Up Reminders

Readdle — known for their fantastic document-based apps like PDF Expert, Scanner Pro, Printer Pro, Documents, etc. have been adding some great new features to Spark — their popular email app for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch over the last few months. Today, the company is introducing two highly-requested features in the app — Send Later and Follow-Up Reminders. Send Later With the Send Later feature, you can now compose emails and specify when you’d like Spark to send...

Mac

10 Oct, 2017

Twitterrific 5 Twitter App by The Iconfactory

The Iconfactory Releases Twitterrific 5 for Mac (Project Phoenix)

When it comes to Twitter, third-party developers have been doing a far better job of building beautiful and feature-rich apps than what the company has managed. For as long as Twitter has had an API, we’ve seen some outstanding Twitter apps available for iOS, macOS, and even Android. A majority of my early days on Twitter were spent using Twitterrific — built by the kind folks at The Iconfactory. Twitterrific was a phenomenal app back then, giving you a completely...

iPad / iPhone

10 Oct, 2017

Pixelmator for iOS 11

Pixelmator 2.4 “Cobalt” is Ready for iOS 11

Pixelmator for iOS has long been one of the finest drawing and sketching apps available on the App Store. Coupled with the Pixelmator app for Mac that does a terrific job of editing your images, the duo is known to be a fantastic alternative to some of the expensive image editing suites out there. The Pixelmator Team today has released Pixelmator for iOS 2.4 “Cobalt” on the App Store. This release comes fully compatible with iOS 11 and brings along...

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