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social video

LumaFusion on iOS: such an easy way to create social videos

LumaFusion on iPad makes knocking up quick and easy social videos a doddle.

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facebook

Facebook's data harvesting app killed by Apple — taking Facebook's internal apps with it

Facebook gets caught abusing Apple's Enterprise Developer Program - and the consequences wreak havoc amongst its employees

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analytics

The stealth success of Apple News

I woke to unexpectedly happy news this morning – one of my (meagre) blog posts from last week had killed it on traffic: That’s a normal week’s worth of

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iOS

iOS 11 fundamentally changes the iPad

I’ve been playing with the iOS11 public beta on my iPad for the last couple of weeks – and it’s transformative in the way I can use it for

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data

Journalists: update your iOS devices now

Today’s security update for Apple’s iOS devices is a serious one: One of the world’s most evasive digital arms dealers is believed to have been taking advantage of three security vulnerabilities in popular Apple products in its efforts to spy on

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Apple News: 40m users

Well, here’s an interesting fact from Apple’s earnings call this evening: During its Q4 2015 earnings call today, Tim Cook revealed the first numbers for its new Apple

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iOS 9 - adbockers selling fast

Uh-oh: Less than 24 hours after the release of iOS 9, it’s interesting to see that adblockers are shooting to the top of the charts in the App Store

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The FT, Telegraph and Conde Nast all Apple News launch partners

From Jason Snall’s transcript of Apple CEO Tim Cook’s remarks in the earnings call last night: We’ve already signed 25 leading publishers representing more than 75 of

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A first look at Apple News

It’s interesting to note that it has a “For You” option, just like [Apple Music](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2015/07/apple-music-curation-discovery-algorithems.html). That suggests we’ll see

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Apple News: I'm in…

Well, looks like you’ll be able to read my fine words in Apple’s News app come the launch of iOS9 later this year. And if you’re in

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Android

More on Android development costs - and opportunities

Paul St John Mackintosh responds to my earlier post about the BBC’s Android costs: Naturally, 3,000 different device sizes and capabilities are going to be harder and more expensive to develop for than around a thousand times fewer formats. But that diversity

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Flickr is growing again

The Next Web: On its earnings call today, Yahoo reported that its Flickr product has enjoyed a resurgence in the mobile space, with iOS usage spiking a full 25% in terms of uploads and photos viewed, measured on a daily basis, since the company

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Android

Can we stop the Android/iOS fan war, please?

I don’t often go out of my way to link to stuff I write elsewhere  – but this once, I’m going to. I’ve done a piece for the NEXT Berlin blog on why I think the iOS versus Android fanboy wars are

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Android

Are smartphones now essential for journalism?

Between hurricane Sandy and the US presidential elections we now have confirmation, if you needed it, that Instagram is a big social player. I can see why Facebook bought it – there’s plenty of evidence that people interact more around photos than anything else

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Going Native

Tumblr, on its iOS app store description: We’re so thrilled to tell you that our app is now completely native! Get ready for a faster, smoother, and more responsive Tumblr Dashboard. So, another major social app follows Facebook in abandoning an HTML wrapper