Software : Microsoft revamps OneNote mobile app |
- Microsoft revamps OneNote mobile app
- Juicy Vine for iPhone update introduces 'revining.' Like retweeting, but for Vine
- Windows 8.1 Photos app loses Facebook and Flickr support
| Microsoft revamps OneNote mobile app Posted:  Microsoft has redesigned the mobile version of its note taking app OneNote, saying it wants to give users a more consistent experience across multiple devices. It has engineered the app to make notes appear the same across all clients and on different platforms, including Windows, Windows Phone, Android and iOS, in addition to introducing new formatting and customisation options. Microsoft has also added support for notebooks stored on Office 365, SharePoint, and SkyDrive Pro. Additionally, OneNote also now allows groups of people to collaborate on notes in real-time in a similar way to Google's Apps for Business platform. WidgetsThe software giant has added widgets to the Android version that can be edited on the home screen, while the iPad version of the app has gained Microsoft's Office ribbon. It has also made its OneNote apps for iOS and Android completely free, removing the limitation of 500 notes previously available to users before they had to pay. |
| Juicy Vine for iPhone update introduces 'revining.' Like retweeting, but for Vine Posted:  Twitter's Vine app is seemingly ready to meet the threat of Video on Instagram head on, after launching a significant update for iPhone today. The headlining feature within the update, which the company says is its biggest yet, is the introduction of 'revining' which, like retweeting, allows users to share Vine videos they enjoy among their own followers. The company hopes this will help popular Vines become more visibile among the community of users by going viral. Discovery is also emphasised by the new Explore section, which allows users to view videos that are popular, on the rise, or tagged with specific terms. Creators can now post to specific channels like Comedy or Cats too! Better camera, more protectionHowever, it's not all about showcasing the posts of others. Perhaps wounded by the assertions that Instagram's video shooting experience is superior, Vine has updated camera functions too. There's now a redesigned shooting UI, the addition of a photo grid and a focus button and the addition of a 'Ghost' button, which showcases the last frame of the previous shot. Each of those additions will be welcomed, in particular, by those using the app for stop-motion animations, where it's important to frame the shot perfectly and track the movement of your subject from one shot to the next. Vine has also added greater security for shy users by introducing protected accounts that, like Twitter, allow users to approve new followers before they can view their posts. The new features are for Vine's iPhone app at present, but the company says they'll be introduced to Android soon, starting with the protected posts feature today, and continuing next week.
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| Windows 8.1 Photos app loses Facebook and Flickr support Posted:  After updating to Windows 8.1, users noted that the OS's Photos app seemed to have lost support for Facebook and Flickr, among other things. Last week, a Microsoft spokesperson with the handle CarmenZ addressed the changes on Microsoft's Windows Community Forum. "Thanks for the feedback, everybody," CarmenZ wrote. "In Windows 8, we wanted to provide a way for folks to view their photos on other services knowing there would be few (if any) apps in the store at launch that would do so." "Now there are many apps in the store that offer ways to view photos on other services and soon there will even be a Facebook app from Facebook," the spokesperson continued. "We're confident Facebook will offer great ways to view and engage socially with photos on Facebook. We welcome Flickr to do the same. In addition, the People app still offers the ability to socially engage with your friends and even your own photos." A step backward?In other words, Microsoft removed the functions from its Photos app because the official apps for those services might soon land in the Windows 8 app store. The official Windows 8 Photos app previously allowed users to access images from Facebook and Flickr directly within the app, much like Windows Phone 8 does, but no longer. Respondents in the Microsoft thread called the change a step backward, and from where we're sitting it seems to be exactly that. It seems support for Skydrive, Microsoft's cloud storage service, in the Photos app has been gimped as well, not to mention support for photos on network storage. We asked Microsoft to clarify its stance on the removal of these features, and we'll update with any additional information we receive.
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