Software : Neat iOS 8 feature pulls Maps data into iPhone's 'Recents' list |
- Neat iOS 8 feature pulls Maps data into iPhone's 'Recents' list
- Brits obsessed with the weather? You bet! BBC Weather app is its fastest-growing ever
- Windows Phone users now have 300,000 apps to choose from
| Neat iOS 8 feature pulls Maps data into iPhone's 'Recents' list Posted:  The fifth version of the iOS 8 beta, currently in the hands of Apple's army of developers, has revealed a minor, but neat new feature which improves the synchronicity of the Maps and Phone apps. An AppleInsider reader discovered when users call a business like a restaurant from within the Maps app, that information will be transferred to the Recents tab within the iPhone's phone app. Not only is the number listed, but the name of the establishment too. Tapping on the listing will also bring up the location on a smaller map, the address of the business, it's web page and even the Yelp scores. The idea appears to be to make it easier for iPhone users to easily save their favourite places to the contacts or have the ability to easily redial without searching all over again. RefinediOS 8 was announced by Apple at WWDC in June and is currently being tested by developers and refined by Apple ahead of a launch this autumn. The operating system will arrive alongside the iPhone 6, but will be installable across a wide range of iPhones, iPads and iPod touch media players. You can find out which here. |
| Brits obsessed with the weather? You bet! BBC Weather app is its fastest-growing ever Posted:  If Britons ever refrain from chatting about the weather, it would appear we're too busy checking it on our mobile devices to complain, according to the BBC. The Corporation says its BBC Weather app is being downloaded 19,000 times a day by weather-obsessed Brits. In total the app has been installed 8 million times since its launch in June last year, making it the BBC's fastest-growing mobile app yet. According to the Beeb, the most popular time for checking the app is 7am, while at weekends it slips to 8am on Saturdays and 9pm on Sundays, as Brits afford themselves a little lie-in. |
| Windows Phone users now have 300,000 apps to choose from Posted:  The number of apps in the Windows Phone store has nearly doubled in the past year, Microsoft has confirmed. The firm announced the app catalogue had swelled to 300,000 as per the end of June 2014, up 94 per cent on a year ago. That's an increase of 100,000 in the six months following December 2013, when the tally stood at 200,000. In even better news for fans of the Live Tile-powered operating system, the number of active developers has also grown by 50 per cent. High profile launchesWhile the numbers will be a boon for Microsoft and it's userbase, it's perhaps the type of apps arriving in the last few months that shows the greater promise for the third-placed OS. FitBit launched on the platform last month making its wristbands, such as the FitBit Flex, the first popular fitness trackers to be compatible with Windows Phone. BlackBerry's BBM app also arrived in Beta form, while the popular ride-sharing app Uber also launched on the platform. Most users would prefer quality over quantity, but it seems Microsoft could be on the way to having both. |
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