MacRumors iPhone and iPad Blog: Apps, News, and Rumors

Software maker Adobe has begun a trial program for “Ginger”, a new iPad app that lets users create video presentations with a variety of creation and sharing options, reports CNET. Specifically, the app includes features such as touch recording for voice narration, a wide variety of fonts, colors, and motion effects to choose from, and streamlined animation and sharing to social networks. The...

Double Fine Productions, the company founded by video game designer Tim Schafer, has launched The Cave for iOS devices, a mobile-optimized version of its popular puzzle adventure game that was released for the Mac and gaming consoles in January. The game sees players assembling a team of adventurers to solve various puzzles across a number of different worlds. Each character has unique...

After its plans for free music streaming were detailed ahead of the launch of iTunes Radio last month, Rdio is set to launch a free version of its service today on iOS, reports The Verge. The service is a free version of its “Station” feature, and is available for users of the service’s mobile apps in the United States, Canada, and Australia, and features unlimited listening to a wide...

Netflix has updated its iOS app to version 5.0, bringing various new features including HD video quality and support for AirPlay streaming for devices on iOS 7, with the latter requiring the user to disable the AirPlay mirroring feature. The update also contains playback optimizations and general stability improvements. Netflix released the last major update for its iOS app in April, which...

Hapilabs' HAPIfork first debuted at CES in January and after a successful Kickstarter campaign that raised more than $100,000, the product is ready to be shipped to consumers. The fork, which is designed to monitor eating habits, tracks movement through a capacitive sensor and a vibration motor, beaming information to a smartphone via Bluetooth. HAPIfork measures each movement from fork to...

EA has finally updated the original Plants Vs. Zombies iPhone game with support for the iPhone 5's 4-inch screen, which originally came out last year. The game, which has received only a couple of bug fix updates in the past year, was updated today with iOS 7 support and some "gameplay bug fixes". The sequel, Plants vs. Zombies 2, was released in August.What's new• Optimization for the...

Apple's System Status page is reporting that some users may be unable to make purchases on the iTunes Store, an outage that started this morning around 10:30 AM Pacific time. This is in addition to issues with Game Center and FaceTime earlier this morning. MacRumors has heard from several readers who say they cannot purchase, download or update apps, or make purchases of new iTunes media...

2K Sports this week released 'NBA 2K14' for iOS, the latest version in its popular basketball video game franchise. The app contains updates to player rosters and stadiums for the 2013-2014 NBA season, along with Game Center support with multiplayer and Bluetooth integration. The game also contains a multi-season mode and updated commentary for the new season, and features refined intuitive...

New video chat service Spin has launched its app for iOS, bringing features that have previously been uncommon to mobile video chat applications. Specifically, the app uses what it calls “Human Fidelity” technology, which combines wideband 44kHz audio and full HD scaling video at 60 frames per second. The app also supports up to ten users for video chat with support for sharing from networks...

FiftyThree, the developer behind the iPad-exclusive drawing app Paper, and notebook manufacturer Moleskine have introduced a collaborative product named “Book”, which combines drawings done on the iPad app into a custom-printed journal notebook, reports The Verge. The product is hand-stitched with formatting done in the 4:3 ratio of the iPad screen, and is printed on Italian-made premium matte...

After an appeals court lifted an 18-month injunction barring iCloud Mail push notifications in the country, Apple has confirmed in a support note that iOS users in Germany are now free to receive the push delivery again for iCloud, Yahoo!, AOL, QQ, and NetEase, reports FOSS Patents. Push notifications for iCloud and MobileMe in Germany were originally suspended in February 2012 due to a...

Ahead of the upcoming October 11 InsiderAR augmented reality conference in Munich, German automaker Volkswagen has unveiled an iOS-centric augmented reality service support app for its vehicles, reports The Next Web. Codenamed MARTA, which is short for Mobile Augmented Reality Technical Assistance, the application is designed to be used on Volkswagen’s XL1 concept car and walks technicians...

Yahoo has announced on its official blog (via The Next Web) that it will begin rolling out second sign-in verification for its services along with "App Passwords", which act as one-time temporary passwords that a user can enter to authorize Yahoo accounts with native Yahoo apps for iOS devices. An App Password is a temporary password that you can enter into our native iOS and Android apps for ...

Long-time Apple supplier Foxconn Electronics will reportedly assist Apple in shipping products directly to China in the near future, reports Digitimes. Specifically, the supplier's factories in Zhengzhou, China will serve as primary suppliers to China's domestic market, enabling an easier transition from production to shipping and ultimately sales.In the past, Apple's products had to be first...

A pilot for United States-based Delta Airlines has stated that the company’s employees "fought hard for the iPad" as the airline sought to save paper and reduce weight in moving to electronic flight bags, but the effort was vain as Microsoft yesterday announced that the carrier will be equipping 11,000 pilots with Microsoft Surface 2 electronic flight bags, reports AppleInsider. The airline was...

Apple TV users in Germany are discovering today that they now have access to two new channels on their set-top boxes in the form of music video channel Vevo and hockey channel NHL GameCenter, reports Macerkopf [Google Translate]. Both channels have been available to users in various other countries for some time, with NHL GameCenter having debuted in the United States nearly two years ago...

Research firm Kantar Worldpanel released two new reports on Monday, revealing various findings about the growth in sales on the strength of iOS devices for U.S. carrier T-Mobile, as well as Apple’s growing market share in Japan when compared to other mobile platforms such as Android. Both reports were published for the three-month period ending in August 2013. The first report states that...

Apple has hired Jay Sartori, the current assistant general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays, to manage the sports and entertainment section of the App Store, reports SportsNet (via MG Siegler). Sartori is taking over as the tech titan’s manager of the App Store’s sports and entertainment category, a departure from the arbitration, contract and collective bargaining agreement interpretation ...