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Tumblr has gone all-out with the latest iteration of its app for iOS, version 3.2. The mobile app is now completely native, and brings with it a new Tumblr Dashboard, as well as a host of other features. Users can now update and manage their Tumblr blog from their iPhone in a faster and more responsive way.

New features include, primarily, the completely new dashboard, which makes it easier for users to get into the task at hand without hassle. Photos are bigger, while overall loading speed is faster and the app is more responsive. There are new notification previews, which offer more detailed information, as well as “new blog screens with blog portraits and descriptions.”

Flipping your way through menus and items is easier now with new gestures. Users can swipe their finger right across the screen to return to the previous item, as well as long tap links, headers, photos, and tags to pull up a menu of more options. Finally, GIFs now play automatically in the dashboard, with a frame-by-frame view option by swiping your finger across the image.

Users can grab the newest app via iTunes or their mobile device. It supports iPhone 3GS/4/4S/5, 3rd/4th/5th generation iPod Touch, and the iPad, and requires iOS 5 or later. In addition, it has been fully optimized to run on the iPhone 5, so you won’t have any niggling issues over the new iPhone’s larger screen size.

[via Venture Beat]

Tumblr rebuilds native iOS app, adds new dashboard is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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We’ve known for quite a while now that Google was working on their own Google Maps app for iOS. We’ve seen leaked screenshots, and we’ve even heard rumors that the app is expected to arrive within the end of the year. However, according to multiple sources working closely with Google, the app will have a tough time getting past Apple’s approval wall.

The sources say that Google is “not optimistic” about Apple approving a dedicated Google Maps app for iOS, and the company does not have high hopes that the app will ever get approved. Obviously, the sources say that the app is in development and should be ready soon, but that’s only if in “the unlikely event” that Apple will approve the app.

Apple’s latest mobile operating system, iOS 6, released in September, and it resulted in the ousting of Google Maps in favor of the company’s own in-house mapping solution. Right off the bat, diehard Google Maps fans were disappointed, but the feelings became worse as numerous complaints about Apple Maps made their way around.

Not to a lot of users’ surprise, Apple left out a few specific maps apps when they featured a handful of mapping solutions in the iTunes App Store a few weeks ago. Apple left out any maps app that used the Google Maps API, so we definitely feel that Apple won’t take it lightly when they see a Google Maps iOS app show up in their approval queue at some point in the future, so don’t hold your breath quite yet.

[via The Guardian]

Google Maps for iOS approval not likely, claim sources is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Apple may have a lot of iMessage users, but it has also had its share of teething troubles as the chat service (and iCloud) grows. That’s certainly been true this month: Apple has confirmed that, for the second time in a week, iMessage is down for at least some users. There’s a real chance those conversations won’t go through unless it’s between iPhone users that can try SMS. More pressing for anyone in the UK is a wider iTunes outage, as we’ve heard multiple reports of the app and media repository being inaccessible in the country no matter what device they use. We’ve reached out to Apple and will update if there’s an explanation or a repair schedule for either outage. For now, we’d suggest that iMessage lovers communicate through social networks and passive-aggressive word choices in Letterpress.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Update: And no sooner than we post than Apple has iMessage back up and running. Let us know through tips if you’re still having iMessage or iTunes UK trouble, however.

Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Internet, Mobile, Apple

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Earlier this week, Apple notified developers that iTunes Connect would undergo scheduled maintenance on October 25 from 12pm to 7pm. Following this, an announcement went out stating that support for 8 new currencies had been added, as well as a handful of other features. Contained in the message was this tidbit: “Also, note that we have adjusted the retail price for the Mexican Peso, the Euro, and the Danish Kroner.”

Users noted yesterday that the pricing for several European countries had changed in the App Store, with the base price of €0.79 jumping to €0.89. Thus far, the price change has been observed for Germany, Denmark, France, The Netherlands, Italy, Slovenia, and Belgium, among others. It is speculated that Apple is adjusting the prices to deal with increased local taxes in the affected countries.

This is amidst the support for eight new currencies: Turkish Lira, Indian Rupees, Russian Rubles, Indonesian Rupiah, Israeli New Shekels, South African Rand, Saudi Arabian Riyal, and the UAE Dirham. The addition of these currencies means that App Store users in the related countries can now make purchases in the local currency rather than in USD. In the long run, this could increase the use of paid apps in specific locations and encourage developers to create more localized products.

According to the message Apple sent to developers, starting in November reports will be available for the eight new territories as their own regions. Revenue from sales made prior to this will be detailed in the “Rest of World” financial report in USD, while all future reports for those regions will appear in the local currency. Developers can find out more by checking out the “Rights and Pricing” section on iTunes Connect.

[via TNW]

Apple adds 8 new currencies to App Store, adjusts prices is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Today Apple had an event that blasted forth with a collection of smaller, thinner, and much more powerful devices including the iPad mini. This event started with the massive sales of the iPod family as well as the iPhone 5, the new fastest selling phone in history. They moved on with iOS 6 adoption with a 200 million iOS devices mark for the ecosystem – that’s quick! UPDATE: Check our hands-on with the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display, iMac 2012 refresh, and iPad mini now!

This event showed iBooks app updated to a new version with Continuous Scrolling for the page-turn-weary. The Appstore that Apple releases this app in has reached 35 billion downloads while the Apple Mac is mentioned as taking the top spots in both notebooks and desktops across the USA.

On that desktop note, the iMac mini 2012 edition was revealed with Core i5 processors inside and starting in at $599 USD. The MacBook Pro with Retina display line was given a new Retina 13-inch MacBook Pro to take on another size market, now the 2nd highest definition display holder in the notebook segment as well. The entire MacBook family was priced as well. The iMac was refreshed with prices starting at $1,299 and busting out with a brand new super-thin body. This update works with a brand new Fusion Drive, a bit of the ol’ fabulous new-age technology on the innards.

The iPad was next on the blocks, of course with a sales number of 100 million units since the beginning. The next generation iPad 4 (or iPad 4th gen) will be working with an updated Apple A6X chip. The whole iPad family will benefit from the update to iBooks Author for authors joining the fun club.

Then of course there’s the iPad mini. This unit will be coming out for $329 for its wi-fi edition and $459 for 4G. Apple went directly for Google’s throat once the iPad mini was revealed with a straight up Nexus 7 vs iPad mini all-out fight on stage, and a full list of iPad wireless carrier partners was revealed as well.

Stay tuned to our giant Apple portal for more news as it pops up, including hands-on action with most or all of the devices listed above!

Apple iPad mini event full round-up [UPDATE] is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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