August launches new access control products for smart homes

August Home, Inc., today announced August Access a platform that provides secure, trusted home access via the August Smart Lock for top service providers, including home repair, delivery, shipping, cleaning, elderly care, dog walking, among others. To enable this, the company unveiled a new line of products: the August Smart Lock - HomeKit enabled, the August Smart Keypad, and the August Doorbell Cam. Check out our feature on August locks and other smart home products here.

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Google Translate on iOS gets Split View support

Having a conversation online with someone who doesn't speak your native language? Google Translate is making easier for you to converse with him/her with its latest update. The app now supports Split View feature on the newer iPads to make translation on the fly a lot more easier. You can use for things like having Google Translate alongside an iMessage window or while browsing through something on Safari. 

Google's also updated its instant visual translation feature to add Arabic into the mix. This joins the languages (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish)  you can use to instantly translate images or texts you see in the real world, in real time (even without Wi-Fi and cell data). 

Source: Google | Via: Cult of Mac | Download: Apple App Store (Free) 

CLIP+ clipboard manager for iOS supports multitasking

It's a bit tedious having to copy text on mobile. CLIP+ hopes to ease that suffering for you. The app now works with both the split-screen and slide-over features for the iPad on iOS 9. And when you save a text, you can find it using Spotlight. The app also uses Safari shared links extension so all URLs you save to the app will open directly on Safari. It'll ignore text that appear to be passwords though. Also, when you save the URL of a GIF, it shows up on the app or your notfication center widget and loops endlessly until you decide what to do with it. 

Source: The Next Web | Download: Apple App Store (US$2.99)  

Apple's Health app adds support for Microsoft Band 2

The Health app for the iPhone gets an update to support different features of Microsoft's Band 2. The update adds things like a new barometer and tracking functions for things like VO2 max monitoring or recording shots during golf. It now even comes with a scorecard to record golf games. The Band 2 will start shipping at the end of the month on October 30th in the U.S. and retails for US$249. Hopefully it makes its way here soon. 

Source: Apple Insider