Instagram pins blame on Apple for its anti-nudity stance

We’re sure you’ve heard of the #freethenipple movement on Instagram. It’s a protest against Instagram who quickly pulls down posts with women’s nipples (weirdly enough they don’t do it for the males, but that's a different discussion altogether). They take these down even if the shot isn’t pornographic. Why do they do that? According to Instagram CEO Kevyn Systrom, it’s because of Apple. It’s done order to keep their existing 12+ rating and get a wider audience. Only apps with 17+ rating get to show explicit content. It’s worth noting though that Twitter has tons of porn accounts and posts even with its 4+ year old rating and the app’s still on the App Store.

Source: Business Insider + Mic | Via: Engadget

Block out comments on Safari with Shut Up

Annoyed by banal and inflammatory comments on sites? Or do you just hate that some of these eat up a lot of bandwidth and your time? A new iOS app called Shut Up can block out the comments section for you. When you enable it, you won’t be seeing the comments sections for a lot of popular web sites. But if there are some sites you want to see what intelligent conversations are going on in the comment section, you can pick those out and set them to always be on by default.

Source: Lifehacker | Download: iTunes App Store (Free)

Google updates Photos app for iOS, doesn’t bring Chromecast support yet

Google has now brought the redesigned Photos app to iOS. However, it doesn’t have Chromecast support just yet. The app does, however, let you share animations via Whatsapp and Facebook Messenger. Users in the US get the ability to label people and merge face groups. These users can also look for the photo they need using the name of the people in the shots or combine the name with a specific location. Hopefully that feature plus the Chromecast support makes its way to us soon.

Source: Google Photos | Via: Engadget | Download: iTunes App Store (Free)

‘The Martian’ becomes an Apple Watch game

The Martian, Ridley Scott’s new sci-fi film, gets a new game on iOS with an Apple Watch tie-in as the movie premieres around the world. Little Labs developed the game with the help of the author of the original book the movie was based on. It’s a text-based strategy game that prompts its players to make decisions that can help astronaut Mark Watney solve problems while he’s stuck on Mars.

The game costs $3.49 and is available as a universal download for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. It won’t have any in-app purchases or downloads following the initial purchase.

Source: 9to5Mac | Download: iTunes App Store ($3.49)