Skype improves app for the iPhone

Microsoft's Skype has released a new version of its app for the iPhone to introduce some user suggestions into the system. One is the ability to save photos from chats to the iPhone's Camera Roll. Another is to delete a sent photo from a chat by just pressing an image for an extended period of time. You can also now see avatars for people and groups as well as a new user interface when doing searches. Microsoft improved the chat load time as well to make the transition from seeing the notification to opening the app as speedy as possible.

Source: AppleInsider | Download: Apple iTunes App Store (Free)

Spotify brings its semi-new look to iPad

It took a while but iPad version of Spotify now has the same look as those you can find on the desktop client and iPhone version of the app. It has the same dark theme, rounded iconography, and refreshed typography. They also added the Your Music feature into the app because Spotify claims tablets are one of the most popular platforms for discovering, curating, and saving music. iPad users can start curating their music from their tablets and have those sync with your other devices.

Source: AppleInsider | Download: Apple iTunes App Store (Free)

Flipboard debuts a new look for iOS and Android

Flipboard is slowly encroaching into the space that newspapers used to occupy in our lives. The news aggregation app is introducing a new look for iOS and Android and is adding a Daily Edition section. Typography has been improved, a new navigation bar, and full-screen images for magazine covers. Daily Edition is a roundup of the top stories from the thousand of topics (over 30,000!) available on the app. In that section you will also see an audio track of the day and "parting GIF" when you're done going through the news items.

Source: Flipboard | Via: Ubergizmo | Download: Apple iTunes App Store (Free) + Google Play Store (Free)

Tim Cook: " We pave the sunlit path toward justice together, brick by brick. This is my brick."

I will personally continue to advocate for equality for all people until my toes point up.- Tim Cook 

Apple's CEO Tim Cook penned a very personal and insightful editorial titled "Tim Cook Speaks Up." In his editorial, Cook discusses his pride in being a gay man and how this has made him more empathetic and aware of issues that minorities deal with. Cook writes, "While I have never denied my sexuality, I haven’t publicly acknowledged it either, until now. So let me be clear: I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me." Cook's letter is worth a read, it serves as a rare call for everyone to, as Cook says, "inspire people to insist on their equality." Check out the piece here.

Source: Bloomberg Businessweek