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Gmail for iOS update lets users automatically open links in Chrome, YouTube, or Safari

App links in Gmail for iOS

Google has been putting serious work into building a full ecosystem on iOS, and today it's adding a couple of much-needed tweaks to Gmail in an App Store update. Instead of bringing up a web page inside Gmail when the user clicks a link, it will open the separate Chrome app instead, adding a "Gmail" button that will let them get back to mail quickly. The same goes for other types of links —...

Google Glass may soon support directions and text messages on iOS

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Google's Glass headset seems futuristic, but it still relies on interfacing with a traditional smartphone. While it's possible to do basic pairing with any Bluetooth-enabled phone, only Android users can get support for navigation and SMS — the former being one of the most interesting and immediately useful features. That, however, may be changing soon. An unnamed Google employee has told TechCrunch that Glass users will soon be able to get these features regardless of platform. Right now, Android users must download the MyGlass companion app to set up Glass directions or texting support, but TechCrunch also suggests that these features may soon work independent of any app.

iPhone support on Glass seems likely to happen at some point, but if this statement is true, it's coming down the line very quickly. That said, we'd still treat...

Some of Glass' most exciting features may soon expand beyond Android

'Angry Birds Friends' for iOS adds Facebook integration to Rovio's cash cow

Angry Birds Friends

Rovio has just released Angry Birds Friends, a Facebook-ified version of its popular gaming franchise. Angry Birds Friends takes the tried-and-tested formula of the original Angry Birds game and adds a competitive social element, with users playing against their Facebook friends for "the title of ultimate pig popper and bird flinger." There are weekly tournaments, and elements taken from other popular Facebook titles like sending gifts and posting statuses. This is the eighth Angry Birds game...


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Acorn 4 flies through image editing with new filter UI, improved speed, and curves

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Adobe Photoshop, the gold standard in image editing for print and the web, retails for $699. If you’ve ever needed to edit images on OS X only to balk at Adobe’s industry-leading price tag, chances are good that you’ve bumped into Flying Meat’s Acorn, "the image editor for humans," according to creator Gus Mueller. Today, Flying Meat is releasing Acorn 4, the first major update for the product since 2011, and even if you’ve given the...

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Best New Apps: Drafts 3.0 for iOS

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Drafts is the starting place for anything you might tap out on your iPhone or iPad, integrated with a large and growing number of other apps. This is a notebook that works like an Alfred-style launcher, and as with launchers, the more time you spend with Drafts, the more uses you'll find for it. Launch Drafts and type something — then tweet it, post it to Facebook, send it as an email, or add it to your calendar or Reminders app all from...

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