Here's another round of notable updates for this week. Check out the updates from Google's applications, Facebook messenger, Twitter and Fantastical.
a. Google Maps (free) - Google Maps has been updated to include searching for your Google Contacts and local places by selecting popular categories like restaurants, bars, cafes, gas stations, etc.
b. Chrome (free) - another Google product updated this week was Chrome. The latest update added quick access to any page in your tab history as well as sharing a web page via Messages.
c. Facebook messenger (free) - the latest version of this application included updates to group conversations.
- name a group right from the top of your conversation
- get to your group conversation in one tap by just swiping left to see them in your sidebar
- search for your group conversations by name or look them up by friends in the group
d. Twitter (free) - here's a list of the enhancements in the application
- more topic and user suggestions for your query when you search
- top tweets from big moments in the past also appear when you search for it
- when you open a web page, you can now see the related tweet for more context
- much easier to see long conversations in the tweet details view which now shows all of the replies to any tweet.
- when you block a user in the app, their tweets will instantly disappear from the connect tab in the app
- uploading videos thru Mobypicture, Vodpod and Posterous is no longer supported.
e. Fantastical ($3.99) - the major update was only released tonight and it packs a lot of enhancements which include
- multiple alerts when creating events
- time zone support
- duplicate or move events (tap and hold an event in the event list)
- go to a specific date (tap and hold the red title bar)
- event list is now scrollable when using the calendar
- today's timed events dim after the event has ended
- copied text containing event info can automatically be made into an event
- additional settings for highlighting weekends, show empty days on the Day Ticker and display the number of today's remaining events or date on the app icon badge
The list will be updated if there are more interesting changes to come.
Source: iTunes
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| From top left, clockwise: Google Maps, Chrome, Facebook Messenger and Fantastical |
b. Chrome (free) - another Google product updated this week was Chrome. The latest update added quick access to any page in your tab history as well as sharing a web page via Messages.
c. Facebook messenger (free) - the latest version of this application included updates to group conversations.
- name a group right from the top of your conversation
- get to your group conversation in one tap by just swiping left to see them in your sidebar
- search for your group conversations by name or look them up by friends in the group
d. Twitter (free) - here's a list of the enhancements in the application
- more topic and user suggestions for your query when you search
- top tweets from big moments in the past also appear when you search for it
- when you open a web page, you can now see the related tweet for more context
- much easier to see long conversations in the tweet details view which now shows all of the replies to any tweet.
- when you block a user in the app, their tweets will instantly disappear from the connect tab in the app
- uploading videos thru Mobypicture, Vodpod and Posterous is no longer supported.
e. Fantastical ($3.99) - the major update was only released tonight and it packs a lot of enhancements which include
- multiple alerts when creating events
- time zone support
- duplicate or move events (tap and hold an event in the event list)
- go to a specific date (tap and hold the red title bar)
- event list is now scrollable when using the calendar
- today's timed events dim after the event has ended
- copied text containing event info can automatically be made into an event
- additional settings for highlighting weekends, show empty days on the Day Ticker and display the number of today's remaining events or date on the app icon badge
The list will be updated if there are more interesting changes to come.
Source: iTunes
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