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Ad Blocking on Crystal

Interview With Crystal Developer Dean Murphy. The State Of Adblocking, Inspirations and Life Change. Part 1

Given the weekends announcement that Marco Arment, the developer of Peace and other great apps, decided to pull his offering, this podcast is strangely on topic for once. It was my great pleasure to interview Dean Murphy of Crystal (crystalapp.co). We cover many topics, so much so that it’s a 2 parter edition of the Rampant Mumblings.

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WatchOS 2 Officially Released

WatchOS 2 was originally scheduled to be released last Wednesday, September 16 alongside the release of iOS 9, but a “critical bug” prevented Apple from pushing out the update.

As the first major update to the Apple Watch, watchOS 2 introduces a lot of new features including the ability to run native apps, third-party complications, as well as give developers access to several hardware features and sensors including the heart rate monitor, microphone, accelerometers and Taptic Engine.

WatchOS 2 also includes new Watch faces including Photo Album and Time-lapse, a tweak that lets you keep the display on for 70 seconds, and a new activation lock. There’s also Time Travel, which allows users to view past and upcoming events on their Watch face complications by turning the Digital Crown.

Of course, there’s a whole lot more and we plan to go over everything in extreme detail as we learn more and experience this features in real-world use. Stay tuned as we discuss and cover new Complications, apps, and bands as we head into the Holiday season.

BluePlanetTales. Interactive History Lessons on your iOS Device. Now With Value Subscriptions

Learning about history when I was at school was a long and torterous process. This was back before iPads, smartphones and the like. It was 2 hours of hell copying from one book into another. Needless to say I was dissintereted in History and failed that course. Things would of been a LOT different if BluePlanetTales had been around Im sure of it.

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OSX El Capitan GM Download

OS X El Capitan GM Candidate Available For Download Today

If you are currently testing OS X El Capitan, please back up your Mac and do the following to install the GM Candidate. Go to your Purchased tab in the Mac App Store and click the Download button next to OS X El Capitan GM Candidate. Then click Continue to download the full OS X installer. When your download finishes, the installer will automatically launch. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation.

Adblock Plus releases its web browser for iOS

Since installing Crystal I’ve been vocal on Twitter about just how often I will share a page from zite or flip board into safari to make it easier to read aka less adverts distracting from the content I want to read.

Going one better than Crystal a content blocker for iOS, Adblock for iOS has just been released. What makes it different from crystal is that it’s a full browser with ad blocking built in rather than an add on.

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