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Tuesday, March 31, 2015
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The New York Times will bring 'one-sentence stories' to the Apple Watch
The New York Times showed off how its app will work with the Apple Watch earlier today, with the highlight being what it calls "one-sentence stories."
One-sentence stories are exactly what they sound like: the meat of a story summed up into one sentence, with the goal being a quick way for users to keep up on the day's news right from their wrist.
One-sentence stories aren't limited to a short blurb, however, as users will also have the option to scroll through a bullet list and relevant photos that summarize the story's content. Additionally, users will have the option of passing the story off to their iPhone or iPad using Handoff, or even saving the story for later by adding it to a reading list.
The New York Times also notes that it will have editors specifically dedicated to crafting news stories for display on the publications mobile and Apple Watch apps.
The New York Times updated their app when the first batch of Apple Watch-enabled apps started hitting the App Store last week, but this is the first real glimpse we've gotten into how the publication plans to present stories on the Apple Watch.
In any case, it looks like The New York Times has crafted an interesting experience for its app on the Apple Watch, and it will be interesting to see what other developers bring to the table now that Apple has opened up Apple Watch app submissions to all developers.
Source: The New York Times
Comic: Cat on a Quad-Core Roof
Ed: Welcome to this week's edition of The Pixel Project: a weekly comic from Diesel Sweeties' Rich Stevens on Apple, technology, and everything in-between. Today: Cat on a Quad-Core Roof
Read more comics from the Pixel Project on iMore.com.
Facebook's 'Scrapbooks' feature helps parents organize pictures of their kids
Facebook rolled out a new feature today called "Scrapbooks" that lets parents more easily create and organize photo albums of their children.
Scrapbooks adds quite a few new options for managing photos of your kids with special tags and the option to share a scrapbook with your significant other. Here's a breakdown of the Scrapbook features from Facebook:
- You can opt to co-own the scrapbook with a partner who you're in a relationship with on Facebook.
- You choose what you call the tag—it could be your child's name, initials or something fun.
- You and your partner choose which photos to tag.
- Only you and your partner can tag your child in photos.
- We've built in lots of reminders and tips to guide you along the way.
To get started with creating a scrapbook of your child, you head to the "About" section of your profile, then click or tap on the "Family and Relationships" section. From there, you can select "Add Scrapbook" next to your kid's name if you've already added him or her as a family member on your profile.
Overall, this looks like a fun way to keep pictures of your kids organized on Facebook. The company says that the feature has started rolling out to users on the web and iOS today, so it may still take some to hit your profile.
Source: Facebook
Apple's Lisa Jackson talks about the company's environmental impact in new interview
Lisa Jackson, Apple's Vice President of Environmental Initiatives and former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, talked about Apple's environmental impact at the Wall Street Journal's ECO:nomics conference.
Jackson, who joined Apple in 2013, talked about Apple's efforts in renewable energy, as well as the impact of their products on the environment. She spoke about Apple serving as an example to lawmakers about sustainability in business, according to The Wall Street Journal:
But I do think Apple owes something back and that is to bring the innovation that goes into our products and technology to this field of clean energy or resource efficiency. And I do believe that when the private sector figures out how to do it, it makes it so much easier for policy makers in Washington to say, "OK. Now we see a real example that a company can make money and return lots of money to investors, but still be on the right side of sustainability."
Apple has moved forward aggressively into using renewable, environmentally-friendly energy sources at its data centers and other company facilities. The company is also investing $850 million in a new solar farm in California, which will power all of their upcoming Campus 2 facility.
You can watch the video from Jackson's interview that the ECO:nomics conference below.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Pac-Man chomps its way onto Google Maps for some retro-style fun
Google is usually good for some April Fools jokes, and this time they have put Pac-Man on the streets of Google Maps.
Pac-Man can be played right now on Google Maps, utilizing the streets of the map as the course. Users can play on streets of their own town on the web, or in select areas on mobile devices. Google has listed a bunch of clues of where to find Pac-Man on mobile devices, but if you want to just get down and play try searching for "Arc de Triomphe".
We are unsure how long Pac-Man is going to hang around Google Maps (it's worth noting that is already April 1st in some parts of the world), so we suggest giving it a try soon, lest it disappear before you get the chance.
Source: Google
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