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WhatsApp will be one of the first third-party iOS apps with Siri support

In the new version of the iOS operating system, Apple decided to allow third-party developers to use the capabilities of the Siri voice assistant in their applications.

One of the first such applications will be the popular WhatsApp messenger, whose creators should add Siri support in the near future.Using Siri, you can type and send messages, in addition, Apple's personal assistant will be able to read incoming messages, as well as make calls to the necessary contacts.

The appearance of new functionality in WhatsApp is expected in the final version of iOS 10, which is scheduled for release in mid-September.

Sources also report that similar Siri support will appear in Uber and Netflix apps for iOS.

Source: Phone Radar

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Prisma for iOS introduced offline photo processing

Photo Processing ServicePrismalaunched an offline version of the application for iOS devices.Function testing began on August 23, it takes place on the version of the service for the iPhone.

According to Roem, Prisma developers were the first among competitors in Russia who managed to create a neural network capable of working without access to the server.
According to them, about half of the filters now work in this way.

Depending on the model of smartphone, processing a single image takes from 2 to 3 seconds. A little later, the developers plan to launch an offline versionPrisma for Android, and also introduce the function of processing short videos without connecting to the server.The company does not name specific dates.

Importantly, due to offline image processing in the future, developers will be able to refuse additional hosting services and thereby redistribute revenue in favor of Prisma itself.

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“If for an ordinary user the appearance of offline Prisma does not mean revolution - photos made using the service in any case are most often laid out on social networks, so without access to the Internet the application is not particularly often used. For Prisma itself, this means a dramatic change in business model. In the future, the company may not need to pay so much for hosting servers and renting traffic, which means the redistribution of revenue in the direction of Prisma itself, ”the publication said.

For the first five weeks of its release in June 2016, the applicationPrisma has been downloaded and installed 10 million times.
To date, this figure has increased five times.

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Apple will release a counterpart to Snapchat

Appleworking on its own version of Snapchat, reports Bloomberg.The company is testing an iPhone app that allows users to record videos and apply filters and pictures to them. The application is being developed in such a way that it can be used with one hand.

Apple’s videos will be recorded, edited and downloaded in less than a minute.In the internal prototype of the application, the videos are square, it also has the ability to send media to people from the contact list and friends on social networks.

The development of a new application, which has not yet received a name, is carried out by people who released Final Cut Pro and iMovie. The product release is scheduled for 2017.Around the same time, Apple is going to significantly redesign the social functions of the iPhone: in particular, features will be improved that allow you to share content with contacts.However, until the company decided whether it was ready to make these changes to iOS: Bloomberg warns that Apple may still change its mind.It all depends on how these functions are adopted by the team responsible for the security of innovations of the mobile operating system: Apple will have to make sure that user privacy is not compromised.

It is not yet clear whether the company is going to talk about new social features in the framework of its next event, which will be held in September and at which the new iPhone should be presented. One of the smartphonescan geta curved screen, also in a series of devices should appear a phone with a dual camera and a pressure-sensitive home button.The date of the event has not yet been announced, however, most likely, new smartphones will be presented on September 7.

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Instagram lets you zoom in on images and videos with Zoom

Instagram has added Zoom to the iOS app. Now, pictures and videos can be increased with a “pinch” familiar to the owner of any modern smartphone.

In the Android version of the popular network, such an opportunity will appear in the coming weeks.
About the new Instagram featurereportedin the official account using a short video.

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Pictures and clips remain enlarged as long as the user holds his fingers on the screen. Given that Instagram compresses the content during the load, getting closer will negatively impact quality.

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Apple will remove all obsolete and irrelevant applications from the App Store

Apple in September will begin to remove applications from the App Store that have not been updated for a long time, are not supported by developers, or have never been downloaded by users.
This is stated in the newsletter of the company, which the developers received on Thursday, September 1.

“Since the launch of the App Store in 2008, the number of products presented in it has been steadily growing and to date has reached 2 million applications. Software products for iPhone and iPad have been downloaded to devices at least 130 million times. Unfortunately, some of them do not work properly. There are applications in the App Store that users have never downloaded onto their devices. Also in the store there are a lot of products that were created for early versions of iOS and have never been updated in the future. In the near future, all such applications will disappear from the App Store » , Apple said in a statement.

The company noted that the names of applications removed from the App Store will remain with their owners and they will be able to download updated programs under them. Apple emphasized that uninstalling the software will not affect its functionality - users who have already downloaded games and applications can continue to use them freely.

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Starting in September, the App Store administration will check the applications for all categories of the store to make sure that "they work as expected, follow current recommendations and are not outdated."
Also, Apple representatives reported that the company is beginning to actively combat incorrect software names. Firstly, the new policy does not allow more than 50 characters to be used in the name of the application.Secondly, now when you search for popular software in the App Store - for example, Instagram - the user will no longer be shown applications with similar names: Instagram Photo Collage, Instagram Picture Editor, Instagram Pic Grid and the like.

In order to avoid uninstalling the application, Apple proposed to familiarize themselves with the App Store application guide and regularly update their products, fixing bugs and offering users new features.

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"Classmates" returned the section with music in the application for iOS

The official Odnoklassniki app for iPhone and iPad on Friday was updated to version 6.0, having received a section with music. Opportunitylistening to music disappeared on social networksin September 2014.

Now users of the popular Russian social network can listen to any music in the application.The music section in Odnoklassniki consists of three tabs: Popular, My Music and Friends. There is also a search with the tabs Songs, Artists and Albums.
The service is available for iPhone and iPad users in the following countries: Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine.

In July, it was reported that Mail.Ru Group had signed an agreement with United Music Agency and Universal Music Group to license audio and video content.
Now the company collaborates with three major international copyright holders: UMG, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, writes Mail.Ru Group on its website.

“Our partnership with leading copyright holders will take the entire Russian music market to a new level and allow us to offer our audience the best world music in existing and new digital products” - said Dmitry Grishin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mail.Ru Group.

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Earlier it became known that VKontakte plans to return the music section into the official app for iOS devices. The audio section also disappeared from the app in 2014. At the request of Apple, the social network excluded the tab for access to music content. Now you can open it only if you enter in the search bar the address is “vk.com/audio”.

It is worth noting that Google has no complaints either to Odnoklassniki or VKontakte regarding the content.
Android users can listen to music and use any content from social networks.

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VKontakte has closed access to audio recordings for third-party applications

VKontakte has ceased to issue audio recordings owned by copyright holders and third-party music applications.Despite the fact that in fact third-party applications can still use the social network APIs, in fact, developers were left with access only to music that is freely distributed on the Web.
This is reported by "Izvestia" with reference to the press service of the social network.

Representatives of VKontakte explained that the social network does not close its API for third-party developers - the restrictions will affect “only that part of the audio recordings the rights of which belong to the copyright holders”.

“It is important to understand that the tangible part of VKontakte music - the so-called indie music, which is freely distributed by its authors on the social media platform, is available in all third-party applications,” the company’s press service added.

Now there are several hundred unofficial applications with music from VKontakte in stores of all popular platforms (App Store, Google Play, Windows Store).They are often called so: “VKontakte Music”. Such applications allow you to listen to any musical works for free, while official applications, such as Yandex.Music or Apple Music, provide for a regular monthly fee.

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“Perhaps this was done so that users leave third-party music applications in the official,” comments Artem Shuba, developer of the third-party music application for VKontakte Meridian.
“Previously, we didn’t fight with outsiders, because there was a different social media leadership, different values ​​and ideals, but over the past two years, the changes have been aimed mainly at increasing profits.”

In July 2016, the Mail.Ru Group, which owns VKontakte, announced the return of music to the official social network application for iOS.This became available after the conclusion of a licensing agreement with the largest music copyright holders - Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment.
The music section was removed from the VKontakte iOS app in February 2015 at the request of Apple.

On September 3, the Odnoklassniki social network, which also belongs to Mail.Ru Group, announced the return of the music section to the iOS application.
According to representatives of the social network, this became possible after an agreement with copyright holders.

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Rostelecom will launch the Allo messenger in the fall - a paid analogue of Skype for iOS and Android

Rostelecom plans to launch its own messenger for smartphones in the fall. This was stated by the president of the operator Sergey Kalugin in an interview with TASS at the Eastern Economic Forum.The project is called "Allo", it is an application that allows you to make calls and exchange messages.

Rostelecom announced that they plan to launch a new service for exchanging calls and messages.It will work not only on the Rostelecom network, but also on the network of other operators, including mobile ones.
But the service will be paid - the company does not plan to compete in the market of free instant messengers and VoIP applications.

Rostelecom began developing its own instant messenger in March.
According to the materials on the public procurement website, the created design layouts should “meet the requirements” of smartphones and tablets with the operating system iOS (version iOS 8 and higher) and Android (version Android 4 and higher).Programmers create screens of video calls and audio calls between users of the service, incoming and outgoing voice calls, instant messages, call log, contact management and information about the user's presence on the network.
In addition, designers are developing an authorization screen design in the application by mobile phone number.

According to the plan of Rostelecom, the company will offer users the evolution of a home telephone, which in addition to the previously available features (direct city number, incoming and outgoing calls) allows you to get mobility through access via the Internet, use a wide range of devices (traditional telephones with a VoIP gateway, SIP-phones, smartphones or tablets), as well as to make a fixed connection individual, distributing calls between subscriber devices of family members, the company said.

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Rostelecom is currently conducting the necessary commissioning and testing of services to launch the OTT communicator in commercial operation.

“We are trying to transform into a digital provider in order to sell not communication channels, but services,” Kalugin said.

The second project of Rostelecom - “smart home” - is the company's own development. It includes sensors that are responsible for safety, sensors that are responsible for monitoring heat supply, water supply, gas supply.
“All this is combined by an intelligent platform that the client can control remotely,” Kalugin explained, adding that the first steps to launch the project will be in September.

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Mobile application "YouTube for Children" has become available to Russian audiences

Googleannounced the launchin Russia, the YouTube for Children mobile application, which provides convenient access from smartphones and tablets to children's TV shows, cartoons, educational videos and videos for the whole family.

YouTube for Kids is a YouTube video service client application that allows you to access an impressive collection of educational and entertainment videos designed for children under 8 years of age and their parents.With the help of the program, it will not be difficult for younger users to find popular animated series (Barboskiny, Fixiks, Peppa Pig, Masha and the Bear, Adventures of Luntik and his friends and others) that develop videos of Russian and foreign bloggers (Kapuki Kanuki, Kukutiki and others), as well as a variety of family, children's and educational content.Users can access channels and playlists of four categories: shows, music, training and research.

The YouTube Kids feature is a simple interface designed specifically for young viewers of different ages, and a strict multimedia content filtering system that restricts access to unwanted videos and protects against spam and links that lead to resources not recommended for children.Equally important is the presence of parental control functions in the program, with which you can configure the search parameters for YouTube videos, change sound settings, limit the time during which a child can watch a video, set a password and block access to settings and other information in the application.You don’t need a Google Account to use YouTube Kids.

The YouTube Kids app is available in Russia for tablets and smartphones running Android and iOS.Google emphasizes that since the launch of the program in other countries (for the first timewas announcedto a wide audience in February 2015) “YouTube Kids” was downloaded tens of millions of times, and the service entered the top five most popular apps for children on the App Store.Additional program information, product download links, and a parenting guide in Russian can be found at kids.youtube.com.

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Yandex has announced an update to Yandex.Navigator with an improved voice navigation system

The Yandex.Navigator application began to tell drivers the way with the help of landmarks - for example, "keep right at the traffic light" or "turn left before the tunnel."Now it will be easier for motorists to follow the route without taking their eyes off the road.

Hearing the usual “turn right after 300 meters”, it’s not always easy to understand exactly where to go - especially if there are several suitable turns.
In this situation, you have to check the route on the screen.The updated Navigator guides the driver in the right direction, paying his attention to the landmarks: traffic lights, bridges, tunnels, understudies and turns into yards.

Landmarks are used only when they help uniquely indicate the path.
In other situations - for example, if there are several traffic lights in front of the driver -The navigator does not mention them, so as not to confuse anyone, they told the company.

The application has also changed the command that activates voice control.Until now, the word Yandex has been used. Now, to give commands in your voice, you need to say “Listen, Yandex”.The application will know for sure that they are accessing it, and not just using the word Yandex in a conversation.

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The updated application is already available on Google Play, in a few days the update will be released on the App Store.

We will remind, earlier Yandex.Navigator also learned to warn drivers about cameras that control speed on the road and traffic on the public transport lane.In addition, traffic data on the route is now updated every hundred seconds, which immediately affects the forecast for arrivals.

Download Yandex.Navigator for iPhone and iPad for free at this link.

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Google Photos for iOS features stabilization of "live photos"

In the applicationGoogle Photos for iOSthere was support for image stabilization technology, which earlier this year was implemented in another Google application for mobile OS fromApple- Motion Stills.
According to the team of developers of the service, the update allows you to make "live photos" smoother.

Moreover, now such pictures can be shared not only with the owners of mobile devices from Apple, but also with other users.Since “live photos” is an exclusive iOS feature, Google has added the ability to save already stabilized photos to the device’s memory as videos in .MOV format.

The latest update for Google Photos also includes the ability to sort photos in albums by newness or date added.This feature will later become available on Android, as well as in the web version of the service.The aforementioned Motion Stills app, by the way, also hadupdated- Now its users can put text on top of their videos.

It is worth noting that Facebook andMicrosoftThey also developed software for video stabilization on iOS devices, and recently announced iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus support optical stabilization.
Finally, iOS 10 will add standard stabilization support for live photos.

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Vkontakte returned music section to iOS application

VKontakte returned the audio section to the official iOS client after a year and a half.

According to representatives of the social network, this became possible after the signing of an agreement on licensing music content with leading music brands -Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment.

An application update is now available for download on the App Store. According to the press service, the function was launched in Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and the CIS countries.

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Note that caching music (listening without access to the Internet) in the application does not work.

“We are delighted to have the opportunity to listen to music back in our iPhone app. We are talking about 14 million active users of VKontakte who log into the social network from Apple’s mobile devices.Thank you for such a long wait and for staying with us, despite the difficulties that have arisen, ”says Evgeny Krasnikov, spokeswoman for VKontakte.

When asked whether the clearing of VKontakte databases of illegal music was completed, the speaker replied that "the agreements reached with the largest majors allow us to make such statements."

According to Yevgeny Krasnikov, the company now plans to "test various monetization opportunities in collaboration with partner partners and UMA."

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Google's new Cardboard Camera app lets you capture VR panoramas on iPhone and iPad

Content for virtual reality devices is still a problem.To shoot the video you are looking for, you must at least acquire a 3D camera or arrange shooting with several conventional cameras.There are actually many more ways, but there are no simple ones among them.

More precisely, it was not. But Google decided to rectify the situation and released an application called Cardboard Camera.Initially, it was available on Android, and now went to the App Store.By installing it on an iPhone or iPad, you can shoot pseudo-three-dimensional panoramas, for which specialized devices are usually used.

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Creating a VR panorama is almost the same as creating ordinary panoramic shots.
You just need to start recording the environment. The result is not a regular panoramic shot, but a 3D image in which you can notice that some objects are placed closer or further from each other in depth.If desired, the application allows you to add an audio track to the resulting clip.

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To view photos in virtual reality format, you must insert the iPhone into Google Cardboard.“A vacation or a family holiday - VR photographs taken on a Cardboard camera will help you liven up your memories,” Google said.

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You can download the Cardboard Camera app on any device running iOS 8 and above.by this link.

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Apple on the eve of the release of iOS 10 launched the iMessage App Store with games, applications and stickers for iMessage

In anticipation of the release of iOS 10, Apple launched the App Store for iMessage.This is a separate development catalog with new stickers, add-ons and applications, first announced at WWDC 2016.

IOS users work constantly with iMessage, and iOS 10 opens up new ways to share emotions with loved ones using animated and personalized features.In the new OS, application functions from the App Store can also be added to Messages. Hundreds of developers have proposed new ways of communication, including choosing and adding stickers to correspondence, quickly editing GIF or photo files, translating messages, sending payments, inviting to dinner or to the cinema - all this right in Messages.

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To open the iMessage App Store, just call the keyboard in the messenger, click the arrow next to the input field, then the button with the letter "A".
The Russian App Store has several dozen extensions, including Scanbot for scanning documents, Catterbird with voice filters, FaceMoji for adding stickers, and others.

Two dozen stickers are also available. Apple recommends users to download images on the theme of Super Mario, the animated series Masha and the Bear, sagas about evil birds, Rain publications, Star Wars and others.A third of the proposed collection of stickers is free, the cost of the rest is 75 or 149 rubles.

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Note that Messages in iOS 10 also support animated symbols, for example, balloons, confetti and fireworks, which can be displayed on the whole screen to set the festive mood, invisible ink - the recipient sees the message text only when he swipes it over, - and handwritten notes for extra personalization.Automatic hints will help you easily change text to emoji characters, Tapback is a simple and quick way to respond with one touch, and support for media content in links will allow you to view and play content without leaving the conversation.

The release of iOS 10 is scheduled for the evening of September 13, the update will be available at 20.00 Moscow time.

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Pavel Durov decided to make money on stickers for iMessage

On Tuesday, Apple launched the iMessage App Store, which features games, applications and stickers for the messenger.Among the variety of content in the catalog, users found paid stickers from the creator of the Telegram messenger Pavel Durov.

Telegram distributes nine sets of stickers with animals, each of which costs 149 rubles.The representative of Pavel Durov said that the company sells only stickers created by the company's own artists in the iMessage App Store.

“As part of Telegram’s collaboration with artists, thousands of first-class stickers were created, some of which will be available to iMessage users ($ 1 or $ 2 per set). The proceeds from the sale of stickers in iMessage are planned to be used to pay additional bonuses to Telegram artists and create new sets. In Telegram, all the same stickers are available to users for free » , - leads VC the words of the representative of the messenger.

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Now Telegram does not provide paid services within the service and does not conduct other public commercial activities. The sale of stickers in the iMessage App Store was the first known case when the messenger began to receive income from its activities.

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Also, stickers for iMessage sell “Rain” (with images of the leading television channel) and “22” (with the characters in the animated series “Suspicious Owl”). Their kits are free.

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"Dachshund" from "2GIS" - an application for comparing taxi prices

The 2GIS cartographic service launched the “Taxi”, which allows you to compare prices in different taxi fleets for trips along the same route.

The application estimates tariffs not only in popular online services (Uber, Yandex.Taxi or Gett), but also in lesser-known companies.
The cost of the trip is considered at the rates published on the official sites.
The route and travel time is calculated using the 2GIS technology.

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The company noted that it is impossible to order a car directly from the application.
Now the creators of Dachshund are thinking about whether to add such a function to the main application of 2GIS.
Currently, Dachshund is available only to users of iOS devices from Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Krasnoyarsk, Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Volgograd, Voronezh, Perm, Ufa, Samara and Rostov-on-Don. Other cities will be added later.

Download Dachshund on the App Store

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The app to combat collectors appeared on the App Store

In the App Store, a rather useful application called “Who called” has appeared, which allows you to block unwanted calls and SMS messages from collectors to debtors.The service relies on a systematically replenished base of numbers, which already now includes several thousand positions.

An application called “Who called” is software for filtering incoming calls by numbers added by developers and users themselves.Simply put, this is a common database of collector numbers, whose calls are automatically blocked on the smartphone with this application when contacts are added to the corresponding list.

Anyone can download the program and test it in action (unless, of course, the collectors really bother you).It is distributed on devices with iOS 10 (this is a limitation of Apple) and costs 15 rubles.

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Previously, a similar application called “Anti-Collector. Russia ”has become available on Android devices.
And representatives of the National Association of Professional Collection Agencies (NAPCA) were seriously dissatisfied with such a service.They turned to Google with a request to verify the legality of the placement of this application and consider the possibility of removal from the store.
However, judging by its presence in the store, their demand was not crowned with success.

You can download “Who called” on iPhone and iPadby this link.

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List of the first apps integrated with Siri in iOS 10

In iOS 10, Siri Voice Assistant can add new basic features and further expand features with application support.After the release of the new OS in the App Store, the first applications became available, integrated with Apple's virtual assistant.

For the first time, developers can harness the power of Siri and offer users control applications with voice commands.Using SiriKit, developers create applications with voice assistant support for messaging, making calls, finding photos, booking trips, personal payments and training.

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List of the first iOS 10 apps supporting Siri:

• Uber
  
• Lyft
  
• Skype
  
• Essentials MobileConnect
  
• Cisco spark
  
• Whatsapp
  
• Confide
  
• convo
  
• Discover mobile
  
• Pinterest
  
• Vogue runway
  
• The roll
  
• Zova
  
• runtastic
  
• Run with MappaLaCorsa
  
• Blast baseball 360
  
• Seven
  
• LinkedIn
  
• Canva

Note that using Siri, you can control CarPlay applications, configure the air conditioning or radio through applications from car manufacturers.

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Facebook Messenger Organizes Public Chats

Facebook Messenger is the largest representative of applications for communicating with an audience of more than 1 billion people.Wanting to remain competitive, developers add new features to the messenger, some of which are borrowed from competitors.

The code for the iOS version found numerous references to the Rooms function, which repeats Telegram's public chats.
Users will be offered to create chats for open communication on interests.
Now in the messenger group chats are available, available at the invitation of the creator.
Judging by the content of the text in the code, Rooms are already "wired" into Facebook Messenger, but intentionally hidden by the developers.

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“Rooms are public discussions of various topics and interests. Each “room” has a link that can be sent to anyone in Messenger to join the discussion. ” - So one of the inscriptions in the code is translated.
Later, screenshots of Messenger for iOS with a running public chat got into the publication.

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Probably Rooms is being tested by a limited group of people, after which the feature will appear in the public domain.
Facebook officials declined to comment on the information.

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Apple's new Swift Playgrounds app teaches easy programming on iPad

Apple has released Swift Playgrounds, the new iPad app that lets everyone learn how to program with ease.
In the Swift Playgrounds interactive interface, beginners can learn the basic elements of programming, as well as learn Swift, an easy-to-learn Apple language in which professional developers create applications for iPhone, iPad and Mac.

The Apple app readily explains key concepts even to those who have never programmed. At the same time, experienced developers can use it, ready to experiment and express their creative ideas in Swift.

“Everyone should have the opportunity to learn programming. “We are pleased to introduce Swift Playgrounds to a new generation of programmers who are looking for an easy way to learn the basic concepts of working with real code,” said Craig Federigi, Apple's Senior Vice President of Software. - More than 100 educational institutions around the world have already added Swift Playgrounds to their curriculum this fall. We cannot wait to see the result of what young programmers will achieve. ”

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Swift Playgrounds contains Apple-designed programming lessons that offer students a range of challenges and puzzles. Helping three on-screen heroes move through an exciting three-dimensional world, students learn the most important programming elements, such as commands, functions, loops, conditional expressions, and variables. Apple will also regularly release new challenges for those who want to continue learning.

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Swift Playgrounds has built-in flexible templates based on which users can create their own programs with graphical and touch interfaces. Ready-made programs can be sent to friends through Mail and Messages, as well as published on the Internet. Given that Swift Playgrounds uses real Swift code, projects can be exported directly to Xcode and turned into full-featured applications for iOS and macOS.

DownloadSwift playgrounds You can from the App Store for free. The application works on iPad Air and iPad Pro, as well as iPad mini 2 and later running iOS 10.

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