Today in iOS Podcast - The Unofficial iOS, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch News and iPhone Apps Podcast

Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STUART for sending in the music you hear in the background. STUART wrote:

Hi Rob,

I created an entire Album via iOS - The Album is Called burst and you can find it at redskylullaby.com/album/burst.

Apps I used creating the album included:

BeatMaker2, Magellan, Nave, Animoog, Thor, IMPC, Samplr, AuFX Dub, AuFX Space, NeoSoul Keys, Vio, iKaossilator, LoopMash HD, Electro Beats, Samvada, Pedal to the Steel, Harmonika, WeJamm, Loopseque, MasterFX, Chordpolypad, Falling Stars, SessionBand Jazz, Sketch Synth 3D and Alchemy.

This first song is called Electro Formant.

Regards,

Stuart - Red Sky Lullaby

Song_Electro_Formant.mp3

Thanks STUART for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank TONI for sending in the Artwork for today's show. TONI said the following:

Hi Rob,

I Made this Artwork on my iPad Air with Snapseed, pxl, Nostagio and TitleFix apps. See more of my artwork at tonerinsf.tumblr.com

Regards,

Toni P

TONI Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see TONI'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 349 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.

If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.

02:53

In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote Apple’s new iPad device is destined to disappoint. Analysts predicting iPhone-like success are going to be let down. Here are 5 reasons why:

#1) Battery Life

#2) No Multi-Tasking

#3) Virtual keyboard

#4) $30/month for 3G

#5) No Flash support

Unquote

Adam Sharp, Wealth Today, 28th January 2010

Funny looking at that list - Battery Life actually wound up being one of the iPads biggest strengths vs Comp. No Multi-Tasking, The Virtual Keyboard and No Flash Support - are still true today and meant nothing - Just Sayin

03:37

Sorry no Promo codes this week.

Either way - if you are an App dev - this was an opportunity wasted for your app.

A QUICK REMINDER if you are an App developer or an iBook Author email me if you want your app or iBook featured in the promo give away segment We Just need the 5 promo codes or more to give away. simply email me at today in ios @ gmail.com and please include a 60 sec or less audio review of your app or iBook - indicating you are the dev or author. Also when you send in the promo codes - please make sure to let me know when they expire.

04:18

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/this-iphone-

bug-lets-users-shut-down-a-phone-by-sending-it-a-text-message-

20150527-ghbam5.html

In the category of way over hyped story is the one well we are leading with today - so add some more hype to the over hype I guess.

So what is the over hyped story - well many of you probably saw something about this - with titles like - iPhone bug lets users shut down an iPhone by sending it a text message or New iOS Bug Crashing iPhones Simply by Receiving a Text Message or You can crash someone's iPhone with a mere text message.

Say it ain’t so Rob - some of your are thinking - well - technically it is true - someone can send your iPhone a text and it will shut down your iPhone. The text in question is a couple of english words with a string of Arabic characters that have no meaning and a japanese character all in the same text message.

For some reason this combination causes Message app to freak out and start to crash the iPhone at which point the iPhone shuts itself down. Actually this only happens if you have banner notifications turned on for Texts - which most do. And then when the message is displayed in the banner - is when the crash happens. Prevailing theory on why this is happening is that when Apple goes to truncate the text message to display as a banner - the way Arabic works is sometime reducing the number of characters actually can make the length of the message longer. So that may be causing the message app to freak out and cause the crash.

Is this a major issue - HECK NO. What it is - well it is annoying at best for those of you that have “friends” that like to do things like send you messages they know will crash your phone. For most people however this is a complete non-issue.

The other problem with this is that when you get this not only does it crash your phone - but you can not even open the message app without it re-crashing your phone.

So for those of you with “friends” that can’t be trusted not to prank your phone - Apple has a temp solution.

http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/27/technology/iphone-

text-message-hack/index.html

http://www.macrumors.com/2015/05/26/ios-bug-

crashing-iphones-with-text-message/

http://www.macrumors.com/2015/05/28/apple-

temporary-text-bug-fix/

06:43

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204897

What Apple said to do if you get this message and it caused your phone to reboot - and now you can’t get into Message app without it re-crashing your iPhone - you can do the following.

1. Ask siri - to read unread messages

2. Use siri - to reply to the prank message. After your reply you can then open Messages again.

3. If the issue continues - get new friends. Umm I mean - Tap and hold the malicious message, tap more and delete the message from the the thread.

Apple says obviously they are aware of the issue and a fix is coming soon.

Again this “issue” has been way way way overblown in the media - I have seen it on mainstream media and all over the tech media - and again I did choose to lead with it this week - but more to say - this for 99.99% of the people is a complete non-issue.

For those where it is an issue - you really just need new friends.

07:51

http://modmyi.com/content/19273-how-protect-yourself-

unicode-imessage-bug-if-youre-jailbroken-updated.html

Seems the jailbreaking community was not going to wait for an Apple patch for this what is being called a Unicode bug or the Effective Power bug as the text shown for this bug starts with the words effect power. Well Jailbreakers to the rescue as there is a patch you can install if jailbroken to squash this bug.

There is a new package called - IneffectivePower - one word - that is now available in the BigBoss repository in Cydia - if you want to patch this bug and not have to update and loose your jailbreak when apple offered their patch - then you will need to install Ineffective Power - that or get better friends.

Thanks to Tim Harrison for the heads up on that story.

08:48

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/man-slapped-120-

ticket-using-apple-watch-while-114535714.html

Thanks to all that sent in this next one - and it is an Apple Watch story - And it is about a man getting a $120 dollar Ticket for using his Apple Watch while driving.

Seems a Police officer in Quebec with extremely good eyesight saw a man driving in his car and using his apple watch to change music.

How in the world any officer was able to see this and then pull the person over is beyond me - but ok - for arguments sake we accept that the person with sight that was last seen by Brand Stark in Game of thrones - actually saw this. Per the Quebec highway safety code it states that quote no person may, while driving a road vehicle, use a hand-held device that includes a telephone function, unquote.

However some others are saying the Apple watch is a Bluetooth device that communicates with the telephone signal from the phone and it has been established under the law that you are allowed to use bluetooth devices.

So this comes down - to if you get a call when driving and answer it on your Apple watch - is it a Phone which is illegal to answer or is it a bluetooth device connected to a phone which is legal to answer.

I still find the whole - the officer saw it thing as kind of fishy. Don’t be surprised to learn later on this whole story was made up.

That said - if you are driving in your car - it is still not a good idea to be playing with any device that distracts you - wait until you get to a stop light or better yet pull over to change music via your apple watch.

10:29

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12:21

VOICEMAIL - Tracy_TN_siri_set_a_reminder

Hi, Rob.

This is for the guy who was having trouble searching spotlight with VoiceOver on. I'm having the same issue. When I try to type my key terms using the keyboard, the screen essentially goes blank, and my phone acts as if it crashed. After a few minutes, it can recover from this problem by itself, but sometimes, I need to do a hard reset to get it to work again. I have, however, found a workaround. Instead of typing my search terms and to spotlight using the keyboard, I dictate them. It always works for me. Hope this helps.

Regards,

Shandy W

Hi Rob,

Per the Guy with SpotLight Search Problem.

Open the Settings app on your iOS device. Tap the General tab and then tap Spotlight Search. The results show you check marks in front of all the different types of items Spotlight will find in a search. To filter out a certain item from the search, simply tap it to remove the check mark. For example, tapping off Bing Web Results will prevent Spotlight from scouring the Web for information.

By default, your Spotlight searches and related information are sent to Apple. On its privacy screen for Spotlight, the company says it doesn't store your searches and instead uses the data to try to make its search suggestions more relevant. However, those of you concerned about privacy may still wish to turn off the entry for Spotlight Suggestions to prevent your search queries from being shared in this way.

Regards,

Chris In London

Hi Rob

I was just listening to your recent podcast and heard you mention about showering with the Apple Watch. I shower with my watch daily since I received my sports model on April 24th. It has been just over a month and my watch works just as great as Day 1.

Regards,

Evan (from Hamilton, Ontario)

VOICEMAIL - Shannon_AZ_spotlightsearch

16:10

https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1

We are now well over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.

Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.

One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out was from Tony Treacle who wrote the following

Quote

So ive been trying to update my Apple Watch and I keep getting this message. Im pretty knowledgeable about this stuff and have tried mostly everything. Anyone have any idea what to do? I keep getting an error message that says Unable to verify update - the Watch OS update couldn’t be verified because you are not connected to the Internet.

Unquote

And there was also a post from David Hirshberg with the same basic issue and one from Caryl Goodman - So it seems a few listeners to the show had issues with updates.

Some of the suggestions were to do a full Network Reset on your iPhone to try and get the two devices talking to one another again. Remember with the Apple Watch - you need to update via the Apple Watch App on your iPhone. Another suggestion was to reboot your Apple Watch by holding down the Two buttons on your Apple Watch until it reboots.

Overall it looks like this issue only effected a small % of users.

VOICEMAIL - Tony_AppleWatch

And since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan bois free zone and spammer free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.

Folks Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.

And thanks to all 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.

Into the email bag.

Hi Rob

I can't find today in iOS in the Google+ app. How do I find the today in iOS community?

Regards,

Levi from Moreno Valley.

Hi Levi - In the Google Plus app on your iOS device - search for iOS iPhone at the same time - it should show your the Tii community as number one. The name you should see is iOS, iPhone, iPad & Apple TV moderated. with over 2,200 members.

20:42

http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/05/27/apple-updates-

wwdc-app-for-2015-event-confirms-june-8-conference-at-10-am-pacific

This is to confirm that the WWDC Keynote will be as expected at 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET on Monday June 8th. This is not a shock to anyone - but it is now confirmed in the updated WWDC app.

I will have another episode prior to the WWDC keynote - around June 3rd or 4th. I will then go over the speculation for iOS 9 new features and other items to be announced.

If you have any last minute speculation you want to get in for iOS 9 and WWDC 2015 - please email me today in iOS at gmail dot com or call - 206-666-6364 - I actually moved any other speculation about the event I had flagged into the shows note for Ep 350. So none of that this show.

Next Episode will be more focused on the general speculation and rumors.

22:14

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102691181

Hell may have officially have frozen over - as Uncle Gene Munster - Or often Wrong Gene - has now said he was wrong about a full blown Apple TV - and it is not going to happen after all.

He said quote This is a tough day for me. It's a hard reality to accept, and I think that is the reality of it: the TV is on hold unquote

Ok - so maybe not a full on I was wrong - as he says it is on Hold. Man he can’t even say we was wrong correctly.

That said The thought of not having to hear another quote from Gene after each quarterly call about the upcoming full on Apple TV - is kind of sad in some ways. I guess he will now need to get on some other far fetched idea for a future Apple product - like oh quote I think that this augmented and virtual reality theme is something we're going to hear more about. We do believe that Apple is experimenting with that, too, and so maybe there's something within that that could play into their broader strategy here, unquote.

So Yes - Yes he did go right from saying he was kinda wrong about the apple tv to predicting some sort of Augmented and virtual reality product coming from Apple. Wow and people listen to him and invest in stocks because of his advice why?????

23:48

http://bgr.com/2015/05/27/iphone-vs-android-advertising-

google-profits-money/

An Interesting Article about Google and its revenue stream - and that the iPhone may actually be more important to google then its own Android OS per their bottom line.

It breaks down like this - 90% of Googles 66 Bil in Rev in 2014 came from Advertising.

And in 2014 the segment that was increasing most for Google was the revenue from Mobile search - which made up 18% of Googles Ad revenue.

Of that mobile search revenue - 75% came from iOS devices.

To put that in perspective - iOS devices generated $9 billion in ad revenue for Google vs just $3 Billion from Android in 2014.

So if there is 5 times more Android devices than iOS device world wide - and you get 3 time more revenue from iOS - that means on a per handset to handset comparison - an average iOS device generates 15 times more revenue than an average Android device. Yikes.

This is why Google pays Apple about 1 to 2 Billion a year to be the default search engine in Mobile Safari.

24:56

VOICEMAIL - Rich_NY_icloud_issue_FX

Hi Rob,

I wonder if T-Mo will allow free data podcast streaming on Spotify...like it does for music? As far as I know this will be the first service on their list to have podcasts. Be interesting to see what they do. Would love for them to put the MLB app on that list too!

Regards,

Dan

Hi Rob,

I am looking for an app, or a way to keep track of things and how long I’ve had them or been using them. My thoughts were for a way to take a picture of the new dishwasher or TV or work boots and have them maybe in a list. But what I wanted to be able to use it for was how long did that couch last, the TV isn’t working right but its 5 years old so maybe it IS time for a new one, and to see little things like how long does my raincoat last, or even in the case of this podcast if I had added it to the list I could see that I’ve been listening to every episode since x years ago.

My thoughts were to make a notebook in evernote and add the pictures. At least each note will tell me the last time the note was modified. I was hoping for something like an app that might just tell me 53 days etc. I see Days+ app, and that might work, but I just wanted to put this out there and see if anyone else had any luck figuring out ways to do this.

Regards,

Dan

Hi rob I was wondering if there was any screen Recording apps on the iPhone you recommend ?

Sincerely

Zachary S

I recommend using a mac running the latest version of OS Ten - and connecting your iPhone to your mac via the USB cord - and then launching Quicktime player - and then selecting “New Movie Recording” and then to the right of the record button - click the down arrow and selecting My iPhone for the camera - and then clicking record. This works great for recording screen cast videos on the iPhone. And it is again via the latest version of OS Ten and via the Quicktime player app and with your iPhone connected via the USB cord.

Hi Rob

Have you heard anyone complain since the latest Apple Watch update about the Exercise feature not working properly? I achieved the 30 min goal daily since April 24th but after the update, I'll be lucky to get past 20 minutes. For the most part, it doesn't move at all. I have calibrated it multiple times with my phone and even on a 1 hour walk with both my phone and watch, using the Fitness app, I still only get 15 minutes after 1 hour. I am not sure if it was too sensitive prior to the update or Apple messed up.

Regards,

Evan from Ontario Canada

VOICEMAIL - Question_Vision_impairment_phone_book_apps_autistic

31:37

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/638741610/plate-

your-steel-apple-watch-with-24k-gold?ref=nav_search

Under the Really Dude Category for Kickstarter projects is a $114 dollar kickstarter campaign that has until June 10th at 1:31 AM CT to be funded - which does not look like it is going to hit its goal of $19,733 - as it has just $1,500 so far.

What is said $114 project - it is the Plate your Steel Apple Watch with 24K Gold - project. Yes that is the name and well it kinds of leaves nothing to the imagination on what it is about.

So if you purchased a stainless steel Apple watch and now find yourself compelled to do your own DIY gold plating on it - there is a kit available for you in Kickstarter or well based on the way the funding is going - most likely not. This is kind of a no duhhh - it is not going to get funded project - as those that purchased a steel apple watch - choose to spend some extra coinage to get the nicer looking apple watch and most are not going to spend another $100 in the hopes that their DIY Gold plating just does not look a lot like a DIY gold plating job.

33:48

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/haloband/halo-

back-make-your-iphone-perfect/description

Now not all Kickstarter projects are as questionable as goldplating your stainless steel apple watch.

One project that has well exceeded its original goal of $20k - with now well over 150k is the Halo Back - the World’s first smart screen protector.

This project has until June 12th at 11:31 AM CT for additional funding and for you to get involved.

Curren pricing on this is $17 if there are any left by the time you hear this for one. or $34 for 2.

This is for the iPhone 6 or 6Plus - your choice - and what it does is it puts a back button at the bottom left of the iPhone - essentially it is circuitry sandwiched in the screen protector that when you touch in the lower left below the screen - it registers as a touch in the upper left where the back button is usually located for many apps.

It is a neat idea - and given the level of funding - many others think so as well.

Just search for Halo Back - two words at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 349 - thanks to all that sent this one in.

35:06

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brianlegge/soscharger-

self-powered-iphone-and-smart-phone-cha

For those of you like me that funded the SOS Charger and have yet to receive it - well sad news - it looks like we are never going to get it. On May 23rd they put out a Project update - which is basically a long Dear John letter. They say they are committed to fulfilling every backers reward - but then also say they are deeply in debt - with no funds to ship what units they have and no one to ship them anyway. Long of the short - when they decided to sell to retailers last fall before shipping to funders - yeah - that was when we kinda of could see they were out of money. Oh well this was a gamble that did not pan out. If I ever receive one - I will consider it a gift at that time - but for now - I am totally writing this one off. If anyone listening does get an SOS charger - please let me know.

36:03

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/is-that-crowdfunding-campaign-

really-just-a-scam-119808318139.html

Thanks to Michael for sending in this next article - which very much relates to the story about the SOS Charger. And this article is from Yahoo Tech and is titled - Is that Crowdfunding Campaign really just a scam.

Folks - yes - some crowdfunding campaigns are scams - where the people just tried to get money and run. Is that the case with the SOS charge - no - I do know one person that received on - Paul Colligan. So I know they have product - and they sold product to re-sellers to get more money. I really think with SOS charger it is a case of don’t blame on Malice that which can easily be explained by Incompetence.

The Article Michael sent over goes over another project the Soap Router - which does appear to be malice - Well at least it appears that way when the founder of that project posted a pic of his new BMW.

The author goes over 7 ways to scope out crowdfunding projects.

Some are common sense - Do a background check on the project and make sure it does not sound like it is breaking the laws of physics type promises. Look at the comments. But I think the most important one is the last bit of advice - remember - Crowdfunding projects are about funding a product that is not yet fully developed and ready for production. You are funding an idea or concept and getting it to reality takes money and talent and sometimes good luck or at least a lack of bad luck. Hey even Apple had issues with the Apple watch and the Haptic engine from one of their vendors - things do go wrong or bad from time to time even with the best controlled supply chains. I don’t want to just throw SOS charger under the bus here - I just want to say remember for all these Kickstarter projects - consider them a 50 / 50 bet at best - and if you are lucky you get a cool new project at a lower then Retail price before all your friends. If you are unlucky - you sit here 3 years later still not able to hand crank to charge your iPhone up.

I will say this the Pearl Compact Mirror / battery pack I received via a kickstarter project is my Wifes favorite iPhone accessory and all her friends covet it as well. Sometime these projects work out - sometimes not so much. So I guess I am saying don’t give up on the crowdfunded projects - they are a great part of the iOS ecosystem.

38:43

VOICEMAIL - Shannon_EpisodeArtwork

Hi Rob,

I use PocketCast for all my podcast listening and this shows each episode's artwork both in the app and on the lock screen.

Regards,

D.R.

Hi Rob,

I use Pocketcasts as my pod catcher and there is a setting to "show embedded artwork". I get all the changing artwork on my lock screen for every episode.

Regards,

Keith F

Hi Rob,

I listen to your show using iCatcher. I have been using this app for awhile and your show episode artwork changes per episode.

Regards,

John H.

Hi Rob - The app iCatcher has always shown your unique episode artwork on the main screen. No need to change your methods - Marco needs to fix Overcast.

On the MacCast podcast Adam is apparently changing the graphics during the episode, and I see those changes too.

Regards,

-Dan

Rob

I use the iCatcher! podcast and for as long as I can remember the show are always changes from week to week. On both the lock screen and the apps "play" screen. Just an FYI,

Regards,

Richard

Hi Rob,

I use instacast. episodic art is available. just one more reason why I really like instacast over overcast and the default apple podcast app.

Regards,

Francisco T

Hi Rob:

Regarding Tii artwork. using the Instacast app, the custom episode artwork is displayed both on the lockscreen and the playback screen. In the general podcast subscription screen the top level Tii branding image is displayed. I shifted to Instacast after getting frustrated with other podcasts apps that used iCloud to sync downloads across several iOS devices. Instacast uses their own servers and not iCloud for this feature and I find it more reliable.

In other news, the YouTube "widget" on my 2nd Gen AppleTV still seems to work like it always did. My subscriptions, favorites, watch later list, etc. still function. I am not seeing the issues you described.

Regards,

Pat in Austin

VOICEMAIL - Tim_Downcast_artwork_different_per_ep

Hi Rob

I noticed a couple of episodes back that your Tii episode artwork started showing up on my lock screen and in my 2012 Camry. It matches the episode artwork in Tii app. Yes it works, not sure if a recent Downcast app update did it or why I see it when other listeners do not. Maybe an app update or hard reset?

Btw, I use both apps and this only works with Downcast app, doesn't work with Apple's Podcasts app.

Regards,

Alan in Ohio.

PS - I traced this when I first started seeing episode artwork, it was Tii episode 346 May 8th, so likely the 2.8.30 Downcast update on May 6th enabled the episode art.

Hey Rob,

I heard you talking on the latest show about the limitations of the

Podcasts and Overcast apps in that they aren't able to display the

show level artwork for podcasts. FWIW, I use Downcast and I do get the show level artwork.

Regards,

Kevin

Hi Rob.

You mentioned the problem of episode artwork not appearing in the podcasts app. It works perfectly in Downcast, displaying the episode artwork on the lock screen as well on the player screen for an individual episode, and when you go to the list of Today in iOS episodes, it shows the main podcast artwork.

On the latest episode you played a clip of your voice through bluetooth headphones. I’m so used to the way your voice normally sounds on the podcast, that I can’t even recognise it as your voice when I hear you through those headphones, and I noticed the same effect at least once before when you were interviewing people at a trade show. This must be an interesting side effect of not knowing someone’s voice in real life but only from a podcast.

Regarding having a security lock on apps, there is an app I have called “My Utilities”, for which the icon looks like a folder with four mini app icons in it, but that is just to disguise what the app is. When you load it, it allows you to store secret videos, photos and notes within the app, then lock them with a slide gesture pattern on a keypad so that no-one else can access it, and they are unlikely to even know that anything is in there due to the app looking like a folder.

Also, you mentioned that Android has a security lock in some apps, but is this worth the metaphorical paper it’s written on, considering the lack of sandboxing and security on Android phones that allow any app to access any data in the root directory of the phone?

Regards,

Matthew F

Adelaide, Australia

All thanks for the feed back so it looks like Beyond the Tii App which shows the episode level artwork - PocketCast, iCatcher, Instacast and Downcast also all support the Episode level artwork and show it on the lock screen as well. However OverCast and the Podcasts App do not. Nor Does Spotify. I did see the developer of HiCast who is in the Google+ community and listens also comment that he will update HiCast to support the episode artwork in the lock screen - it already shows the individual artwork on the play screen when unlocked.

46:09

http://www.loopinsight.com/2015/05/29/why-

the-google-photos-license-agreement-is-keeping-me-out/

There is a lot of people talking about the new Google Photos app that Google just launched. This allows you to upload all your photos and videos to Google and then you can sync among your many devices.

This is a free offering - well Freemium service any way.

For the free part you can upload images up to 16 MegaPixels and up to 1080p videos. and you get unlimited storage of your photos and videos.

You can upload via iOS via their app and also via a web browser for Macs and PC’s to get all your photos off of your computer.

Once uploaded google then does some compression to the photos to quote save space on its servers unquote - or to better index and add in tags for better search later on not mentioned.

If you don’t want the images and videos compressed you get 15 TB of drive space and once it is full it is $10 a month per terabyte of extra capacity.

Of course you do not want this to be your only place to put your images - it should only be looked at as an extra place to back up photos. Remember all those other Google pet projects that got the axe - and know there is a decent probability this one will meet with an axe in the next 5 years.

That all said - one thing you might want to consider is this - In the Google Terms of service - quote

When you upload, submit, store, send or receive content to or through our Services, you give Google and those we work with a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works, communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content. The rights you grant in this license are for the limited purpose of operating, promoting, and improving our Services, and to develop new ones. This license continues even if you stop using our Services

unquote

Some are speculating that Google is free to use any of your images for any purpose including in Ads if they want and for ever - even after you remove those images.

That said - Google was asked about that - and they responded to the Register in the UK with the following quote

"Google Photos will not use images or videos uploaded onto Google Photos commercially for any promotional purposes, unless we ask for the user's explicit permission."

unquote

What is my recommendation - Well if Google is true about not using your photos without your permission - then the argument about not using them for that reason mostly goes away.

Which then brings us back to how you are using it - I would say only to use it as a secondary back up of your images and to have at least two other physical places you have your images - i.e. on your computer and then a back up drive or service for your computer.

I think it is safe to say there is a good probability that in the next 5 years - this service will get the Axe if Google can’t figure out how to monetize the offering. Guess someone will need to remind me on June 1st 2020 - how that prediction turned out.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/05/29/google_

photos_terms_of_service/

49:34

http://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/15/05/22/apples

-iphone-5c-helps-man-survive-shotgun-blast-to-the-chest

Thanks to all that sent in this next one. Which is one of those news from the weird or in this case extremely lucky category. It is about a 25 year old British man that was shot in the chest at close range with a shot gun - and the lucky part for him - well his Green iPhone 5C was in his pocket and it took most of the blast and is credited with saving his life. His iPhone 5C did not survive - so no luck for it - and the nier do well that shot him - he was charged with attempted murder - so no luck for him - well actually I guess he could be charged with Murder instead of attempted murder - so some luck for him.

By the way I hope it goes without saying - Kids don’t try this one at home.

50:21

VOICEMAIL - Kevin_upgrade_apple_watch_quest

Hello Rob I thought I would share something that I've experienced with you regarding un jailbreaking my device. I had a jailbreak tweak called untethered hey Siri which would allow me to contact Siri without being plugged in. I un jailbroke my device for me to be able to get the Apple Watch and to my surprise thank God the tweak stayed because it's was my main reason for staying jailbroken.

Regards,

Shawna W

Hi Rob,

Was a bit tickled over your explanation about the MOONDOG from your call in number, but since the question came from a listener in the UK, a bit more explanation may be needed.

The letters on the telephone dial/keypad while very common in North America, is not so common in Europe and other areas of the world. So the cryptic spelling we have in our phone numbers here in the US, may not be as evident too all of your world wide listeners.

Regards,

Stan B

Winchester, KY

Hi Rob,

I have been a long time Sony fan and have of course been using Xperia phones and tablet, but I was always having some kind of trouble with every single unit, it was problems like: camera not working, could not update to new OS(even when the phone was ment for the new OS) and not recognizing memory card, and of course it was the android OS ( it sucks)

So I bought myself a 32gb iPad Air and a iPhone 6 128gb & guess what? I'm enjoying every second of it. I'm never never never going back to android.

Regards,

Kjell Olav Soreng from Norway.

Hi Rob

From Scotland I'm an avid listener and have been for now for many years. I just wanted to tell you the miserable time I've had with the Apple watch ordering process and I wondered wether the length of time might be because I'm in Scotland?(Thoughts).

Well my wife and I keenly ordered my birthday present said Apple watch on the 10th of April and we ordered the 42mm Space grey Sport watch. Now I've been listening to your show and how people have been reviving them early and I had initially been quoted June time which was then narrowed down to the 29th of May to the 11th of June. I had hoped I would be lucky and receive it early for my birthday(23rd of May) alas as you would say no soup for me:(

I really feel disappointed in the service I had received from Apple which is the first time ever and I have updated my iPhone every year. I guess my feelings are being made worse by hearing that Tim Cook say that the Apple watches will be in store by June.

Granted he didn't say when in June but as a quite severely disabled customer I just feel from the 10th of April to the delivery date of June the 11th has been very disappointing.

Just wanted to hear your thoughts Rob and thank you for such an amazing show

Regards

Paul Mcfadyen

Scotland

VOICEMAIL - Dave_CA_quest_Apple_watch_stay_on_longer

58:01

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And Before we go today I want to remind you to send in your feedback to the show - 206-666-6364 - that 206-moon-dog - or record your feedback and email it to the show at today in iOS at gmail dot com - The feedback can be a question or comment per something someone said on this episode or it can be a question or rant you have about something else. An App or product review - good or bad - as long as it is iOS related - it is welcomed. I am always looking for new Artwork to feature that you created on an iOS device - just put some Tii branding on it and send it in. And of course we are always looking for more music created on an iOS device to play on the show. This is your show and your feedback is greatly desired. And don't forget to check out our Moderated Google Plus community by going to todayinios dot com slash community.

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And that folks is going to do it for us today -

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TRANSCRIPTION FOR EP 348

Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank RON for sending in the music you hear in the background. RON wrote:

Rob,

This is a song I recorded in garage band on my iPad using just a guitar and basic effects available in the garage band app. It consists of two tracks with background picking and solo on top of that. The name of the track is "Lift Me Up" and is based off of a song I wrote back in high school many years ago and is dedicated to a band mate who passed away recently.

Regards,

Ron Siengo (last name pronounced "sing-go")

Song_liftmeup_150514.m4a

Thanks RON for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank JON for sending in the Artwork for today's show. JON said the following:

Hi Rob,

This is Made with the iOS App Aviary:

This photo was taken at wharf at Manly Waters using an iOS device

Regards,

Jon P

JON Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see JON'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 348 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.

02:02

In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote E-readers will outsell iPads because of the simple economics of the consumer device market. It’s triple the weight and 30% thicker than an e-reader. You need two hands to hold it. It’s got a backlit screen, and it’s too expensive to give one to everyone in your house. unquote

Russ Wilcox, CEO E-Ink (makers of Amazon’s Kindle), 28 January 2010

One of the things the E-ink reader people were touting as a reason e-ink readers would win out was their superior battery life. Sound familiar to some saying the same about the Apple Watch vs the pebble. But Apple learned with the iPad - if the battery life can get you through a full days usage that really is enough - To bad today’s pundits don’t remember how wrong Russ Wilcox was 5 years ago - Just Sayin

03:06

Sorry no Promo codes this week.

Either way - if you are an App dev - this was an opportunity wasted for your app.

03:48

http://priceonomics.com/the-legend-of-moondog-new-yorks-homeless-composer/

Hi Rob

I'm from the uk! Love the show! Please explain what moon dog means?

Regards,

Lee

Well Lee I am glad you asked - It has been a while since I went over this. MoonDog - could be my shout out to the blind and homeless Artist known as Moondog - who lived on the streets of NY City Dressed as a Viking in the 50’s 60’s and 70’s - and who some considered one of the greatest composers of the 20th century - A Genius who's works have been covered by the greats like Janis Joplin - and whom was touted as a great innovator by Charlie Parker and many others. A True artist and eccentric. It could be my tip of the cap to him. Maybe.

Orrr it could be because I was putting together a tutorial the same month this show launched 8 years ago - and the service I use for my call in number stopped giving out custom phone numbers right before I could get one for this show - and I had this one number 206-666-6364 which spelled out 206- moon-dog - still available from the tutorial - and decided to use it instead of just some random number - because I thought it was a really easy number to remember.

I’ll let you decide which was the real reason for the moon-dog number.

Either way there is a very cool article on MoonDog the composer in the show notes for Ep 348.

05:10

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-27/spotify-

said-in-talks-to-add-podcasts-to-challenge-apple-itunes

Ok - one interesting thing about todays show - is it is the first one I did the schedule to future release down to the minute. See I was restricted from saying these next few words until after 11:00 AM ET today - and those words are - Welcome all new listeners on Spotify. That’s right Today in iOS and Podcasts are now available on Spotify - well at least for some spotify users today. Yes this is big news for this show and big news for Podcasting.

Here is the news from Spotify - Quote This summer we will be launching a completely new Spotify experience for our millions of users.. We.. know that people can’t live on music alone. That’s why we wanted to add in Audio and video content that is hyper relevant to our users lives and that includes entertainment, news, PODCASTS, sports, weather and much more all programmed to individual tastes and preferences. It all kicks off on May 20th at 11:00 AM in NYC with a massive press event to showcase the new spotify and our new content partners. unquote. One of those new content partners is Libsyn and via Libsyn this podcast - Today in iOS.

If you are a podcaster and want to get into Spotify - first make sure you are hosting on libsyn - second make sure you are using libsyn publishing tools and not just selecting download only option and third second - email me your libsyn show slug and / or your email address - and I will get you on the list to have a spotify destination turned on for your show once this opens up to all.

Right now at the time of this announcement it is a small % of Spotify users that have access to Podcasts and a small % of Podcasts - But again welcome to all new listeners via Spotify - Boy oh Boy - I have been itching to say that. And then later this summer it will open to the masses. This is a big deal for podcasting.

By the way if you are listening on Spotify or Stitcher or anything other than the Tii App - all articles we mention today you can find links to at today in iOS dot com for item 348.

07:42

http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/19/apple-watch-os-software-update/

If you have an apple watch - and this is not to rub salt in the wounds of those still waiting - but if you have one you should have seen on the 19th a message stating there is the first Update to Apple Watch software to Watch OS 1.0.1 What is this update - well like almost all Double dot updates it is about performance improvements and bug fixes.

For this specific double dot update Apple says it offers improved performance for:

Siri

Measuring stand Activity

Calculating calories for indoor cycling and rowing workouts

distance and pace during outdoor walk and run workouts

accessiblitiy

Third Party Apps

And display support for new emoji characters and additional language support for Brazilian Portuguese

Danish

Dutch

Swedish

Russian

Thai and Turkish

To Install Apple asks that you make sure the Apple Watch is in range of your iPhone, It is connected to its charger and charged at least 50%.

Seems odd to ask that it be connected to the charger and charged at least 50%.

I did update today yesterday and all seems to have gone well with the update - Per Battery Life - with 2 hours and 13 minutes of usage - and 7 hours and 40 minutes of standby - my phone is 68% of battery life which seems really good. I will see how it does over the next week or so and report back. Again my update went off with no issues - however if you did have an issue - email me and let me know what happened.

10:18

http://www.tuaw.com/2014/09/09/the-apple-watch-isnt-waterproof/

I went back and looked at a couple of articles sent in about the Apple watch from September when it was announced to see how they faired - now that we have had one on our wrist almost 4 weeks.

One article was titled - The Apple Watch isn’t waterproof.

This coming via David Pogues Article - and umm - well maybe back in September Pogue talked to the wrong people or Apple got better results then originally planed - but one thing back then they said you could not do was shower with it. And now that seems to be something that is ok with the Apple watch - not that I actually have done that.

11:06

http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_watch_specs_to_include_

512mb_ram_4gb_storage-news-9726.php

From GSM Arena - the Apple Watch was to have just 4GB of Storage.

They said their might be an 8GB version but the 4GB would be the standard configuration - Umm wrong - it is 8 GB of storage. with about 6.5 GB available to the user.

They also said it would have a GPS radio - ummm - no.

The did get the 512 MB of RAM speculation right - 1 out of 3 ain’t bad if you are talking baseball - but not so good in this case.

There were other articles speculating about how it would be adopted - and we are still waiting to see on that front. One talking about it not fitting under your cuff. Excuse me - that is by design - how can some say - hey is that the Apple watch if it is hidden under your cuff?

But I think One thing I saw in a few articles from Watch people that stood out - was their compliments to Apple for not going too small or too big to differentiate between mans and womens watches. They said many would have gone with 35 and 44 MM sizes - with 35 really being too small for most and 44 being too big. They felt Apple going with 38 and 42 MM was the right size balance. And I would agree - I think any bigger than 42 MM would be tough to pull off and not look overtly nerdy - it would likely look very Googlish at that size - something just for a tech nerd. And 35 MM would not be user friendly at all.

And that brings me to this email feedback.

Hi Rob,

I got my Apple Watch Yesterday ...aaaand now it's on Craigslist.

I purchased the 38mm Space Gray sport and as soon as I opened it, I knew the watchface was too small for my wrist. Somehow I thought the 38mm face was going to be bigger than it is, and that the 42mm would be way too big. But the 38mm is actually quite small and feels too "dainty" for my wrist. By the way I'm 6'0", 185lbs, an average sized guy.

I never had a chance to try these on the Apple Store ahead of time, definitely should have and would recommend it to anyone thinking of buying an Apple Watch.

So I'm going to order the 42mm, unless any of your listeners have a Space Gray 42mm they'd like to trade? If I haven't sold mine on Craigslist yet I'd be willing to do a trade plus throw in an extra $50.

Regards,

Aric

(from New York)

http://www.macrumors.com/2015/04/30/apple-watch-s1-512mb-ram/

14:30

Hi Rob, I just wanted to mention that I woke up at 1:15 the morning of the Apple Watch pre-order, ordered a Sport Watch and extra Band. It said it would ship in June, but I just received a shipping notice that it will be here tomorrow! April 24th My SO will be so happy!

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Regards,

Steph in Henderson

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17:27

VOICEMAIL - Answr_apple_watch_not_accurate_arms_moving

Hey Rob, I am a long time listener and have had my space gray 42mm since the first week they came out. I am responding to the person who had the issues with heart rate accuracy on the watch. I have had similar issues that have been similar and consistent with a couple different workouts. When I choose "outdoor run" the watch has been consistent in measuring my heart rate and seems to check pretty frequently(every minute) when I review on the health app. When I choose "other" as the workout and look down at my heart rate it seems to be off or delayed. I check my heart rate manually on my wrist and it is in the 150s but the watch seems to be working on checking and it shows that I am in the 90s which was the case a couple minutes before. I also have noticed that if you send your heartbeat to another person who has a watch it may not be using your real time heartbeat, but the rate it took the last time it checked.

My feeling is that the issue with heart rate accuracy may be related to the program that is selected and how often it checks your heart rate. It seems that when I want to spot check my heart rate it takes a long time, sometimes 30-40 seconds to give me a rate.

I hope this helps.

Regards,

Raj from Houston.

VOICEMAIL - Alan_Date_Answr_siri

Hi Rob,

A listener called into the last show asking about apps for Autism. This woman - Lauren S. Enders is an SLP on Pinterest and pins great apps!

Regards,

Laura in Nashville.

Thanks laura - and if you search for Lauren S. Enders in pinterest you will find her - she has 152 boards - so it will take a little searching to find the boards you want to follow or really unfollow once you follow her.

Hi Rob

For the listener looking for Autism apps, there is the grace app http://www.graceapp.com its in the App Store and is free.

Regards,

Jenny

Ireland

VOICEMAIL - Bruce_CA_autistic_app_recommendation

23:55

https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1

We are now well over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.

Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.

One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out was from Mark Henry who wrote the following

Quote

For those of you who have an Apple Watch, this may be fun to play around with!

Unquote

And this is with regards to a tutorial over at Apple Insider that talks about how to get the monogram on the watch face to be an Apple logo.

But hey first lets talk about getting a monogram to start with. To do that go to the apple watch app on your iPhone - then go to Clock Settings and tap on Monogram - and enter your text up to 4 characters. Naturally I have Tii for my monogram. But this tutorial / article goes over how to add in the Apple logo - which does require you to copy it from a tweet.

I did try to get the L L A P logo to work - but it would not.

Note this is for the Color Watch face - the Monogram does not show up on most watch faces or any other that I could tell. Thanks Mark for the heads up on that.

Folks Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.

And thanks to all 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.