May was a huge month for new apps and app updates with everything from Spotify for iPad, Diet Coda and TouchArcade launching to Flipboard, Sparrow and Tweetbot seeing sweet updates - and that’s only scratching the surface, there was a lot more. As for news, we saw another Siri ad (this time with John Malkovich), confirmation of the Mac App Store sandboxing deadline of June 1st, WWDC Keynote announcement and Rovio had two big pieces of news. Finally, we had some great stories go up in May and Lukas keeps writing awesome app reviews in his Inspiring UIs series. So without further ado, jump the break and enjoy the recap of May and sorry we’re a few days late this month!
The Big Apple News
- Apple Extends MobileMe’s 20 GB Free Upgrade to iCloud Until September 30
- Apple Releases iOS 5.1.1 [Direct Links]
- New iPad Launches In 30 Additional Countries This Week
- iCloud “Beta” Website Briefly Shows Reminders, Notes Web Apps
- Apple Starts Changing “iPad WiFi + 4G” Name To “WiFi + Cellular”
- Apple To Reject Mac Apps With “Hotkey Functionality” Starting June 1? [Updated]
- Jack White, Norah Jones, and Usher to Perform at Apple’s iTunes Festival 2012 in September
- Apple Confirms Sandboxing Deadline For Mac App Store Apps on June 1
- Apple Posts New Siri Ads Featuring John Malkovich
- Apple Posts Initial WWDC 2012 Schedule, Releases Official App
- Apple Confirms WWDC Keynote on June 11
- Tim Cook at D10 [Updated with Highlights and Storify Recap]
- Updated Editor’s Choice Section Hand Picks Best of the Best
Big News From Developers
- Rovio: Angry Birds Games Reach 1 Billion Downloads
- Facebook Introduces App Center
- Say Hello To Amazing Alex, The Next Game From The Makers Of Angry Birds
- Adobe Launches Creative Cloud, Proto, Collage for iPad, Updates Touch Apps
- Evernote Acquires Penultimate, Will Remain A Separate App
- Latest Evernote Updates Show A Promising Future
- Google Launches Complete Redesign of Search iPhone App
Everything Else
- Concept Video Shows New Text Selection Method for iPad
- 10.7.4 OS X Update Now Available: Fixes “Stuck Reopen Windows” Bug [Update: Safari 5.1.7 also Released]
- Powered By Readability, Readlists Creates eBooks For Collections Of Links
- Apple To Acquire Italian Digital Music Editing Company Redmatica
- The Humble Indie Bundle V
- Alfred 1.2 Adds 1Password Support, New Themes, Improved Matching Algorithm
- Metanota Brings Simplenote Organization To OS X
- Spotify for iPad Now Available
- Building Our MacStories Wiki with VoodooPad 5
- Track 8 Brings The Metro Experience To An iPad Music Player
- Review: TouchArcade for iPhone
- Instacast 2.0: Still the Best Podcatcher, with Pro Features
- iTranslate Voice: A Siri-like Translator Powered by Nuance
- Pocket 4.1 Adds Dark Theme, Pagination, Refinements
- Sparrow 1.2 for iPhone Brings Landscape Support, Labels Management
- Flipboard’s Move From “Social Magazine” To “Internet Magazine”
- Due, the Super-Fast Reminder App for iOS, Now Available for the Mac
- Sparrow 1.6 for Mac Now Available, Adds POP Support, “True Unified Inbox”
- Kickstarter: The playGo AP1 AirPlay and DLNA Wireless Receiver
- Review: MoneyWiz For Mac
- Review: iTV Shows 2
- Bang On Centralizes Mobile Search
- Diet Coda From An iPad Blogger’s Perspective
- WriteUp 3.0
- Tweetbot 2.4 Brings New Search View, Keyword Mute Filters, Refinements
- Quip: A New iPad Twitter App With A Focus On Conversations
Everything Else
- PlaceTagger 2 Releases Universal Build, iCloud Support, Mac App Store Version
- My New Dropbox “Quick Note-Taking” App: Drafts 1.1
- Slow Feeds Brings A Simple, Unique Innovation To RSS Apps
- EdgeCase Stops Your Cursor Where Your Monitors Meet
- Justnotes is Simplenote’s Desktop Companion and a Little More
- Everyme Launches Web App for Group Messaging, Improves iPhone App
- My New Dropbox List-Making App: TaskAgent 2.2
- Let’s Sing
- Pulp Gets Retina Graphics, iCloud Sync for Mac & iOS, Trends
- Inkflow Has One Great Idea
- Espionage 3: Effortless Encryption for your Mac
- Fantastical 1.3 Adds Reminders Integration
Lukas’ Inspiring UIs
- Create Multiple Mail Signatures On Your iPhone with Signatures
- Reading News With Hacker News ∗
- Invy Is An Iconic Date Planner For iPhone
- Archive Blood Pressure Results Easily With Bloodnote
- The Magic Of Words, Or: Why I Am Addicted to SpellTower
- Review: World Atlas For iPhone
- Simple: Online And Mobile Banking With Style
- Compare Timezones On The Go With Timelanes
- David Leatherman Is A New And Unique Growl Theme
- Preview iOS Designs Instantly With Skala
- Procreate Is A Full-Featured Mobile Easel And More
- Review: FontBook for iPad
- CleanMyDrive Instantly Frees Your External Drives From Junk
- Mailsum Enhances Your Mail Account Surveillance
- Change Displays Your Stock’s Current Value
- 11.13 and The Dropbox SDK
- Spotify for iPad: A UI Analysis with A Rdio Perspective
- MacStories Interviews: Manton Reece
- Reading Manga On The Retina iPad
- Playing Devil’s Advocate, Arguing Apple Should Change Their IAP Policy
- Mirroring Multiple iOS Devices To A Mac: Comparing AirServer and Reflection
- 10 Ideas for iCloud.com Notifications
- The iPad Is The Future Of Education
- Four Years of App Store: Developers Weigh In On Search, Discovery, and Curation
- iOS 6 and Files.app
- Cleaning Mona Lisa: Showcasing the Potential for iBooks
