Idle Games
Incremental games, also called idle games, clickergames or clicking games. They are video games whose gameplay consists of the player performing simple actions (such as clicking on the screen) repeatedly to gain currency. This can be used to obtain items or abilities that increase the rate at which currency accrues.
Your hosts, Shane Mattox, Stacy Baldwin and Peter Fisher discuss Idle games. Paul Csomo, host of the Varmints! Podcast, stops by on this episode of I’d App That! Paul lends his knowledge on some of his favorite idle games: Egg, Inc., Abyssrium and Neko Atsume: Kitty Collector.
Peter Fisher gives us his choice of apps this week on Peter’s Pick: MapMyRide.
Twitter’s new, longer tweets are coming September 19th
http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/12/12891562/twitter-tweets-140-characters-expand-photos
Starting September 19, Twitter will begin cutting down exactly what’s counted against their 140-character restriction. This includes “media attachments like images, GIFs, videos & polls This was first announced back in May, but no exact date was given. Usernames will also stop counting toward the limit, but it’s unclear if these will happen simultaneously.
They had previously considered increasing the limit, but CEO Jack Dorsey praised it back in January. He called it a “beautiful constraint” and that Twitter would “never lose” the creativity, brevity, and speed of the character limit. It was originally designed to fit in SMS messages; this still allows focus on the message itself.
Microsoft Outlook’s mobile app just added Sunrise’s best features
http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/13/12895358/microsoft-outlook-sunrise-app-merger
When Microsoft acquired calendar app Sunrise, it vowed to implement its features. Well, Outlook on Android & iOS now offer several of its best features. Many design updates, including adding event icons like coffee cups and bicycles. Location auto-completions now comes up when creating an event, complete with link to Apple or Google Maps. Tapping an empty time now pre populates date & time info and you can drag handles to make adjustments. If anyone’s already RSVP’d, they’ll be notified. They’ve also added “inte