May 2012 In Review

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