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And as the saying goes, “But there’s more!” It also includes a built in scheduling assistant which enables others to schedule meetings based on your pre-determined availability. Just send them your scheduling link and let them do the work. Say goodbye to an endless loop of emails and phone calls just trying to get a meeting scheduled! Here are some of the key features:

• Calendar.AI adds job titles, photos, and company logos to your calendar agenda.
• View rich insights on meeting attendees, including employment history, social profiles, and photos.
• View company details, latest news, funding rounds, key members, and more.
• Add multiple meeting types with different availability preferences.
• Add video conferencing: Zoom Meetings, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams & Skype.
• Sync multiple accounts: Google Calendar, Office 365, and Outlook calendar.
• View meeting Insights from any appointment scheduler: Calendly, Doodle, X.ai, Acuity Scheduling, Setmore Appointments, Superhuman & Otter.ai.
• Conferencing: Zoom Meeting, GoToMeeting, Webex, Microsoft Teams & Skype.

As of right now there are four different pricing models to Calendar.AI: Premium $4.99/month, Premium $49.99/year, Pro $9.99/month, and Pro – $99.99/year. It is available to download for free on the App Store with in-app purchases.

It is a sad day for enthusiasts using Jonas Gessner’s ProTube 2. If you didn’t know what it was, check out our article here. Apple and YouTube put Gessner in a tight spot, forcing him to pull it from the App Store and cease development. This is after multiple threats by YouTube, initially claiming it violates their Terms of Service.

I am very sad to announce that ProTube was removed from the App Store by Apple on September 1, 2017. This comes after multiple requests and threats by YouTube which ultimately led Apple to suddenly pulling the app from the App Store. ProTube and many other 3rd party YouTube apps on the App Store have been targeted by YouTube with takedown requests.

Jonas had several options for going forward after being backed into a corner by the very ecosystem he is developing for. At the end of the day, he is ultimately looking out for his users. As hard as it is to shut down his baby, it is the best of his options.

He lays it out further in his post:

After the threats from YouTube wouldn’t stop I had several options to end the dispute:

1. Remove all the features that YouTube wanted me to remove, which would have included making the app free. This was not an option as everyone who payed for ProTube’s standout features would suddenly get an app update that removes all those features, resulting in a useless app. A free YouTube app also has the risk of attracting too many users, which can cause the app to reach the daily limit of requests to the YouTube API which makes the app unusable until the next day.
2. Try to negotiate with YouTube and find some sort of agreement. I tried this with no success. The communication was very difficult and it was not possible to get a direct response from YouTube to questions. There were threats of legal action and I knew that getting sued could cost me more than I ever made with ProTube. Furthermore, there was a risk that YouTube would turn off ProTube’s access to the YouTube API which would have made the app unusable for every user.
3. Remove the app from the App Store. This would end the dispute with YouTube, I wouldn’t end up in court and everyone who had downloaded the app could still use it. While it is absolutely awful seeing ProTube getting pulled from the App Store, it was the best solution when it comes to the users that already purchased the app. I was getting screwed either way but I at least didn’t want to screw my users.

It is indeed very sad when large companies do this. It’s not the first and it will not be the last. The lesson to be learned from this is to not rely on a third-party API for your app. You can’t trust the motivations of the people who’s pockets will be fatter when your app dies. Capitalism at it’s finest.

Read Gessner’s full post here.

Welcome to This Week’s Games. Hopefully we get more games than we did last week, which didn’t really deliver. Already this week has had one big release in Fallout: Shelter by Bethesda which I have been playing, and enjoying very much. Obviously we couldn’t have predicted its release, but in this article we will be showing you the games you can look forward to playing in the coming days.

Dragon Jump (by KetchApp) June 18

Evil dragons are flying over the kingdom. You play as a knight armed with a lance, and your goal is to defend the dungeon from attacking dragons.

Dragon Jump is as simple as it comes control wise. Simply press the screen to jump. To attack a dragon jump up. You can kill a dragon by hitting them with your spear or landing on them. If the dragon hits you on the side though, you will die. The game is endless, so getting the best score you can is the main goal.

har•mo•ny 3 (by Borderleap) June 18

har•mo•ny 3 is a challenging puzzle game of beautiful colors and captivating music, unified in perfect harmony

Har•mo•ny 3 is a colourful musical puzzle game, and is the third in the series. The game has 90 difficult levels to complete. To do so you must rearrange the colours on the screen to form a linear pattern. Each level is complete with vivid colours and an amazing musical score.

Mad Drift (by jai rangwani) June 18

In Mad Drift, when the brakes have failed and all that stands between you and death is your ability to drift, will you make it to the finish line? Dodge round boulders in your muscle car for as long as possible using your screen to drift at crazy angles. Touch left to drift left and, you guessed it, touch right to drift right.

As the games descriptions says; your breaks have failed, and you must control the car and drift around the oncoming boulders and get as far as you can before you crash. The further you get, the better you score. There are different coloured cars and environments on offer too, if you feel like you want to spice things up a bit.

Also coming this week: 

• Mini Jump (by PlayFlo) June 18
• Warhammer 40:000 Armageddon (by Slitherine) June 18

We will update this post with other games over the coming day.

If you’re on iOS 8.2 or iOS 8.3 you’ll now be able to access the App Store for the Apple Watch. All you have to do is head over to the Apple Watch app on your iPhone and tap the App Store tab. If the App Store doesn’t load on your iPhone, kill the app and restart the Apple Watch app.

The Apple Watch App Store is essentially the iOS App Store with a small spin. Both Apple Watch and iPhone screenshots are available in the App Description.

Since there’s no native Apple Watch apps available yet, any Apple Watch app you download will download the iPhone version on your home screen.

The Apple Watch App Store is for customers to discover apps that are tailored towards the Apple Watch, nothing else. The Apple Watch App Store is available on iPhone 5 or higher running iOS 8.2 or later.

Apple’s Cloud services aren’t the best. They have a tendency to go out ever now and then. On Wednesday the iOS App Store has taken a toll as the store has gone down.

Without any warning, Apple’s App Store has become unavailable, giving a “App Store not available” message. On the flip side, the Mac App Store is still running fine and dandy.

According to the companies iCloud System Status page, Apple is not aware of the issue.