I've got this tool but it's a little bit difficult to use Does anyone use it?
Sent from my iPhone > On 23 Mar 2017, at 2:44 pm, Alan Lemly <[email protected]> wrote: > > The Workflow app got a lot of attention on this list when it came out a > couple of years back so I thought the below news item I got from Mac Rumors > via Lire might be of interest. I'm pasting the story after my signature. > > Alan Lemly > > Apple Acquires Popular Automation App Workflow > Wednesday March 22, 2017 4:48 pm PDT by Juli Clover > > Apple has acquired well-known and popular automation app Workflow, reports > TechCrunch. The deal was reportedly finalized today for an unspecified sum. > > Workflow, first released in 2014, is an automation tool that can essentially > do anything. It allows users to create a variety of workflows to accomplish > tasks like creating GIFs from a series of photos, pulling images from a web > page, translating an article, posting photos to multiple social networks at > once, calculating a tip, and tons more. > > > It is equipped with a built-in Gallery, which allows people to quickly find > and use a wide range of automation tasks, and it can be used to create custom > automations. > > Apple is purchasing the Workflow app and the Workflow team, including Ari > Weinstein, Conrad Kramer, and Nick Frey, will be joining the company. > > "We are thrilled to be joining Apple," said Weinstein in a statement. > "We've worked closely with Apple from the very beginning, from kickstarting > our company as students attending WWDC to developing and launching Workflow > and seeing its amazing success on the App Store. We can't wait to take our > work to the next level at Apple and contribute to products that touch people > across the world. > > Apple confirmed the acquisition of Workflow, which notably received an Apple > Design Award in 2015 for its excellent accessibility features, likely one of > the reasons behind the purchase. > > Typically apps acquired from Apple disappear from the App Store, but Workflow > will remain available and will be made free starting later today. The Gallery > will continue to be updated on a regular basis, as will app integrations. > > Beyond the app, it is not clear what Apple will do with Workflow in the > future, and whether it will be built into future versions of iOS and macOS, > but it is definitely a possibility. TechCrunch speculates that it could be > used alongside Siri in the future, or perhaps be the backbone of powerful > automation tools for the iPad. > > Update: Workflow can now be downloaded from the App Store for free. [Direct > Link] > > Tags: Apple acquisition, Workflow > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
