If you are editing some text in iOS and spot a word you meant to capitalize (e.g., May instead of may), the old approach was to press and hold, then slide the cursor to just after the letter to be capitalized, then hit delete and retype the letter.

In iOS 8, there’s a better way. Double-tap the word you want to capitalize and hit the shift key. Predictive text will show the initial cap version of the word. Tap it and you’re done. And if you double tap the shift key (shift-lock), predictive text will show the ALL CAPS version of the word.

Thanks to TUAW for that fantastic little tip.