Instagram 2.1 Released: Updated UI, Lux, New Sierra Filter
A major update to photo-sharing application Instagram was released today, and for the first time it includes new interface element designed by the extremely talented (and recently hired by Instagram) Tim Van Damme. Whilst the original Instagram launched a trend of “apps with a large action button in the bottom toolbar”, Instagram 2.1 has been...
Smartr Contacts
Sometime in the past five years, the Address Book got social. Our contact cards suddenly gained Twitter handles and Facebook links, whilst users more oriented towards business relationships decided to add their LinkedIn pages alongside standard phone numbers and email addresses. More importantly, the Address Book became mobile: adding a new entry to the Contacts...
Interview: Tapbots’ Paul Haddad Talks Tweetbot for iPad Launch
Following yesterday’s release of Tweetbot 2.0 for iPhone and Tweetbot for iPad (our reviews here and here, more coverage here), I was able to chat with Tapbots’ co-founder Paul Haddad (@tapbot_paul) about the launch of their first “real” iPad app, the reception of Tweetbot 2.0 for iPhone, and the iPad App Store. Check out the...
All Things D: Apple Will Announce iPad 3 In Early March
The typically reliable John Paczkowski at All Things D is claiming this morning that Apple’s next iPad, so far unofficially dubbed the iPad 3, will be announced by Apple at a media event in San Francisco in the first week of March. This rumor, if true, will follow last year’s announcement timeframe — the iPad 2...
More Tweetbot
More Tweetbot With the launch of Tweetbot 2.0 for iPhone and Tweetbot for iPad, the team at Tapbots has once again set new standards for Twitter clients on iOS. We have taken separate looks at the two apps, but you can also check out other in-depth reviews at The Next Web, iMore, and Wind on...
Tweetbot for iPad Review
Since its release two years ago, the iPad has always needed a better Twitter client. Tweetbot for iPad is the better Twitter app I have been waiting for, and it sets a new standard that future Twitter clients will have to be compared with. From a Twitter power user’s perspective, the iPad came at an...
Tweetbot 2.0 Review
How do you improve something that’s already great? You keep working on it, trying to look at your product from as many perspectives as possible. If you believe in it, you can make something great an even greater product. Last year, I reviewed Tweetbot 1.0 for iPhone, the Twitter client many of us had been...
MacBook Air, iMac, MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Updated With Internet Recovery Support for 2010 Models
Earlier today Apple published two EFI Firmware updates for its iMac, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro lines. The updates, available through Software Update or Apple’s website, bring Lion Internet Recovery to more Mac models from 2010 — the mid 2010 iMac, late 2010 MacBook Air, and early 2010 MacBook Pro. - iMac EFI Update 1.8...
