My New Dropbox “Quick Note-Taking” App: Drafts 1.1
In my review of Drafts 1.0, I wrote: Drafts is neither a text editor nor a minimal Twitter client. Drafts is a frictionless way to capture and save ideas that also happens to be integrated with system functions and applications you may be already using to elaborate on those ideas. Drafts can be used as...
iTunes Match Launches In Italy [Update: Coming To Greece, Portugal, Austria and Slovenia Too]
Earlier today, Apple updated its Terms and Conditions for the Italian iTunes Store to include information about iTunes Match, the company’s music service powered by iCloud. Launched in November 2011 in the United States (here’s our original hands-on), the service was later brought to more countries on December 15 and January 17, including South America,...
Should Apple Acquire Square and Foursquare?
Should Apple Acquire Square and Foursquare? Mor Naaman makes the case for an acquisition of Square and Foursquare by Apple: To summarize: after the deal, Apple will immediately become a giant payments company, with an installation base that is expected to encompass half of all mobile devices sold. The company will have the best local search abilities, far...
Tweetbot 2.3 Adds New Gestures, Integrations, UI Refinements
Less than a month after a major 2.2 update that added iCloud sync for timelines, DMs, and mute filters, Tweetbot is back today with a significant update on the iPhone and iPad that redefines some of the gestures and interactions introduced with the original version 1.0 (2.0 on the iPhone). Overhauling the standalone tweet detail...
Rovio: Angry Birds Space “Fastest Growing Mobile Game” with 50 Million Downloads in 35 Days
Angry Birds maker Rovio has today announced the impressive milestone that the latest entry in the Angry Birds franchise, Angry Birds Space, has become the “fastest growing mobile game yet” with 50 million downloads in 35 days. Angry Birds Space hit 50 million downloads within 35 days, making it the fastest growing mobile game yet...
Insanely Simple
Like many others, I was disappointed by how Walter Isaacson’s official biography of Steve Jobs turned out. With the kind of access that Isaacson had to Jobs’ information, photos, close friends and colleagues, in my opinion, the author should have tried to linger less on the personal reasons that led Steve to walk barefoot around...
Airfoil Speakers Touch 3.0 Review
Ever since developers started reverse-engineering the AirPlay protocol that Apple introduced with iOS 4.2 in November 2010, we have seen all kinds of possible implementations of Apple’s streaming technology being ported to a variety of devices, for multiple purposes and scenarios. From tools to turn Macs into AirPlay receivers for audio, video, iOS Mirroring sessions,...
Apple Announces WWDC 2012: Kicks Off June 11
UPDATE: Apple has confirmed that tickets for WWDC 2012 are already sold out. Apple has announced the official dates for WWDC 2012. The developer event kicks off in San Francisco on June 11 and runs through June 15. Tickets are on sale for $1599, and are limited to one ticket per person or five tickets...
“Send to Kindle for Mac” Now Available
“Send to Kindle for Mac” Now Available Jacqui Cheng, reporting for Ars Technica: More than three months after releasing software for Windows-users to send documents to a Kindle, Amazon has now released the Mac version. Announced on Tuesday afternoon, the “Send to Kindle for Mac” application allows Mac users to wirelessly send personal documents to...
Apple Q2 2012 Results: $39.2 Billion Revenue, 35.1 Million iPhones, 11.8 Million iPads Sold
Apple has just posted their Q2 2012 financial results for the quarter that ended on March 31, 2012. The company posted revenue of $39.2 billion, with 11.8 million iPads, 35.1 million iPhones and 4 million Macs sold. Apple sold 7.7 million iPods, a 15 percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter. The company posted quarterly net...
