Latest Evernote Updates Show A Promising Future
Yesterday, Evernote rolled out two major updates for its iOS and Mac apps. As a daily Evernote user who relies on the app to research posts, save PDFs, annotate images, and generally archive just about anything through IFTTT, I was pleased to see the improvements made in these versions are taking Evernote into a direction...
Rovio: Angry Birds Games Reach 1 Billion Downloads
With a blog post and a video published this morning, Finnish game maker Rovio announced the Angry Birds franchise has reached 1 billion game downloads across all platforms. Just two weeks ago, Rovio said the latest entry in the series — Angry Birds Space — had become the fastest growing mobile game to date with...
New iPad Launches In 30 Additional Countries This Week
Off to a “tremendous start”, Apple’s new iPad has also become the company’s fastest rollout to date, adding 56 launch countries in 42 days, and, later this week, 30 additional countries with two separate rollouts during the weekend. As confirmed by Apple’s Latin America website (via MacRumors), the new iPad will launch in 23 countries...
Instacast 2.0: Still the Best Podcatcher, with Pro Features
It’s not hard to talk about the latest and greatest features of Instacast 2.0 when the developer has dutifully written his own epic walkthrough of his app’s new features. Instead of having to decipher release notes and a summary of bullet point features, Martin Hering of Vemedio has already published an in-depth write-up of everything...
#MacStoriesDeals – Tuesday
We’re back! Here are today’s @MacStoriesDeals on hardware, iOS, and Mac apps that are on sale for a limited time, so get them before they end! Hardware & Amazon Deals New! Leather Flip Case for Apple iPad 2/3rd Gen iPad w/ $2 credit: $14 with coupon code ‘ipadconvertibles’ New! Griffin Threadless Cases for Apple iPhone / iPod touch: $10...
The Story Behind The “Steve Jobs as Franklin Delano Roosevelt” Video
The Story Behind The “Steve Jobs as Franklin Delano Roosevelt” Video Michael Markman has published an interesting blog post detailing the backstory behind the rare Apple video featuring Steve Jobs as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. I called Chris in L.A. to outline what we were thinking. War movie. Stock footage from the D-day landings. Chaplin...
Archive Blood Pressure Results Easily With Bloodnote
Nobody likes being ill, but thanks to software, nowadays we have a series of better options and tools to ease the process of logging our health. When it comes to heart attacks and related issues, obviously the first thing to measure is the blood pressure. It lays out the overall situation of our body and is...
Review: TouchArcade for iPhone
Part of Arnold Kim’s other sites, AppShopper and MacRumors, TouchArcade is one of my favorite weblogs: I read it every day. Whether I’m reading about upcoming iOS games, news, or searching the forums, TouchArcade is simply one of the best resources for iOS gaming available. They’ve been around for 4 years, and for a website that’s a lifetime. I...
Why My iPad Is Not My Laptop
Why My iPad Is Not My Laptop John Carey, who you might know from all the excellent photographs he posts on his (equally awesome) fiftyfoodshadows blog, today wrote a piece entitled “Why My iPad Is Not My Laptop”. It’s effectively a counter-argument from Carey on why the iPad just isn’t a laptop replacement for many people,...
Ivy Bridge Macs
Ivy Bridge Macs Alex Brooks at World Of Apple has published an interesting and detailed analysis of Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors and Apple’s possible timeframe for Mac refreshes this year. In 2012 Intel’s new architecture is named Ivy Bridge, on a technical level the architecture marks a huge leap from the previous Sandy Bridge taking...
Twitpic Releases iPhone App
Twitpic Releases iPhone App Popular Twitter photo sharing service Twitpic announced today the release of its first official iPhone app, available for free on the App Store. Unsurprisingly, the app comes with a dedicated “editing” interface to apply filters to photos. The built-in photo editor allows you to craft your perfect photo with simple editing...
