It’s that time of year again. Another twitter client has come to challenge the mantle that Tweetie 1, the twitter app equivalent of StarCraft, has held since its release in April of ’09.
Hibari, for When You Get Sick and Tired of Hearing About Justin Bieber
Search Tool: Visual Google & Bing for iPad
That of “visual apps” on the iPad seems to be an unstoppable trend. In fact, I think we’re going to see visual takes on old concepts for quite a while. Yes, Flipboard is just the start.
Search Tool is a new app that lets you search Google, Bing an Yahoo in a rather innovative way, exclusively for iPad.
MacStories & Taptivate Giveaway: $100 iTunes Gift Card Up for Grabs!
You’ve probably already heard that the guys over at Taptivate are working on a new iPhone application, Contacts+ (the app was previously known as “Contacts”). Taptivate hasn’t released many details yet, but we know that Contacts+ will allow you to check on your Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin in one place. We’re really looking forward to it.
Taptivate has teamed up with MacStories to give you the chance of winning a $100 iTunes Gift Card. One card, one winner.
What do you have to do to enter the contest? Simple: head over taptivate.com/contacts and sign up to the newsletter using a valid and active email address. Then, leave a comment to this post and let us know what you’d like to do with $100 in your iTunes account. Apps? Music? TV Shows?
The winner will be announced on Friday, August 20th.
Good luck!
Office for Mac 2011, Now With More Compatibility Tools [Video]
Why does every promo video remind me of Apple recently?
Oh, anyway: perfect compatibility between Office for Mac and Office for Windows. New “Sparklines” feature and more photo editing capabilities.
Yay?
Even The App Store Director Sells Fart Apps
This is a good one. Really, could you imagine that App Store director Phillip Shoemaker, the guy who’s in charge of accepting and rejecting apps, sells his own fart and urination simulator apps in the App Store?
Hey, Apple: The App Store Is Broken.
Last night Cody published his thoughts on iTunes and wireless syncing to devices, a matter we’ve been discussing here at MacStories for a long time. I agree with him (though I’m really not into podcasts as he is), but I want to follow-up by focusing on a secondary point: the App Store navigation.
Google is copying Apple, but the App Store is broken. I can’t believe that after 2 years of existence Apple still hasn’t fixed many of the issues that affected the App Store back in 2008. In fact, they added even more.
The iPad Arcade Cabinet Finally Up for Auction on eBay
It all started as a joke and then it got real. Remember the iPad Arcade Cabinet project? Yes, that one. That was an early prototype build, now there’s a real and complete wooden one up for auction eBay UK.
Adam Atomic Talks Canabalt and Indie Gaming [Video]
Adam Saltsman (aka Adam Atomic) is the man behind Canabalt, seriously one of the best “indie games” ever released in the last decade. What’s Canabalt? It’s a parkour-inspired game where you have to run and jump to avoid obstacles. Actually, the character automatically runs and you only have to press the jump button - or tap the screen in the iPhone and iPad versions.
The following footage was produced by James Swirsky and the team behind Indie Game: The Movie, due out next year. This segment won’t be included in the final movie. Check it out below. [Indie Game: The Movie via Engadget]
Tumbleroo: The First iPad App for Tumblr
I was thinking about this a few days ago: where are Tumblr clients for the iPad? I know that the guys at Tumblr are up to something, but I’m surprised that no third-party developer thought about releasing a full-featured client - especially considering that Twitter clients are (again) invading the App Store and that many Dribbble clients are in the works, too.
Today it’s the start of a new trend: finally, someone released a Tumblr app for iPad. Developed by the Hanso Group (no guys, it’s not the Hanso Foundation), Tumbleroo is the first complete Tumblr application for the iPad.