Since we last covered Sparrow, a new email client for Mac, the application has improved a lot. Thanks to a relatively huge community in such short time and helpful feedback from bloggers and users, the developers managed to implement much requested features, keyboard shortcuts and, with the latest beta, a new design.
Sparrow Latest Beta Adds Tons Of New Features, New Design
Calling A Driverless Taxi With An iPad [Video]
It seems like autonomous, driverless cars are the next big thing. First Google announces that many of those Google-branded cars you’ve been seeing around were actually robotic cars they’ve been working on for years, now we have a scientific project from a group of researchers at Berlin’s Free University which shows that it’s possible to call a cab using only your iPad.
The taxi is completely driverless. Read more
Reminder: Apple Q4 Financial Results Today - 5 PM ET
Later today starting at 5:00 PM ET (2:00 PM PT) Apple will hold the Q4 earnings call during which the company will announce their financial results. An audio-only live streaming will be available at apple.com/quicktime/qtv/earningsq410. As usual, we’ll offer a breakdown of the results and have a post in the homepage with continually updating notes from the earnings call.
Apple is expected to post blockbuster sales in this quarter, even after all the Antennagate issues this summer. Analysts have predicted roughly 6 million iPads sold during Q4 2010, 13 million iPhones and 4 million Macs. We’ll know the whole truth in 10 hours.
Apple is set to offer a preview of the next Mac operating system (allegedly called “Lion”) on Wednesday and Apple’s stock is currently trending at $314.
Fight the Dangers of Distraction On Your Mac→
Fight the Dangers of Distraction On Your Mac
Does this mean we should all cancel our Twitter accounts, stop checking email and throw our iPhones in the trash? No, we just need to exercise some moderation. Consistently spend some time concentrating on doing one thing and ignore distractions. Not only will our brains thank you in the long run, but in the short term, you’ll see performance improve, too. Of course, doing it is easier said than done. Luckily, technology can give us all a little SelfControl.
Good tips. Didn’t know about this app.
MacStories Giveaway: Win A Copy Of The Incident
The Incident is an insanely awesome game from Big Bucket Software which we’ve covered a few times in the past. Addictive gameplay, pixels all over the place, a great 8-bit soundtrack composed by Cabel Sasser. With the latest 1.2 update, the developers introduced an “endless mode”, bug fixes and the possibility to control the game on your iPad directly from your iPhone.
The Incident is a great game. Here’s your chance to win a copy. Read more
iPad Makes Its Way to the Farthest Reaches of the Earth→
iPad Makes Its Way to the Farthest Reaches of the Earth
Pitcairn Island is currently home to about 60 people and is one of the most remote and inaccessible inhabited locations in the world, with its only regular physical connection to the outside world coming from a cargo and passenger ship that makes a total of eight visits per year to the island. Rare visits from cruise ships also bring occasional visitors to the island.
So color us a bit surprised when Andrew contacted us to let us know that he is now the proud owner of a 16 GB Wi-Fi iPad, the only one on Pitcairn Island. Andrew tells us that he made contact with a woman from New York who had arranged for a visit to Pitcairn Island on a cruise ship traveling from Tahiti to Easter Island and who asked if there was anything she could bring him. As an Apple fan with a 17” PowerBook and Power Mac G5 already in his possession, Andrew requested an iPad. Two months later, the visitor arrived and presented Andrew with his iPad.
Possibly the best iPad story I’ve heard so far. I mean, it’s here.
FolderEnhancer Updated for 4.1, Still The Best Mod For iOS Folders | Cydia Store
Today is a great day for jailbreakers, in case you haven’t noticed. FolderEnhancer, the great tweak that brings dozens of new features to iOS’ folders, has been updated to include support for iOS 4.1. It’s available in Cydia at $1.99, but if you’re a previous CategoriesSB customer you can get the app at $0.99 until the end of October. Read more
FullScreen for Safari Brings Gestures and Fullscreen To Apple’s Browser | Cydia Store
My new favorite tweak for Mobile Safari has just been released in the Cydia Store: FullScreen for Safari, developed by the creator of Firewall IP, is a neat little app available at $1.49 (introductory price) through Big Boss repository that enables you to navigate in fullscreen and use two and three fingers multitouch gestures to surf the web faster with a lot more functionalities. Read more
Mark Read, Must-Have Tweak To Quickly Mark Mail Messages As Read | Cydia Store
Ever wake up with an inbox full of Facebook emails? Annoyed by newsletters you’re not going to read anyway? Going through all of them just to get rid of the red badge just takes too much time. This is why we invented Mark Read, an easy way to mark either your entire inbox or just the emails you want as read/unread, right within Mail.app.
Exactly: Mark Read is a useful tweak available in Cydia which helps you getting rid of that damn red badge from Mail.app in a few taps. Admittedly, going through every email in the morning is annoying, especially if you do get a lot of emails. Why didn’t Apple think of this before? All you have to do to activate Mark Read is tap on the Edit button in your inbox, then you have two options: mark all messages as read/unread, or select some manually. That’s it. Simple and effective.
Mark Read is available at $1.99 on the Cydia Store. Read more