“Opera just beat stock Safari in its own Webkit Javascript benchmarking tests. “
Guess it needs a second look now.
Opera 10.50 for Mac Brings HTML5 Video Support, Multitouch Gestures, Crazy speed
Win a Copy Of Polyhedra for iPhone
Polyhedra, which we reviewed here, is a fun and addictive game for iPhone and iPod Touch that requires you to draw shapes to fill a percentage of your screen.
We have 10 promo codes up for grabs, all you have to do is leave a comment here. No tweets required!
Winners will be announced on Sunday, February 28th.
Good luck!
Digest Launches, The New Face of Read It Later [Invite Only]
I’m a heavy user of Read It Later. Actually, I think I’m completely in love with it. Read It Later, developed by Nate Weiner, is a service that allows you to save pages of interest for later, when you’ll have time to read them. It comes as a web service, an iPhone app and a Firefox extension, so you won’t miss the pages you have to read anymore.
RiL has been out for quite some time now, and when the long awaited 2.0 version came out some months ago, I immediately wrote a review of the iPhone app saying that:
“Read it Later 2.0 is a huge leap forward towards the perfect read later service.”
The 2.0 update was massive. It introduced a completely overhauled user interface, new features, new mobile application. It felt like a new app, and many users switched to it from Instapaper.
But I knew Nate was up to something else, though he wasn’t ready to publicly share it yet.. Today I can finally talk about Digest, a new feature that Nate has been developing for months and that has just launched as a invite only beta. Meet the new face of Read It Later.
Delibar Updated to 1.3, Adds Pinboard Support
Delibar, the beautiful Mac app that enables you to keep track of your Delicious bookmarks we reviewed some months ago here, has just been updated to the 1.3 version, and it’s a huge update. This updated introduces support for Pinboard.in, the popular minimal alternative to Delicious.com, which was a long-awaited feature, requested by thousands of users.
You can go download Delibar here, both in the free and Pro version.
Get a 50% Off Radar for Basecamp
If you use Basecamp as your project management web application of choice, you might be interested in Radar. Radar is a native Mac app that notifies you of updates to your Basecamp account. It runs in the menubar, has Growl support and automatically checks for updates on the time interval you set.
If you’re interested, you can get a 50% off by following this link, provided by Madewithbits to MacStories readers.
Win A Copy of Pastebot for iPhone
Pastebot, the application from Tapbots we reviewed some months ago, has been updated to the long-awaited 1.1 version, which brings a lot of new interesting features. Now you can select the app launch location, create new folders during move, duplicate clips and many other improvements and fixes.
The big news is, we have 8 promo codes up for grabs!
Rules
- Tweet this message: “Win a Copy of Pastebot on MacStories http://mcstr.net/9S6yV6 @storiesofmac”
and
- Leave a comment, and tell us why you think Pastebot can enhance your workflow. You need a good solution to share your clipboard across your Mac and iPhone? You want to use it a data management app? Feel free to share your thoughts.
As usual, you have to include a link to your tweet. We’ll pick up the winners on Saturday, February 27th.
Good luck!
WordPress Template Tags Auto-complete Sugar for Espresso
“I made a Sugar for WordPress template tags. There had been some interest in one on the MacRabbit forums, but none had been made yet. I figured I’d give it a shot.
It contains CodeSense/auto-completion for all the WordPress template tags listed here. I haven’t done the conditional tags yet, and there are still some core functions left out. “
/via @CodyFink
Protect Your Mac Files, Folders and Apps with Espionage. Review and Giveaway.
Two things should be taken seriously when doing professional work with Mac OS X: backups and security. We’ve talked a lot about backups solutions: you can use Dropbox and even find some creative uses for it, or deploy everything to Amazon S3 using Arq as your upload manager. Also, don’t forget about MobileMe which, hopefully, will receive a huge update from Apple in a couple of months.
As for security, I never took “local” security that seriously. I mean, I use Agileweb’s 1Password as my default passwords manager and generator, so I used to worry more about online security rather than the security of my machine. But you know, I’ve got some important documents here as well, like reports, personal stuff and so on. I don’t want anybody to mess with my computer files and folders while I’m taking a shower or having a coffee somewhere in my house. So, when the Tao Effect guys, developers of Espionage, asked me if I might be interested in reviewing their app I immediately agreed.
They also offered 10 licenses to MacStories readers.