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Apr10

Twitter Buys Tweetie

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If you haven’t heard yet, Twitter has bought Atebits, the company behind the popular Tweetie iPhone app and Mac desktop application. Twitter plans on making the app their official iPhone app, renaming it “Twitter for iPhone” and making it free (currently $2.99 for the App Store). The story has been making big news around Mac, iPhone, social media, and tech sites since the news broke last night. You can read all of those articles on your own and get the gist of the entire thing.

Tweetie 2 - To be Twitter for iPhone

I haven’t used Tweetie for the iPhone yet, but I have played around with the Mac version. It didn’t like it, although the design of the user interface is nice. I prefer using TweetDeck on the Mac. As for the iPhone, I’ve been using Twittelator Pro for almost 2 years now. I bought the Pro version on a recommendation of a good friend and I was not disappointed. Twittelator Pro was definitely worth the $4.99! I’ve recommended many time over the past 2 years. When Tweetie came out, I didn’t buy it. And when Tweetie 2 came out, I didn’t buy that either. Now that Twitter is going to re-release a new rebranded version of it, I’m willing to at least try it out. I wasn’t going to spend the $2.99 to try it out. I’m quite happy with my Twitterlator Pro. I’ve been very unsatisfied with all other Twitter apps for the iPhone and to blow $2.99 on something I don’t even like using on the Mac just make sense to me. I wasn’t thrilled with TweetDeck for the iPhone, although, as mentioned earlier, I do like it on my desktop.

I think Twitter is making a move to make it’s name more well known and making their own official apps for mobile devices, having already done so for Blackberry devices. I believe it’s a smart move on their part, but I don’t like Tweetie. I am glad that they didn’t buy Twittelator. I wonder what device they’ll do next – Android, Palm, Windows Phone?

This purchase by Twitter is very interesting nonetheless and I’ll be watching for the new Twitter for iPhone app for it’s release to see if it’s popularity continues. And I might even try it out. If you’re like me and wanting to try out Tweetie, just wait.

If you want more info directly from Twitter on all of this, they’ve created a Twitter account (DUH! Of course!) for you to follow called @TwitterMobile.

Mar18

Let’s Swap Gowalla Items

Posted at 4:33 PM • 3 Comments

I’m willing to do a swap for some needed Gowalla items. We can set up a swap somewhere in the northern Delaware area. Get hold of me on Twitter or leave me a comment here. First come, first serve. If you don’t have anything I need, that’s cool. I can still drop an item for you to pick up.

Here’s what I need:
Designing with Web Standards
Designing with Web Standards

Crush It! Book
Crush It! Book

Roadrunner
Roadrunner

Longhorn Skull
Longhorn Skull

Longhorn
Longhorn

Fieldnotes Pin
Fieldnotes Pin

Big Belt Buckle
Big Belt Buckle

Airbag Industries Pin
Airbag Industries Pin

Two-Headed Serpent
Two-Headed Serpent

Mar16

The Gowalla Item Drought is OVER

Posted at 4:29 PM • No Comments

Roughly 2 hours ago Gowalla tweeted the following:

Gowalla Item Drought is Over

I was able to go out and check to see if this was finally true. And YES IT IS! I scored several items and 2 of the new bonus items from last week (2-piece Luggage and Gowalla Cling).

Now I’d love to hear, by a blog post or a post in the support forum on GetSatisfaction.com, of what happened. I think most of us Gowalla users are technical enough to understand.

Feb24

The Force Unleashed on Mac

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Last summer Aspryr announced that Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Ultimate Sith Edition would be coming to the PC and the Mac during the fall of 2009. Well, February 2010 is almost over and Tuesday that released the game for the Mac. Better late than never, but form another article it’s mentioned that Aspyr had to cut half of it’s staff, so I’ll cut them some slack in these hard economic times. I haven’t heard word about the PC version yet, but I have a Mac so I don’t really care about the PC version.

Now available in retail stores and through the publisher’s GameAgent digital distribution arm, the game puts the player in the role of Darth Vader’s secret apprentice during a story set between the prequel and original trilogies.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Ultimate Sith Edition

The Ultimate Sith Edition adds three new levels, as well as new costumes and characters not seen in the previous version of the game. Players get the opportunity to explore the ruined Jedi Temple on the city-covered planet Corsucant, where the secret apprentice learns new information about his past and must confront his inner demons.

I’m actually waiting for my copy of this game for the Wii that I scored for cheap on eBay the other day and if I like it, I might get the Mac version.

Feb4

UK Woman Marries MacBook Pro

Posted at 6:50 PM • One Comment

24-year-old Hermione Way (from Techfluff.tv), from London, England, had been unofficially engaged to her MacBook Pro who she calls Alex, for about a year. Some people call her crazy and insane, but she wants to show the world how dedicated she is to her Apple MacBook Pro with whom she has spent every minute of every day with for the past two years. Current British law does not allow computer-human marriages, but Hermione is hoping to change all that. They had an unofficial exchanging of vows on January 31, 2010. So, it looks like Hermione & Alex the MacBook Pro are now unofficially married… Will iJustine do the same thing?

What a waste of a good, sexy British woman. uNF! uNF! uNF!

Jan31

101 Apple Inspired T-shirts

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I stumbled upon this post from Cult of Mac of a list of 101 Apple inspired t-shirts for fanboys & fangirls. It’s originally from citygonzales.com, who reviews t-shirts. I’ve seen several of these t-shirts and there are some that I want. Check out the original post and find your favorite Apple inspired t-shirts! Here are a few of my favorites:

I'm a Mac
Close Min Max
Being chased by zombies? There's an app for that.

Jan29

Trips and Bookmarks in Gowalla

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Yesterday, Josh Williams of Gowalla posted about 2 new features in Gowalla: Trips and Bookmarks.

Custom trips have been talked about by many on Gowalla’s GetSatifaction.com forum and now they’re available, but their creation is only available from the web site. You can access near by trips from the app so you can do them. You can create as many as 5 trips, each including up to 20 spots. Not bad. More improvements to that will be coming also in the future. You can also create bookmarks now for your favorite spots, from the web site and from the app.

Gowalla Logo

Here’s the blog post:

Today we’re thrilled to announce the launch of two new features: Trips and Bookmarks. Let’s talk about Trips first.

Until today, all Trips in Gowalla have been curated by the team at Gowalla with a little help from select friends. But our goal has always been that you would help us create these trips. And today you can. Simply login to your Gowalla account on the web, visit a spot page, then click the Add to Trip button. You’ll be able to name your trip, give it a description, add up to 20 spots of your choosing, then publish it to Gowalla. Your published trips will be viewable in the Gowalla app by your friends.

Here’s where it gets fun: We’ll be looking for unique and exciting trips created by our community to feature in Gowalla. Featured trips will be promoted based on the quality and relevancy of the trip, the number of people who have completed the trip, and will be given their own custom pin artwork that will be rewarded to those who have completed the trip.

As of today, you can create as many as 5 trips, each including up to 20 spots. As we improve the feature we’ll allow you to create more trips, order their lists of spots, and categorize them into logical groups like Pub Crawls, Nature Hikes, and the like. Also, for now, you may only complete featured trips and trips created by your friends. This is just the first step in making trips a truly key part of Gowalla’s future. We have lots more to do.

Today you can view nearby, featured and friend-created trips in Gowalla 1.4 on your iPhone by tapping the Browse button in the upper-left of the Trips tab. Our forthcoming Android and WebOS clients currently in development will also support this feature.

I’d also like to tell you a bit about bookmarks as well. Now when you visit any spot page at Gowalla.com you can bookmark that spot. You’ll be able to find all your bookmarks in Gowalla for iPhone by tapping Browse on the Spots tab. This simple feature makes it easy to find your way back to a favorite spot. Soon you’ll be able to add bookmarks from your mobile device as well.

Today’s release of Trips and Bookmarks to our community is simply a first step. There is a lot of depth here to be explored. We’re excited to hear your feedback as we continue to improve these, and other, features. Thanks for going out with Gowalla!

Jan25

SPORE Creatures is Out

Posted at 8:43 PM • One Comment

EA Mobile has released their second iPhone game in the SPORE universe today, SPORE Creatures. It starts off where SPORE Origins left off. You come out of the prehistoric water onto land where you need to continue to evolve to survive.

SPORE Creatures Icon

You can customize your SPORE Creature with over 45 unique body parts like legs, mouths, shells, and wings, plus different skins, shapes, and colors. EA Mobile says there’s over a billion possible combinations within the SPORE Creature Creator. Plus there are 20 levels across 4 different sprawling zones: Sandy Shores, Barren Desert, Dark Forest, and Icy Mountains. You will need to avoid snapping, carnivours plants, shooting urchins and more while trying to solve puzzles to complete each level. And like SPORE Origins, you will need to collect DNA to evolve. There are 5 abilities to max out to build your survival skill-set.

You can get SPORE Creatures at the App Store for $6.99.

Jan25

Apple Reports First Quarter Results

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In a statement, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said that “the products we are planning to release this year are very strong, starting this week with a major new product that we’re really excited about.”

Apple sells 8.7 million iPhones during fiscal Q1 2010, 100% more than last year

Total iPhone sales are now at a total of 42,445,000 as of the press release today. Apple sold 8,700,000 iPhones in during fiscal Q1 of 2010. That’s up 100% unit growth over the year-ago quarter. AMAZING! That’s over 1 million more than Apple’s best iPhone selling quarter, fiscal Q4 2009, which saw 7.4 million iPhones sold.
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Jan14

New Gowalla Privacy Policy

Posted at 8:10 PM • One Comment

Josh Williams from Gowalla posted a new blog post yesterday. Coming soon is Gowalla’s API to developers and already in place is a new privacy policy.

The new privacy policy will allow you to hide your passport from all Gowalla users, if you so desire. By default, Passport Privacy is off. This allows others to view the stamps in your passport and the items you have collected, which include a history of the day and location where you picked up the item. If you choose to turn Passport Privacy on, your stamps (the places you’ve been) and your items will only be visible to your friends.

Gowalla Privacy Policy Update

To find this, log into the Gowalla web site, click Settings, and then Privacy.